Had to pop in now that I've watched the entire video. YOU ARE MY SPIRIT BROTHER. Your expressions, frustrations, joy, head shaking, staring at the project (willing it to work) is a mirror of my own struggles doing anything. I just put 8 new bolts and nuts into the tie-downs on a trailer. Got to the last bolt and nut. The nut seized on the bolt. No loosening, no tightening. Frozen. Had to go buy a grinder to cut the bolt out and get new parts. THE LAST BOLT...my life story. Seeing you do that switch replacement made me have PTSD over my last mod. Really looking forward to next week. Cheers my brother....cheers.
@stephenjones7895 you nailed it. Just like in part one, when Colin chipped the headstock, I drilled out the last hole...splat...there went the lacquer. Other 5 were perfect. I painted it with a Sharpie.😂
Colin, one of the reasons I watch you is because I probably would have thrown shit against the wall and said every damn word in the book!! You’re authentic and I can’t ask more from you!!! I will see you next week!!
Thanks, Colin, I appreciate that you didn't cut out any of the human bits of your project. Everyone makes mistakes. I also appreciated the double extenders.
I don’t know what keeps me watching but I can’t wait for the next episode and see how it turns out. I too spend a lot of my time tinkering with my guitars and amps, which makes me happy, and watching you makes me feel good about my skills. ( I have been soldering for around 45 years making up cables and doing minor repairs to audio equipment so I’m quite capable ) I couldn’t help myself shouting NO! at the screen particularly at the screw on knobs section and sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for a blob of solder to land on the guitar finish. ( relieved you didn’t do that ) Roll on next week, I’m looking forward to it. I hope it’s a killer👍
I'm glad you didn't cut away while you were having problems with the switch. That would have been just like me, but I would be louder and some stuff would go flying lol. It was honest to show the rest of this what all we might be in for.
Catching up on the mod series while sitting in the Heineken bar in Amsterdam Airport after being 6 weeks away with work.. that’s six weeks away from my harem of git fiddles! Col supplying the goods as always 👍
This is so enjoyable because it is REAL, not spliced together to make you appear to be a genius and everything goes perfect all the time .. Great to see real humans and their real approaches to solve problems ... will be back next week for sure ...
thanks for the reminder to let a pro do all this... I was getting DANGEROUSLY close to re-wiring an old ibanez and this just reaffirmed my initial decision to take it to my shop :)
This a real proper how it goes realistic video mate! Love the chatter and the fact you keep in all the crap that can, and often does go wrong on rebuilds and the making of vid content. We all get those days Colin! Great content as always, look forward to the next one mate, cheers!
Oh the thing with the multimeter made me laugh so much out of recognition. We’ve all been there, that’s one of the appeals of your channel it’s so real 😊.
This makes my Friday night in Aus. Love to see this raw with all the frustration and swearing, and the relief when it finally works. Reminds me of my own efforts. Looking forward to next week. Thanks mate!
25:20 its because of the routing in a Les Paul. The route is a straight line from 3-way-toggle down to the electronics cavity, and that line crosses the neck pickup at the player-side corner and the bridge pickup at the cavity-side corner. that's why the neck pickup has the cable coming out at the player side, versus the bridge pickup. It makes cable management a lot easier, as excess cable will easily prevent the pickup from being level to the body.
Love the crocodile clip trick, Colin. I recently flipped the magnet on my Les Paul neck pickup (away from the Greeny sound it came with) and it took me longer to get the mounting screws back in than the rest of the job put together, including restringing! Grrr!
Diminished vision and patience has ended my tinkering, but after watching that I guess I don't miss it that much. But I am both impressed and proud of you! No schematics or diagrams.! Wow. I would not think to try without one! Awesome!
That box spanner just brought back an ancient memory for me, I used to have one in the toolkit I had strapped to my bike seat stem, a blue Raleigh Grifter I received one Christmas in the late '70s
I had a set of flat spanners in a toolkit on my bike in the '70's. There were what we called "bike wrenches". Music Nomad has a plastic tool similar in design to Colin's for guitar work. It looks pretty handy.
@@nellayema2455 Yeah, I have that Music Nomad tool, the "Octopus". It is very handy. The various hex wrenches are built into the non-marring nylon body.
