PGK Tele Kit Build Thread
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Truss_rod
Ambassador of Picks and Sticks
Man this is awesome.6 MONTHS LATER...
This past week I've been showing some love to my "Tootsie"...I've come to the conclusion that having the controls flipped, is not working for me. I keep hitting the volume pot ever so slightly with my spastic picking hand. It doesn't help that the pot's turning resistance is on the low side, and the knurls on the knobs are brutally grippy! New Rotation Day...
BEEFOUR:
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I need to rotate the volume and tone pots, but won't be rotating the 3-way switch. Purple wires are going bye-bye.
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There was so much lead wire from the jack to the volume pot, that I snipped off a few inches of it and reused the short pieces to replace the old purple wires.
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Kinda wished the black wire that connects from the tone pot to the 3-way switch was a bit longer. I don't have any spare push-back cloth style wiring.
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I like it. I can feel the switch knob and use it as an anchoring point in my playing technique. Volume knob is still very accessible. The 3-way switch in position 1, closest to the volume pot, is now the full pickup signal with no tone control in the circuit. Position 2 is the same: The tone circuit is active. Position 3 is now the pickup in series with a cap for that cocked-wah tone, and tone circuit bypassed...
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Gotta say....good stuff sir!
Mr Grumpy
Ambassador of Comings and Goings
Everything about that guitar is fantastic; I haven't seen a better looking tele.
Great job, Sysco.
(The 1st pick guard just works so well, no reason to look any further even though the other two are nice.)
(Yeah, the vintage tuners from a quality brand like Gotoh are just perfect - simple to change, stay in tune and look classy; I really don't understand why most Fenders would come with anything else...)
Great job, Sysco.
(The 1st pick guard just works so well, no reason to look any further even though the other two are nice.)
(Yeah, the vintage tuners from a quality brand like Gotoh are just perfect - simple to change, stay in tune and look classy; I really don't understand why most Fenders would come with anything else...)
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syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
That's a helluva compliment, thanks!
I was really surprised on how much I like these type of tuners. Besides the positive points you touched on, another sweet advantage to the design of these tuners is there are no annoying and flesh piercing string ends to worry about. And... If I need to remove and reinstall the same strings from the tuners only, the strings easily slide off the tuners after just a couple good turns of the tuners. When the strings slide off, there's this perfect coil shape to the strings that doesn't unravel. And when I go to slide them back on, just line up the the string end that originally was inserted into the top of the tuner. The string's preformed coiled section will follow and wrap itself around the tuner post. Retighten and tune-up... Boom, done!
Guitar has excellent sustain properties. Neck plays like a dream. This Tele sounds like a, uhm... Tele! The SD Antiquity II pickup is perfect. I'm very impressed with the Wudtone finish on the body: Easy and safe to apply, looks and feels superb, and unique, too! Besides some finish gremlins on the headstock, I really had some very good luck with this kit.
