luvmyshiner
May 10th, 2008, 08:16 PM
Finally got the thumbwheel pots put on the Centura. Since I was going back to the original pick guard, a few weeks ago I plugged the hole that was drilled for the volume pot with mahogany. Was hoping that it might pass for an inlay or something. Sanded and followed with a couple of coats of Danish oil.
Last week I glued the support bracket and pick up to the old pick guard and got the new pots transferred today. First is a picture without the pick guard, I actually think it looks kinda cool, and she did open up a little when she was neked.:D
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P5080003.jpg
Then I took a picture of the original wiring so I could fall back on it later. That's when I realized it was different from the wiring diagram and y'all came to my rescue.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P5050002.jpg
Then I installed the thumbwheel pots.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010006.jpg
Here's a shot with the thumbwheels on.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010007.jpg
And here's a shot of the installed pickguard.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010011.jpg
The thumbwheels work great and sound great. They really do sound a lot better then the old ones, but I don't know if I can attribute that to the 500k pots or the different wiring.
The only bad thing is that in going back to the original pick guard, you can now see the wire.
I don't think the wire bothers me though. If at some point in the future I decide I can't live with it, I'll transfer everything back to the big pick guard and we'll see how that works.
Last week I glued the support bracket and pick up to the old pick guard and got the new pots transferred today. First is a picture without the pick guard, I actually think it looks kinda cool, and she did open up a little when she was neked.:D
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P5080003.jpg
Then I took a picture of the original wiring so I could fall back on it later. That's when I realized it was different from the wiring diagram and y'all came to my rescue.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P5050002.jpg
Then I installed the thumbwheel pots.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010006.jpg
Here's a shot with the thumbwheels on.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010007.jpg
And here's a shot of the installed pickguard.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m159/luvmyshiner/My%20DAquisto/P1010011.jpg
The thumbwheels work great and sound great. They really do sound a lot better then the old ones, but I don't know if I can attribute that to the 500k pots or the different wiring.
The only bad thing is that in going back to the original pick guard, you can now see the wire.
I don't think the wire bothers me though. If at some point in the future I decide I can't live with it, I'll transfer everything back to the big pick guard and we'll see how that works.