Well, that’s a perfectly good Squier now totally fucked. It’s exactly the sort of thing I’d end up doing myself. It’s why I love this channel so much. Cracking the headstock veneer at the very outset was a sign, but no, just carry on. Haha. No going back
for fucks sake Col you've got the patience of Jobe--I would have slammed it against the wall well before now--I'm so glad you finally sorted out the short at 56mins--looking forward to next week !!
Excellent Colin. Just spent days on a home made pedal board with identical problems and frustrations. A mixture of my cock ups and shitty components lead to similar swearing. We're all in it together. Much love.
Bravo! A veritable masterclass in guitar modification, Colin. Phil McKnight's got nothing on you! Will I be back for pt3? Hell, I feel like I've invested a part of myself in this damned build. Of course I'll be back! :-)
😂 this is not good I was going to re wire my tele today the wiring job on it is awful it works but there more wire in there than I’ve ever seen in a guitar I can barely get the scratch plate back on so you’ve inspired me wish me luck
A very honest video Mr G (Guitarista) because you have shown what snags can occur! A 10 mins job can sometimes take an hour or more because of snags or mistakes! You're getting there though and the next bit should be easy? I look forward to it. The most I've done solder wise is switches and output jacks and basic repairs - I'm very nervous of messing with pot looms, especially when there are four of them, so well done you mate. Crocodile clip for screw mount on pickup up mount/pickup is a great tip - thanks. Cheers PS I like the swearing...
Just got back from the bakery. Got my nibbles. Ready to settle in and hear your Cuss-fest...hahahahahaha. You should hear me during a modification project. I could make a drunken sailor blush.
Hahaha! This series has me busting a gut at every turn 😂😂. *walks off camera and all one hears is a hammer smashing stuff* “I should not have done that!” 😂😂😂😎 Some days are like that. One day I need a precision driver, the next it’s a block of wood and a sledgehammer. What a metaphor for life! 😂😎👍
Man can't wait for next week's episode of trouble in teletown where Mr. Neck has warped and now suffers from the wood version of scoliosis. Jokes aside, great video and the troubles you are having is the kind of shenanigans most people have when modding so I like that you have left it in. It is a more accurate account of how it usually goes. Peace
Colin, while you may not be a guitar craftsman or technician, you're actually very handy with guitar stuff generally and certainly not the 'bodger' (to use your word) that you've appeared to be in this latest couple of episodes. To me, considering this Troublemaker is an affordable-class factory guitar, there wasn't really much wrong with it when you got it. Many would be proud or satisfied to have it as-was, with only a better setup and some detailing to remedy its minor faults from the factory. But a lot of viewers commenting below seem to be enjoying this bodgery so maybe I'm wrong or in the minority here. I don't mind that. From an old loyal viewer who's been here since lockdown and the Cool Wall days and will still be here for your next episode. "Cheers from Dallas."
Excellent video Colin, exposing the pitfalls of modding a guitar. I really felt for you. Hoping next week it all comes together and sounds fantastic. Cheers from a fellow tinkerer.
😊😊😊you get frustrated. we empathize with that and appreciate you don’t hide the disappointments in editing your videos. You’re honestly learning. That’s cool 😎 I like learning. although it seldom happens for me as a bonified aDult
Man... watching you operating without a net really puts me in the mood for the weekend. Exceptionally jealous as my Advent Calendars always seem to be full of beer or chocolate...
I was going to change the ceramic humbuckers in a Squire HH Tele I have with IronGear's Blues Engine PAF's plus change the wiring but after watching this I don't know if I can face it! Ah well I guess I'll just dive in and try and fix around my feck ups! I'm sure I'll have as much fun as Colin had...
These jobs are always a PITA even without the hassle of filming so well done on hanging in there. That Yamaha is going on my long list, sounds great. Cheers mate.
Man , i have not watched TV since 1997 , i don't even have a TV in the house , just this silly little lap top , this is the best stuff iv'e seen in a long time , love this shit ! your a blast to watch and listen to . i feel like going out to the shop just to fuck something up so i can fix it ! i need shit to do !
I think they call this warts an all. And we've all been there mate and TBH it made my day seeing the same stuff going wrong that has happened to me every time I take on a project like this :)
“My own technique for reknobbing a guitar is spooning!” & “get your knobs off!” Maybe you just need to be British to appreciate the humour. Your vids just get better and always bring a smile to my face 😊
I put a jb in the bridge of one of my hss strats and turned it into an absolute weapon. Everyone talks about one guitar that can play anything and i think this is my version of that. The custom flat strat pickups in the neck and middle can handle most everything else, but the jb gets the call for most of the heavier duties.
