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If they're cheap Chinese pickups, you can probably pop the ceramic magnets off the back easily, flip them over, and wire them backwards for RWRP. Simple and worth doing. Of course that would only give you humbucking in 3 of the total possible 15 combinations. I'd also suggest using higher value pots...

Those blue wires are a bit too dark to make out properly, but if I'm interpreting the diagram correctly, it'll work fine.

You can use a router to form the v-groove. Remember that V-groove belts do not bear on the bottom of the channel, only on the sides. If you do not have the appropriate straight tapered router bit, you can use a small diameter straight bit and angle the router. You can flip the disk rather than re-ji...

Hi David. You'll need to use some sort of bearings to support the outer edges of the dish. You could use "Lazy Susan" bearings, or a series of castor/universal bearings around the perimeter. In order to get the speed correct, you could use a belt and pulley system, with the outer perimeter...

A lot of guitars with that headstock and string retainer were branded as "Saturn", but as to who the OEM was (it was a re-brand), that's up for speculation.
I've also seen similar ones labeled Silvertone, Guyatone, Tulip, Kay... the list goes on.

I would guess Teisco, could also be early Ibanez, but there were all sorts of different un-branded guitars coming out of Japan in the 60's and 70's, a lot from the same factory's under different labels. I've worked on some very similar un-branded guitars. They can be a pain to get setup nicely, but ...

Great work Jason! Congratulations on finishing your first.

Hi Paul.
Position 3 adds a high-pass filter (the cap) to the bridge, giving a bass cut. This will sound similar to out-of-phase tones. Sounds like everything is working as it should.

Thanks Ron! Good luck with your lap steel build too, I'll be interested to see once you get started. Regarding tuning, well, I've never played lap steel before, so I'm not really sure. From my reading though, it sounds like C6 is probably the most common of the tunings, at least for Hawaiian and wes...

Hi Jason, yes, I'm using "real" ferrules. They only end up costing about the same as you got yours (I have wholesale accounts with most suppliers as I run a repair business). I also have them in stock for repairs. Easier than finding a work-around, for me at least. But I respect your motiv...

Yep, it's as I suspected, somewhere your starts are connected together, either in the pickup itself, or in the lead - black and green, so the two coils are in parallel. If you were to bypass the switch and use either black or green as one lead, and red/white as the other, you'd get output (but not h...

No problem Jason. Given that you're reading 2.4k on each coil rather than the expected 4.8k, I'm guessing that the two coils are in parallel. You may have wired it incorrectly from the get-go (easy to do), or it's possible that there's a short somewhere in the cable, it's easy to melt the insulation...

Here's the fretboard trimmed and after being run through my Luthiers friend.

That all looks good to me Jason, and you've got opposite coil cuts for the two pickups so middle position with both humbuckers cut should still be hum-cancelling. It sounds like you've inadvertently wired the neck pickup in parallel, then when you connect it up to the mini switch, either position wi...

I've drilled the holes for the bridge mounting screws and the string-through holes on the drill press. Through holes.jpg And just eye-balled the holes for the ferrules with a twist drill. They're not perfectly spaced, but this is for me, so I'm not fussed. Too much bother to jig up for this, althoug...

So, I got some parts in today. I got a nice hardtail bridge with steel saddles and baseplate, and some black acrylic dots. Bridge.jpg And a nice east indian rosewood blank. Fretboard.jpg Will post more photo's as I make more progress. Jason, I'll see if I can put together some photo's of the router ...

Perry, Sel-Mac guitars are already extremely niche, I think encouraging Craig to further specialize would in his case actually be detrimental and unnecessarily limit his already very small market. Website Facebook presence Make videos of each new guitar being played in stylistic context Display at g...

Thanks Jason. You're right, Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana) is nothing like the Acer's. If I can think of anything that it resembles that is more commonly used internationally, perhaps African Mahogany (Khaya) might be most similar. It's quite stable, machines beautifully, and often display...

Thought I'd best post a photo of my modified bandsaw seeing as I described it in such detail in case anyone was interested. Bandsaw.jpg It came with a (useless) battery powered laser guide that I've removed, and I junked the dodgy switch that it came with. I also added a small piece of extruded alum...

Thanks Hans!
I look forward to seeing more progress on your quintar too, it's looking fascinating so far.