[Andrew Alexander]

I know nothing of the finish.. mitchell website specs says “BODY FINISH: Thin, Open Pore”. Very helpful, thanks..

Also was still having doubts that this was a true black. The sunburst has notes of reddish brown on the soundboard

I was thinking of building up the color by staining shellac with either the colortone kalamazoo i have or potentially make a run to the local woodcraft for mixol tints

I presume poly would be the preferred option here?

[Andrew Alexander]

The P1S Combo (including the AMS system) is now $750 until December 2nd.

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[Andrew Alexander]

I figured it out!

I stared at this other diagram and my pictures for what had to be an hour… https://d2emr0qhzqfj88.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2023-08/Strat%20Stacked%20Hum%20Canceling%20Wiring.pdf

I saw this diagram has the neck and middle pickups’ green wires going to ground and the red wires going to the switches. Regardless of red/green – one of them had to go to ground and I had nothing.

So I thought I should at least connect those two missing pieces to ground:

1. Solder a connection from the humbucker’s bare wire to ground

2. Solder a connection from the neck and middle pickups’ green wires to ground

Went to go plan my attack and that’s when I saw some excess solder and what was obviously wire left behind… These had already been tied to ground – it just came undone.

Holding the wires in place with my hands and… it worked like I expected a 5 way to work. Quick patch and solder job and now on to the next step 😀

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Strat Stacked Hum Canceling Wiring

Strat Stacked Hum Canceling Wiring

[Andrew Alexander]

Some pics of the inside. Pretty sure this is at least partially wrong… The two green wires coming out of the neck and middle are tied together and go nowhere, the red and green wires from the humbucker are swapped, and the bare wire from the humbucker is not attached to anything. I am not sure about the capacitor and ground situation either – the wiring diagram has just one tone pot and one volume pot while this obviously has two tone pots.

[Andrew Alexander]

Care to share any of the details on how you make it or what it’s composed of? I imagine some kind of UV reactive resin mix?

[Andrew Alexander]

Ended up just using some chopsticks… Still had a couple tiny lumps but pretty sure it worked a lot better than before when I was just using a weak brush 😅

We will know when it dries I guess!

[Andrew Alexander]

I had just seen a video where someone claimed that fret slots cut too wide with too little glue could potentially cause a buzz, especially if all the frets are just “tack glued” on either end of the fret with CA glue

I also had a buzz that was actually coming from the bridge of a Strat – a few of the height adjustment screws were just a tad “loose” and would buzz universally

[Andrew Alexander]

I am looking at getting my first printer as well – I was about to watch Ted Bergstrand’s latest appearance and see if it added on to anything not mentioned in this thread https://dev.loothgroup.com/post-type-videos/3dc-ted-bergstrand-returns/

I was leaning towards the Bambu P1S but the X1C might be worth it for the integrated carbon filter and heated bed for drying.

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[Andrew Alexander]

Yes – this is how the guitar came to me. I am likely going to do a full re-wire but wanted to be sure it was all working first

[Andrew Alexander]

Thanks for sharing!

Good ol’ CA glue never ceases to amaze me with how versatile it is