Hey bro, I couldn't sleep here in the states and I'm watching your video first thing, I got a new guitar this week. I got a Epiphone Limited Edition Tommy Thayer White Lightning Explorer, he has been the lead guitarist of Kiss for about the last 20 years. Another great video.
Colin i can’t wait to hear and see you taking that new Gibson Victory apart I wanna hear so bad what you think about it. Much love from LA as always. Much appreciated you are one of the infinity stones of UA-cam :)
G'eve Colin, no need to apologise for anything. You're doing your best and if you need to windge and swear, then do it. Like I mentioned to you, it's all 100% natural you, no "we'll be back after this sponsor's message" with the radio host voice. We love your efforts and your work. Sometimes we all need to let Archie Bunker out....or Benny Hill. Have a great Friday Night and a nice weekend Colin. Lovely Greetings from Germany. Michael
I replaced the P90s in my Tribute with mini humbuckers and replaced the PCB with regular pots. My soldering looks nasty but it works. I had a brief "well, shit" moment when I had it all back together and the pickups were silent. Happily, I didn't have to take it all apart because I spotted the hot wire on the jack was grounding out. Easy fix. Still not going to show anyone what lies behind the control cover. There's a Tele in the bedroom waiting for the guard and body to be routed for a CuNiFe WRHB. I spent $100 CAD (£56) on two stacked pots and concentric knobs. It will be wired like an LP but with a stock Tele control plate. 250K uppers for the bridge, 1Meg lowers for the WRHB.
I'm glad to see you keep your sense of humour in videos like this weeks. 🙂
My abuelito always have greatfunny humor
Had to pop in now that I've watched the entire video. YOU ARE MY SPIRIT BROTHER. Your expressions, frustrations, joy, head shaking, staring at the project (willing it to work) is a mirror of my own struggles doing anything. I just put 8 new bolts and nuts into the tie-downs on a trailer. Got to the last bolt and nut. The nut seized on the bolt. No loosening, no tightening. Frozen. Had to go buy a grinder to cut the bolt out and get new parts. THE LAST BOLT...my life story. Seeing you do that switch replacement made me have PTSD over my last mod. Really looking forward to next week. Cheers my brother....cheers.
Cheers Kev, this is the stuff they don't tell you about in the manuals! 🤣👍
It is ALWAYS the last item - you just know it!
@stephenjones7895 you nailed it. Just like in part one, when Colin chipped the headstock, I drilled out the last hole...splat...there went the lacquer. Other 5 were perfect. I painted it with a Sharpie.😂
@@theguitaristasrewrite the manual 🤣😂
Colin, one of the reasons I watch you is because I probably would have thrown shit against the wall and said every damn word in the book!! You’re authentic and I can’t ask more from you!!! I will see you next week!!
This is what you call an honest video. I love the fact that you didn’t edit it to make it seem easy. Good on you.
Thanks, Colin, I appreciate that you didn't cut out any of the human bits of your project. Everyone makes mistakes. I also appreciated the double extenders.
I don’t know what keeps me watching but I can’t wait for the next episode and see how it turns out. I too spend a lot of my time tinkering with my guitars and amps, which makes me happy, and watching you makes me feel good about my skills. ( I have been soldering for around 45 years making up cables and doing minor repairs to audio equipment so I’m quite capable ) I couldn’t help myself shouting NO! at the screen particularly at the screw on knobs section and sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for a blob of solder to land on the guitar finish. ( relieved you didn’t do that )
Roll on next week, I’m looking forward to it. I hope it’s a killer👍
I'm glad you didn't cut away while you were having problems with the switch. That would have been just like me, but I would be louder and some stuff would go flying lol. It was honest to show the rest of this what all we might be in for.
Catching up on the mod series while sitting in the Heineken bar in Amsterdam Airport after being 6 weeks away with work.. that’s six weeks away from my harem of git fiddles! Col supplying the goods as always 👍
This is so enjoyable because it is REAL, not spliced together to make you appear to be a genius and everything goes perfect all the time .. Great to see real humans and their real approaches to solve problems ... will be back next week for sure ...
thanks for the reminder to let a pro do all this... I was getting DANGEROUSLY close to re-wiring an old ibanez and this just reaffirmed my initial decision to take it to my shop :)
This a real proper how it goes realistic video mate! Love the chatter and the fact you keep in all the crap that can, and often does go wrong on rebuilds and the making of vid content. We all get those days Colin! Great content as always, look forward to the next one mate, cheers!
