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markbrai

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Tele project completed!
« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2006, 10:29:09 PM »
Good Lad!

Just checked it and it looks as though I have got them the wrong way round! Stupid error as I should have checkec, but the diagram i was following had them the opposite way around (obivously a slightly different design of jack) and so i followed it absolutely to the letter....its just i was using different bits!!!

I cant be bothered to get the soldering iron out now, but will sort it tomorrow and report back!

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« Reply #16 on: August 13, 2006, 10:58:54 AM »
I think i did this on every single one of the first guitars i made, i dont know why and it seems pretty daft, every time i was sure i had read the diagram right.  But it happens to us all!!

markbrai

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« Reply #17 on: August 13, 2006, 11:45:07 AM »
Excellent, I am now humless!

But.......I put the 4-way switch in to get the neck and bridge in series, but when i use the switch now, it sounds like position 1 (nearest neck) is just the neck, position 2 is still just the neck, position 3 is the bridge and position 4 is just the bridge again!

The diagram i followed is from here http://www.acmeguitarworks.com/pdf/tele_4-way_diagram.pdf

Ive checked over the wiring on the control plate again and its all absolutely correct and there are no shorts etc so any idea what it could be????

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« Reply #18 on: August 13, 2006, 01:05:37 PM »
My strat which I rewired also has quite a bit of hum... maybe I also got the wires wrong :lol: Will try reversing em sometime.

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« Reply #19 on: August 13, 2006, 02:45:02 PM »
If they are the wrong way round you wont get any normal signal.  Strats hum, get used to it or spend a hell of a lot of money trying to fix it  (which you can rarely do completely!!)

LiamH

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« Reply #20 on: August 13, 2006, 04:23:37 PM »
I love tele's and I love how you have done yours. I really like the french polishing, you get that trad blonde look from a distance and then the grain up close. Nice job.
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