Again, as this is my very first home-built guitar, I decided to take some easy turns on my way. This is also true for the circuit - of course I'm able to read a plan, get the proper parts and connect them, but I'm not the greatest expert on earth when it comes to nice soldering.
As I needed to purchase the components anyway, I finally decided to get some preassembled electronics - Rockinger was my friend again:
http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?cat=WG127&product=17076
A pre-assembled 4-way tele circuit
The description from the Rockinger web page - for those German-speaking guys among you:
"Wir beziehen diese speziell für uns angefertigte Elektronik für eine 4-Way-Tele aus den USA (4. Option sind beide Pickups in Reihe).
Zur Verwendung kommen 22 AWG Vintage Push-Back Wire, 2 CTS/Mojo 250k Split Shaft Potis, Oak Grigsby 4-Way Switch, Switchcraft-Buchse (vorverdrahtet), 22nF NOS (New Old Stock) Paper in Oil Capacitor sowie eine Widerstand/Kondensator Parallelschaltung am Volumenpoti zwecks Erhaltung der Höhen beim runterdrehen der Lautstärke.
Die Potis benötigen 10mm Bohrungen. Alles ist bereits in den richtigen Abständen auf einer Hartfaserplatte montiert, so dass es 1 zu 1 auf die Kontrollplatte übertragen werden kann. Inklusive Anschlussplan."
This way, I could still learn how things are put together, but not screw up. After all, not doing a good job here doesn't "add a personal touch" but actually results in the guitar not working at all.... And for me, doing all the woodwork, placing the bridge, getting the nut sorted, the frets clean and aligned, doing proper intonation etc. is of more importance than the soldering. (Cheap excuse, ain't it?)
... and yes, I DO need to connect the pickups still...
:-)
As I needed to purchase the components anyway, I finally decided to get some preassembled electronics - Rockinger was my friend again:
http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?cat=WG127&product=17076
A pre-assembled 4-way tele circuit
The description from the Rockinger web page - for those German-speaking guys among you:
"Wir beziehen diese speziell für uns angefertigte Elektronik für eine 4-Way-Tele aus den USA (4. Option sind beide Pickups in Reihe).
Zur Verwendung kommen 22 AWG Vintage Push-Back Wire, 2 CTS/Mojo 250k Split Shaft Potis, Oak Grigsby 4-Way Switch, Switchcraft-Buchse (vorverdrahtet), 22nF NOS (New Old Stock) Paper in Oil Capacitor sowie eine Widerstand/Kondensator Parallelschaltung am Volumenpoti zwecks Erhaltung der Höhen beim runterdrehen der Lautstärke.
Die Potis benötigen 10mm Bohrungen. Alles ist bereits in den richtigen Abständen auf einer Hartfaserplatte montiert, so dass es 1 zu 1 auf die Kontrollplatte übertragen werden kann. Inklusive Anschlussplan."
This way, I could still learn how things are put together, but not screw up. After all, not doing a good job here doesn't "add a personal touch" but actually results in the guitar not working at all.... And for me, doing all the woodwork, placing the bridge, getting the nut sorted, the frets clean and aligned, doing proper intonation etc. is of more importance than the soldering. (Cheap excuse, ain't it?)
... and yes, I DO need to connect the pickups still...
:-)
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