Novo NGD para-me (Page 1 of 2)

Sweet, Surf Green for me Please

Wayne P

nothing like a good project to keep you busy!  Happy NGD!  Exciting to see what you turn it into!

My daughter's Yamaha Pacifica has HSH setup which I enjoy.  Also, I'm particular to satin finish.  It seems more slippery.  Whatever you go with it seems like you picked a nice one and I bet it will be fun to play.  Be sure to post your progress.

The setup for this is H-S-S and it does not have a conventional Strat pickguard. I have located and ordered a correct one in white pearl I found on e-Bay, however it is coming from China so I have everything crossed that it will actually arrive. As a back up plan I do have a template for one but I prefer not to have to make it.

I intend to make a slight modification and fit a switch between the volume and tone knobs to allow me to switch the humbucker to a single coil for more versatility.

This photo is one I found on the Internet to show the guitar configuation. Strange how they all seem to be black, I can assure you that it is not a colour I would choose, black take too much cleaning.

Roger.

If the 5 position switch is in the second position I believe that the neck pickup is switched off, but I will look into that.

I have started sanding the body down, it may not be obvious from this picture but the stain has penetrated the grain and in places it looks dirty so I have got to try to lift it out someway.

Roger

Strip-eze paste is gooey and nasty but it will heave the stain up and out.
I restored a wooden boat (mucho varnish) and a 1916 house all woodwork varnished). Heavy bodied strip paste is applied with a bristle brush. Time it to start removal just before the paste starts to dry.The resulting goo is removed with a damp rag and sanded clean.
Wear heavy rubber gloves because that stuff burns.
toots

I always thought that the 5 way switch position 1 to 5 changed from (1)neck to (2)neck/middle to (3)neck/middle/bridge to (4)middle/bridge and to (5)bridge. Shows how wrong one can be.

Side 2 wiring seems best to get as much use of the humbucker as is possible.

This is the configuration for my guitar so if I connect the taped off red/white wire through a switch to earth I can ground one of the series wired humbucker pair and be left with a single if I want it to sound like a standard strat.

This is the first time I have wired a guitar from scratch and I am still in the planning stage, waiting for parts to arrive so any comments/observations are appreciated.

Roger

There is absolutely no need for an apology I welcome your comments, suggestions and ideas and I was most definitely not suggesting that your comment was wrong.

Having spent some time looking into pickup wiring and I have found that manufactures have many different ways of wiring up their guitars. It is a bit of a minefield.

Doing this from scratch gives me the oportunity to have it the way that I want and, although I like the idea of having a guitar that is switchable from S-S-S to H-S-S so that I have two guitars in one, I am open to suggestions and other ideas which is why I have posted this here for comment.

Roger

Here is a great way to get the wood done, I did this with an office door.

If you have a sunny day close by, bleach it.  I used streight bleach on the wood, set in the sun.  then fine sanded it.  it was beautiful.

Oh if you go with paint,,, Im a big fan of auto quality spray cans.  Duplicolor is very good. wet sand between each coat. tack cloth.  It buffs up super bright and the clear coat is non yellowing.

You have too go an hour or two before they say too come,things like that go fast ,my last sale we had people where outside in the dark waiting for us too set up.

Well the pickguard arrived from China, the used pickups from the UK so I now have a new/old guitar that sounds even better than I expected. I am a happy bunny .

Roger

Looks great Roger!