You've inspired me to upgrade my Player Telecaster to Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound pickups. I watch as it's educational.
Famous last words ...'don't think I've done something stupid'. Hilarious. That's why you're my favorite.
I've enjoyed both videos so far. Look forward to the final installment! 🎸🎸
I'm so glad you just do you Col. Geezer you had me in stitches - free style wiring, I love it.
My weekend starts with you my friend, keep it up col . 😅
Oh the thing with the multimeter made me laugh so much out of recognition. We’ve all been there, that’s one of the appeals of your channel it’s so real 😊.
This makes my Friday night in Aus. Love to see this raw with all the frustration and swearing, and the relief when it finally works. Reminds me of my own efforts. Looking forward to next week. Thanks mate!
Yeah that shorting out with the switch had me chuckling 😂. This all is so familiar. Wonderful stuff Colin, keep em coming!
I could watch these all day!
The most amusing faff I've seen in ages.
25:20 its because of the routing in a Les Paul. The route is a straight line from 3-way-toggle down to the electronics cavity, and that line crosses the neck pickup at the player-side corner and the bridge pickup at the cavity-side corner. that's why the neck pickup has the cable coming out at the player side, versus the bridge pickup. It makes cable management a lot easier, as excess cable will easily prevent the pickup from being level to the body.
Next week cannot come fast enough …loving every minute .. Thanks Colin.
Love the crocodile clip trick, Colin. I recently flipped the magnet on my Les Paul neck pickup (away from the Greeny sound it came with) and it took me longer to get the mounting screws back in than the rest of the job put together, including restringing! Grrr!
Cheers Tim, and losing that spring as it flys across the room has ruined many a simple pickup upgrade! 😂
@@theguitaristas :o
"catch and release" 😄 i love it.
Diminished vision and patience has ended my tinkering, but after watching that I guess I don't miss it that much. But I am both impressed and proud of you! No schematics or diagrams.! Wow. I would not think to try without one! Awesome!
That box spanner just brought back an ancient memory for me, I used to have one in the toolkit I had strapped to my bike seat stem, a blue Raleigh Grifter I received one Christmas in the late '70s
I had a set of flat spanners in a toolkit on my bike in the '70's. There were what we called "bike wrenches". Music Nomad has a plastic tool similar in design to Colin's for guitar work. It looks pretty handy.
It's entirely possible this is an original 70s item! 😆
@@nellayema2455 Yeah, I have that Music Nomad tool, the "Octopus". It is very handy. The various hex wrenches are built into the non-marring nylon body.
Well, that’s a perfectly good Squier now totally fucked. It’s exactly the sort of thing I’d end up doing myself. It’s why I love this channel so much. Cracking the headstock veneer at the very outset was a sign, but no, just carry on. Haha. No going back
Absolutely love these kinds of videos! Keep 'em coming :)
BRILLIANT!!!
Finally a reality show on how a so called "easy job" becomes a total pain in the ass within minutes. 🤠
I didn't think pickups could be such a cliffhanger .🤣that guitar has the right name "troublemaker"..........
for fucks sake Col you've got the patience of Jobe--I would have slammed it against the wall well before now--I'm so glad you finally sorted out the short at 56mins--looking forward to next week !!
Hang in there, Colin . . . we're all counting on you! Best of luck. 😅
Colin…swear on, swear away….a three part troublemaker series is certainly worth swearin. I’m stuck in brotha, Jack n Coke and Tele in hand. Cheers
Excellent Colin. Just spent days on a home made pedal board with identical problems and frustrations. A mixture of my cock ups and shitty components lead to similar swearing.
We're all in it together.
Much love.
“You can come with me and rifle around in my draws!” 😂😂😂. Classic - this is the Fawlty Towers of guitar channels - love it 😎
Bravo! A veritable masterclass in guitar modification, Colin. Phil McKnight's got nothing on you! Will I be back for pt3? Hell, I feel like I've invested a part of myself in this damned build. Of course I'll be back! :-)
ale and crisps perfect for a short film
Nice one brother from Warren in Epsom. 😎
Another great video Colin we'll done for hanging in there mate
The Squire Troublemaker is aptly named!😂 The level of professional editing is amazing!
😁🙏
I have been seriously considering purchasing one of them Revstars. Then I see you jamming out with one and I am like ....."Is it a sign?".
