Ah, it stinks to work on a Strat's electronics and realize you forgot to do something

SoCalSteve

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So I slacken the strings, remove the pickguard, remove a pickup, install a different pickup, lay pickguard back down and tune it up to make sure it works, install the 11 screws - then realize I forgot to do 50's wiring or a treble bleed mod.

Man, I hate that.
 
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I hate it too. I swear I will convert one of my Strats to a split pickguard setup, like a Jazz Bass, some day. Maybe rout a hole through the back too. :D

I use the trick of using a capo on the first fret to keep the tension on the tuners, then I pop the vibrato springs off. Goes much more smoothly, and your tuning is much better once it all settles back in.
 
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I hate it three, even though my front-routed axe has a Floyd which can be popped off/on easily. I only had rear-routed guitars before and when I got this one and worked on it, I was just thinking, 'damn - next guitar has to be rear-routed'.

The capo trick sounds very nifty, hadn't thought of it.
 
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Ah, it stinks to work on electronics and realize you forgot to do somet
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modified!

Or have a screw left over.
 
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It stinks when that happens on any guitar, or that you soldered something to the wrong lug, or wrong pot.
 
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Ughhh I've done that so many times.

Now I make absolute DAMN sure everything's straight before I put anything back.
 
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I was thinking during the workday that I need to remember to do the 50's wiring while I'm in there and that I should write out a checklist to make sure I don't forget.

So I forgot to make the checklist.
 
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that's one of the reasons i quit playing strats. i hate working on them.
 
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You should all play Superstrats. They're called SUPER for a reaon. :)
 
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That's one of the reasons I don't play Strats. I sold my EBMM Steve Morse guitar and that was one of the reasons and just one of the many reasons I play a Tele...:approve:
 
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There are non-rear-routed superstrats ya know. My Ibby's always giving me **** like that.
 
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Just did that about a week ago while completely re-wiring one of my strats. The wiring is still wrong :)
 
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So I guess we're still looking for the perfect guitar? H-H, S-S-S, front rout, back rout, LP, Tele, Strat, Pointy, modern, 50's, series, parallel, split, hybrid, solid, semi, hollow.

Of course Jolly has the perfect solution...."one of each".
 
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It's not a big enough deal to swear off Strats like some of the above posts. Just a minor aggravation. Heck, with this 36th PAF in here now, I'm finding a treble bleed mod isn't really necessary like it would have been with the Super Distortion.

Yeah, the 335 has to trump working on a Strat, for sure.
 
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SGs are about the same level of fun as a strat, for me. Wire everything up and it works, next day something cuts out and you go find the cold solder joint. Great. take everything off and get to it.
 
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Oh!, What is this capacitor on the table doing here? heheheh
 
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GuitarDoc said:
So I guess we're still looking for the perfect guitar? H-H, S-S-S, front rout, back rout, LP, Tele, Strat, Pointy, modern, 50's, series, parallel, split, hybrid, solid, semi, hollow.

Of course Jolly has the perfect solution...."one of each".
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That is what I'm doing. I already made a 7 guitar stand out of PVC ($25, beats $80 for a real one anyday). So far I have an LTD M-50 (w/AHB-1's), Douglas "Rhoads" V (EMG-HZ-H4) and a Douglas "Explorer" (Super Distortion's). Next is a TOTALLY custom thinline Tele, solid Tele, LP and a Strat (don't really like 'em but as dirt cheap they are, why not). All will have different pickups from SD, DiMarzio, EMG and the Strats getting Lace Sensor Gold's. All different bridges. I will have a guitar for damn near everything. I'm debating on getting a 7 string, well if I'm getting a Strat...
 
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