Quencho092
New member
Man I'm outrageously exhausted from long day of school/work/ then wiring up, testing and perfecting my strat.
Tortoise shell guard for mini hum neck/hum bridge came in the mail today, yesterday a fret edge file came in the mail from stew mac, 500k pot from RS electronics, 280k pot from RS, 3 way switch. Just finished doing the whole job, rolling the edges of the fretboard to perfection(no more jagged edges, first with the fret end file to round off the corners of the SS frets, then i got a craftsman drill bit holder (had the perfect consistency to act as a sanding block for the various grits i used )
Bottom side of neck is now very nicely rounded, no more edges, cleaned that up, removed neck from guitar, removed pickguard, swapped in the new electronics, new schematic (500k vol for ant 2 mini neck for more treble, 280k on the bridge seth lover, master tone control with a jensen paper in oil .047 cap on a new RS electronics 280k super pot.)
Separate control and no treble bleed lets me get a perfect mix of bite from the seth bridge, discrepancy in pot ratings allows me to switch pickups without having to touch the master tone control, the neck mini humbucker has opened up to a glorious ringing bell tone, I'm too exhausted to take decent pics, but they will be up tomorrow, this axe is my pride and joy right now.
to summarize the addons as of late-
-Warmoth Bocote/ebony/vintage SS frets neck
-Callaham offset saddles
-Jatoba tremolo block with telecaster string ferrules (had to wedge a piece of cedar back there but i like it better than when it was just flush with the old trem block, you could say that it is MORE BLOCKED, since the wood is making more contact than the crappy stock trem block, no more spring noise, response is very very natural and unlike other strats at all.
-Tortoise shell guard mini hum neck/humbucker bridge
-500k RS electronics super pot for neck
-280k RS electronics super pot for bridge vol
-280k RS electronics superpot for master tone w/ Jensen Paper in oil
Not to mention the mild fretwork of just rounding off the edges of the fretboard/fret bevel using the stew mac file and sandpaper from 400>1000 grit to finish, a world of difference. Now it's a smooth, rolled edge of ebony that my index finger glides on when i chord or slide, rather than multiple jagged SS fret bevel edges.
Sorry to be so verbose, but im really pumped about how this turned out. Big thanks to the forum bros for advice as of late, difff pot values for bridge/neck was a clutch move!
Tortoise shell guard for mini hum neck/hum bridge came in the mail today, yesterday a fret edge file came in the mail from stew mac, 500k pot from RS electronics, 280k pot from RS, 3 way switch. Just finished doing the whole job, rolling the edges of the fretboard to perfection(no more jagged edges, first with the fret end file to round off the corners of the SS frets, then i got a craftsman drill bit holder (had the perfect consistency to act as a sanding block for the various grits i used )
Bottom side of neck is now very nicely rounded, no more edges, cleaned that up, removed neck from guitar, removed pickguard, swapped in the new electronics, new schematic (500k vol for ant 2 mini neck for more treble, 280k on the bridge seth lover, master tone control with a jensen paper in oil .047 cap on a new RS electronics 280k super pot.)
Separate control and no treble bleed lets me get a perfect mix of bite from the seth bridge, discrepancy in pot ratings allows me to switch pickups without having to touch the master tone control, the neck mini humbucker has opened up to a glorious ringing bell tone, I'm too exhausted to take decent pics, but they will be up tomorrow, this axe is my pride and joy right now.
to summarize the addons as of late-
-Warmoth Bocote/ebony/vintage SS frets neck
-Callaham offset saddles
-Jatoba tremolo block with telecaster string ferrules (had to wedge a piece of cedar back there but i like it better than when it was just flush with the old trem block, you could say that it is MORE BLOCKED, since the wood is making more contact than the crappy stock trem block, no more spring noise, response is very very natural and unlike other strats at all.
-Tortoise shell guard mini hum neck/humbucker bridge
-500k RS electronics super pot for neck
-280k RS electronics super pot for bridge vol
-280k RS electronics superpot for master tone w/ Jensen Paper in oil
Not to mention the mild fretwork of just rounding off the edges of the fretboard/fret bevel using the stew mac file and sandpaper from 400>1000 grit to finish, a world of difference. Now it's a smooth, rolled edge of ebony that my index finger glides on when i chord or slide, rather than multiple jagged SS fret bevel edges.
Sorry to be so verbose, but im really pumped about how this turned out. Big thanks to the forum bros for advice as of late, difff pot values for bridge/neck was a clutch move!