Thanks! I feel your pain, thats why I just dont work on stuff anymore. If something can F up, I'll do it😂
😂 this is not good I was going to re wire my tele today the wiring job on it is awful it works but there more wire in there than I’ve ever seen in a guitar I can barely get the scratch plate back on so you’ve inspired me wish me luck
The fact that you are playing the revstar in the demo made me feel like the troublemaker is in some sort of trouble :3
Right around 50:25, I thought, "yup, that thing's about to be airborne." 😆 Keeping the "struggle" in is very authentic and relatable. Well done!
A very honest video Mr G (Guitarista) because you have shown what snags can occur! A 10 mins job can sometimes take an hour or more because of snags or mistakes! You're getting there though and the next bit should be easy? I look forward to it.
The most I've done solder wise is switches and output jacks and basic repairs - I'm very nervous of messing with pot looms, especially when there are four of them, so well done you mate. Crocodile clip for screw mount on pickup up mount/pickup is a great tip - thanks.
Cheers
PS I like the swearing...
Just got back from the bakery. Got my nibbles. Ready to settle in and hear your Cuss-fest...hahahahahaha. You should hear me during a modification project. I could make a drunken sailor blush.
Hahaha! This series has me busting a gut at every turn 😂😂. *walks off camera and all one hears is a hammer smashing stuff* “I should not have done that!” 😂😂😂😎
Some days are like that. One day I need a precision driver, the next it’s a block of wood and a sledgehammer. What a metaphor for life! 😂😎👍
This axe has indeed been the 'Troublemaker' for you! 😂🤙 Loving the ranting and raving!
Great entertainment Colin 👌 enjoyed learning more about the intricate details of electric guitars 🎸 Looking forward to part 3 😁
I bought an acqustic and this semi hollow together.
Most impressed with these instruments as is everyone else who plays them!
I've never seen the "use a roach clip to hold the spring on the pickup screw" trick before. I'll be using that one from now on. Thanks!
Col the the suspense in this vid is Hitchcock at his best watching through my fingers
Can't believe you kept so calm, I would have probably caved it in with a hammer, love what you do for us Colin
Good morning from Michigan,
That Tele looked like
a Revstar when you
put it all back together.
Good Job! 😅
Cheers Colin! 👍
Man can't wait for next week's episode of trouble in teletown where Mr. Neck has warped and now suffers from the wood version of scoliosis.
Jokes aside, great video and the troubles you are having is the kind of shenanigans most people have when modding so I like that you have left it in. It is a more accurate account of how it usually goes.
Peace
Colin, while you may not be a guitar craftsman or technician, you're actually very handy with guitar stuff generally and certainly not the 'bodger' (to use your word) that you've appeared to be in this latest couple of episodes. To me, considering this Troublemaker is an affordable-class factory guitar, there wasn't really much wrong with it when you got it. Many would be proud or satisfied to have it as-was, with only a better setup and some detailing to remedy its minor faults from the factory. But a lot of viewers commenting below seem to be enjoying this bodgery so maybe I'm wrong or in the minority here. I don't mind that. From an old loyal viewer who's been here since lockdown and the Cool Wall days and will still be here for your next episode. "Cheers from Dallas."
Colin, this is pure gold, honestly, make it a four parter. It’s like you’re creating Frankenstein. Have a great weekend mate.
Colin!!!! I don't know what to say!!!😮 First, all the long-term nob action, and now rifling through knickers!!! I nearly had a heart attack!!!!
Excellent video Colin, exposing the pitfalls of modding a guitar. I really felt for you. Hoping next week it all comes together and sounds fantastic. Cheers from a fellow tinkerer.
😊😊😊you get frustrated. we empathize with that and appreciate you don’t hide the disappointments in editing your videos. You’re honestly learning. That’s cool 😎 I like learning. although it seldom happens for me as a bonified aDult
Been there done that. The confusion before the conclusion is unbelievably relatable. Can't wait to hear what it sounds like. Cheers
Man... watching you operating without a net really puts me in the mood for the weekend.
Exceptionally jealous as my Advent Calendars always seem to be full of beer or chocolate...
Great work, Col! Loved it. Had a whisky (Talisker 18) whilst watching from Aus haha
I was going to change the ceramic humbuckers in a Squire HH Tele I have with IronGear's Blues Engine PAF's plus change the wiring but after watching this I don't know if I can face it! Ah well I guess I'll just dive in and try and fix around my feck ups! I'm sure I'll have as much fun as Colin had...
