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26 minutes ago, 6down1togo said:

Thanks guys! I am really enjoying them during this "lockdown".

Looks like the perfect cabin fever reliever.

HNGD

Basic economic principle of supply and demand,  like you said ,the word is out.

Go easy and don’t over do it.  Give the neck a chance to settle in after adjusting it

Well everything is shut down so I got a chance to put that switch in .

what I want is neck bucker ,bridge bucker and both together. The other 2 positions weren’t that important so I went 

1 bridge bucker 

2 bridge single, neck single parallel 

3 bridge bucker ,neck bucker 

4 bridge single ,neck bucker 

5 neck bucker

4 has kind of a Strat middle sound I like

If I get bored I can always move a couple more wires

Can’t speak for the Strats but a bullet Tele might be a good platform for mods

I did some mods to a Squire Affinity Tele. It's a good enough guitar except that when you start modding it you discover that nothing fits. 

I have a VS15R  I use in the basement, it's an OK little amp . It has the Black and Gold  speaker and a tiny spring reverb . I actually used it in church for a while before I went to acoustic.   Picked it up at a yard sale with a cheap guitar for like $35. Cleaned up the guitar added a new set of strings and made a couple bucks,so the amp is basically a freeby.

I’ve been relying on college radio stations to find something new. They have a very eclectic mix that I listen to while driving. Drawback is that when I hear something I like I need to remember the time and track it down on their playlist 

Nice, glad you found what you wanted. 
You mentioned the strings are not right over some of the poles. It’s hard to see on the pic but is the string spacing on the neck even? Looks like it could be a little closer on the low E side but could just be camera angle. You may be able to shift the neck a little if it’s not even and that might help out a little bit with pickup spacing. Overall though if it sounds good just play it.

HNGD

On 2/15/2020 at 7:21 PM, mrbrown49 said:

go here.

https://guitarelectronics.com/guitar-wiring-resources/2-pickup-guitar-wiring-diagrams/

scroll down to the section " 2 Humbuckers W/ 5-Way Rotary Switch"

 

 

Took me a while to figure things out . The switch was a bit of a puzzle it’s self . The link you posted helped me a lot . Now I understand how everything works and it’s actually quite simple. Now one of these days I can actually wire it up

Thanks again

Just now, sammyreynolds01 said:

unfortunately no.

There's always Amazon ,but nothing like going in and grabbing a guitar unless the last guy coughed and sneezed all over it.

Hey, no problem. We've gone paperless by installing bidets in the house. 

The Governor of Pennsylvania announced a closing of all nonessential stores. We're  gonna' be jonesing if the local guitar shops are closed.

Congrats, Hope she plays as great as she looks.  Really like the jazz box too.

Maybe you can add an Ibanez mandolin next

Good Save and excellent work. I think I would have hit the panic button when the spot got larger.. There's just no substitute for experience .

Nice, they definitely have their own vibe. Congrats HNGD

It seems that your lot in life is  the guardian of cast off guitars

Good for you

We're all old guys here

8 hours ago, Ancient Mariner said:

www.gospelbell.com

 

It's twangy - don't say I didn't warn you.

I think I found it . Are you out Oxfordshire and Warwickshire,  I like what I heard. 
 

23 minutes ago, Ancient Mariner said:

 

Thanks for the welcome.

 

I drop by occasionally, but I'm playing a lot less these days and guitar tends to take a back seat. Play acoustic slide in a gospel blues band mostly now, speed having diminished and the hands not really being strong enough to seriously keep up these days.

Sounds like my kind of music 👍🏼

22 minutes ago, Ancient Mariner said:

Proving that no publicity is bad publicity - we're all talking about new Gibson guitars, right? 😉

Hey , look what the tide washed in.

Good to hear from you 

22 hours ago, WRGKMC said:

 problem solved. This guitar simply didn't need much compensation with the frets and setup being used.   

Very true. There is no one size fits all 

Gibson claims they were unsafe, unsalvageable and just needed to clear them off the books .  It does seem like they could have handled things a little better.

More like highway robbery 

nice