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And now, we wait for the harness....Think I am going to wind my own pickups from scratch....
2016 Gibson SG 'T' Series Mod Thread:
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Yes...pickup production begins.....
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Harness arrived....
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PROBLEMS....
Need some technical support. My 2016 Gibson SG has holes a little larger than 3/8" for the pots, but smaller than the .406" shoulder on the Bournes pots. The input jack holes measures .460" and the selector switch measures .500" respectively.The selector switch looks to be the same as the one on the circuit board.
My stock (circuit board) Switchcraft input jack is 3/8" in diameter, has no shoulder and the threads are 3/8" long. This jack cannot be removed from the board (easily} and the surface-mount switch is quite different than the wire harness version. The Tone Man harness has an input jack with 3/8" threads, but the threaded section is only .260" long with a .460" shoulder. The opening in the guitar for the input jack is only .440" in diameter. Even if I enlarge the hole for the input jack to accept the .460" shoulder, the .260" threaded portion may not be enough to accept a retaining nut, due to the thickness of the wood in this opening.
FYI, The Bourns website recommends a .411" hole for their potentiometers with a .406" shoulder.
I did not think I would need to drill/ream the USA Gibson body. I can do it, but wanted to bounce this off you guys before I dig into it.
Thanks...
Need some technical support. My 2016 Gibson SG has holes a little larger than 3/8" for the pots, but smaller than the .406" shoulder on the Bournes pots. The input jack holes measures .460" and the selector switch measures .500" respectively.The selector switch looks to be the same as the one on the circuit board.
My stock (circuit board) Switchcraft input jack is 3/8" in diameter, has no shoulder and the threads are 3/8" long. This jack cannot be removed from the board (easily} and the surface-mount switch is quite different than the wire harness version. The Tone Man harness has an input jack with 3/8" threads, but the threaded section is only .260" long with a .460" shoulder. The opening in the guitar for the input jack is only .440" in diameter. Even if I enlarge the hole for the input jack to accept the .460" shoulder, the .260" threaded portion may not be enough to accept a retaining nut, due to the thickness of the wood in this opening.
FYI, The Bourns website recommends a .411" hole for their potentiometers with a .406" shoulder.
I did not think I would need to drill/ream the USA Gibson body. I can do it, but wanted to bounce this off you guys before I dig into it.
Thanks...
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UPDATE: Fixed the input jack problem. Trimmed the copper tape out of the hole and jack dropped right in.
Ditched the noisy Gibson 57 Classic's and two sets of (noisy) Gibson 490's. Settled on a pair of doubke wax potted 7.93k bridge 7.88k neck PAF clones from GFS. Dead quiet.
Added the Lawrence-style treble bleed, Witch Hats and replaced the single ply TRC with a multi-ply unit.
Altered the brixge pickup to string angle and closed up the pole piece to string distance to 4/64" on both sides.
I left the neck pickup flat because it sounded GREAT and the pole pieces are close to the strings anyways.
Although its no longer 100% Gibson, but it is finally a useful studio tool. Prior to this work...
Ditched the noisy Gibson 57 Classic's and two sets of (noisy) Gibson 490's. Settled on a pair of doubke wax potted 7.93k bridge 7.88k neck PAF clones from GFS. Dead quiet.
Added the Lawrence-style treble bleed, Witch Hats and replaced the single ply TRC with a multi-ply unit.
Altered the brixge pickup to string angle and closed up the pole piece to string distance to 4/64" on both sides.
I left the neck pickup flat because it sounded GREAT and the pole pieces are close to the strings anyways.
Although its no longer 100% Gibson, but it is finally a useful studio tool. Prior to this work...
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Picked up some new witch hats made to fit the 6mm x 18 spline Bourne pots...
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Wife gave me this today....
I've never had my name on anything I owned....but I gotta find a use for this!!!!
I've never had my name on anything I owned....but I gotta find a use for this!!!!
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well it is for a Gibson.
If I had to choose one of these for a paying job, whether I liked the guitar or not, it would be the SG....
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The old witch hats were modified to fit the Bourne 6mm x 18 spline coarse aluminium split shafts and they stood up off the body enough you could see the retainer nuts:
I had this set custom made....much better...
I had this set custom made....much better...
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Wow! A Robert Herndon signature SG!
LOL...
LOL...
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I am getting less and less angry at thus guitar.
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Let it go and play the damn thing
I have been. I think I will keep it....
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But I also started playing the Hellraiser again!