Mine comes in today! So glad to see this video thank you so much!!
"It's gonna be easy next week." Probably shouldn't have said that... 😂
Takes me a few days to get through but these style of videos are awesome man. I am building a partscaster and it’s useful to see how you do it 👍
fast forward ..go back to previous video..before the improvements began...Col that's a brilliant upgrade.. we wouldn't know..
Love it Colin! You know you've got an entire audience of people that knows exactly what you're going through. Haha
These jobs are always a PITA even without the hassle of filming so well done on hanging in there. That Yamaha is going on my long list, sounds great. Cheers mate.
Man , i have not watched TV since 1997 , i don't even have a TV in the house , just this silly little lap top , this is the best stuff iv'e seen in a long time , love this shit ! your a blast to watch and listen to . i feel like going out to the shop just to fuck something up so i can fix it ! i need shit to do !
😆👍👍
I think they call this warts an all. And we've all been there mate and TBH it made my day seeing the same stuff going wrong that has happened to me every time I take on a project like this :)
Just goes to show that one always needs to expect the unexpected. Great share!
“My own technique for reknobbing a guitar is spooning!” & “get your knobs off!” Maybe you just need to be British to appreciate the humour. Your vids just get better and always bring a smile to my face 😊
Glad you posted, it’s a nice break from clean up after the storm passed Wednesday. Thank you
Those $27 Switchcraft pickup selector toggles end up being worth every cent...
I put a jb in the bridge of one of my hss strats and turned it into an absolute weapon. Everyone talks about one guitar that can play anything and i think this is my version of that. The custom flat strat pickups in the neck and middle can handle most everything else, but the jb gets the call for most of the heavier duties.
Aloha Colin! You'll get it. Mahalo
Sweary Colin is the best Colin. Man, I could feel the despair through the screen
Oh, what a tangled web we weavhen upgrades we believe...will bleeping, blapping work!!! I feel your frustration. I know it all too well.
Love the subtle Muffin Zappa sway. I suspect you smoked a beer and drank a j too the way things transpire...back asswards
😅😅😅
For some reason, this reminded me of Chevy Chase putting up lights in Christmas Vacation. I feel your pain man.
Ah I know that film well! 🤣👍
Cant wait until next week. Good stuff.
I'm not sure that replacing Squier parts with Epiphone parts can be considered an "upgrade", but I really enjoy watching you work anyway.
Hey bro, I couldn't sleep here in the states and I'm watching your video first thing, I got a new guitar this week. I got a Epiphone Limited Edition Tommy Thayer White Lightning Explorer, he has been the lead guitarist of Kiss for about the last 20 years. Another great video.
The name of the guitar says it all
'Troublemaker'
Nice bruh,... looking forward to Troublecaster part 3!
Right...kettle on
Great work. I can't wait to hear the results
Still here and I’ll be back to see and hear the outcome, looking forward to it…
I didn't see it until I watched it on my phone. perfect
This was a fun watch earlier on the TV channel website, what palaver with the wiring though, hopefully part 3 will be easier for you Colin !! 👍🎸😄
Colin i can’t wait to hear and see you taking that new Gibson Victory apart I wanna hear so bad what you think about it. Much love from LA as always. Much appreciated you are one of the infinity stones of UA-cam :)
LOL !!! Looking forward to the next episode...... this is an exact replication of my mods experiences !!! Cheers !!!
G'eve Colin, no need to apologise for anything. You're doing your best and if you need to windge and swear, then do it. Like I mentioned to you, it's all 100% natural you, no "we'll be back after this sponsor's message" with the radio host voice. We love your efforts and your work. Sometimes we all need to let Archie Bunker out....or Benny Hill. Have a great Friday Night and a nice weekend Colin. Lovely Greetings from Germany. Michael
I replaced the P90s in my Tribute with mini humbuckers and replaced the PCB with regular pots. My soldering looks nasty but it works. I had a brief "well, shit" moment when I had it all back together and the pickups were silent. Happily, I didn't have to take it all apart because I spotted the hot wire on the jack was grounding out. Easy fix.
Still not going to show anyone what lies behind the control cover.
There's a Tele in the bedroom waiting for the guard and body to be routed for a CuNiFe WRHB. I spent $100 CAD (£56) on two stacked pots and concentric knobs. It will be wired like an LP but with a stock Tele control plate. 250K uppers for the bridge, 1Meg lowers for the WRHB.