Speaking of which , for those who are changing pickups , here's a nice step by step for pickup potting.
VERY easy to do .
[B]Pickup noisy? -Wax Potting a Pickup STEP by STEP[/B]What you need :
1. Wax - candle
2.Tin - Milkcan , aluminium one also can
3. A Wok
4. Water .
Costing - Below RM2.00
Step 1:
Arrange the items like this .
Put enough Candles (take out the wig ) around 10 Ikea teacup candles . Put in inside a metal tin .
Take a Big Wok , put water (not too much ) just enough to boil the tin .
Put the Tin into the Wok .
Why I'm I doing this "double" Boil . Plastic Melting point is around 200 degrees . We want the wax to melt , but not the plastic .
So , the boiling point of water is 100 degrees . Hence , if you double boil like this , max temperature will be 100 degree. Your pickup plastic is VERY safe .
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Boil the tin , wait till all the wax melts . this could take up to 15-20 mins .
Easy ? Next step .( keep the fire on the stove throughout )
Carefully take the pickups out
Take out whatever cover that comes with it (plastic ) , just make sure it exposes the coils .
Dip the pickup into the tin , take it out , and dip it in again . Like an "Tea Bag " untill the eentire pickup is covered with wax .
Let the wax wrap around the coil windings . Its ok if its a mess now , wax comes off easily clean .
It should look like this
The left if the potted one , right is the non potted .
cover back the plastic parts . And use a cloth to clean up the excess wax . Easy ?
Anything not sure ? Buy this "ah beng" an his favourite drink ! I'll teach u
Email me for questions . john@munkeemusic.com
Hope u guys like it .
Added on November 15, 2011, 11:55 pmQUOTE(aneyekay1 @ Nov 15 2011, 10:33 PM)
john, heres a question on the neck adjustment
what if the website of my guitar doesnt state the fretboard radius? how can i knw the radius
Ok , you'll need to do a lil trial & error here then
here's what you do .
See the post i did on the radius guide? make a 10" one . Do the same check I did on the fret board . here's the 2 trial and error logic test.
IF :
You no light coming thru from both center and side - meaning its a perfect 10" radius .
If not:
IF
Light coming from center
meaning :
Your radius guide is too low value , increase it to maybe 12" . try again . continue increase until u see no light coming thru .
If light comes from the side
meaning -
Your radius guide is too high value , decrease it to 10" of so . try and repeat till no lights .
I've got a list of common radius here if your lazy to do it .
Modern Fender Stratocaster American guitar 9.5"
Vintage Fender Stratocaster guitar 7.25"
Gibson Les Paul guitar 12"
Jackson guitars 16"
Warmoth guitars Compound, from 10" (nut) to 16" (heel)[2]
PRS Guitars 10"
PRS Guitars Wide Fat and Wide Thin 1 11/16"
PRS Guitars Custom 22/12 11 1/2"
Most electric guitars with LSR roller nuts 9.5" to 10"
Most electric guitars with Floyd Rose bridge 10"
Traditional Classical guitars flat (no radius)
Martin acoustic guitars 16"
Gibson acoustic guitars 12"
Hope it helps.
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