Scotticus

So what was thought to be a simple swap over of preamps and has become a bit of a mission, hopefully you guys will be able to enlighten me on this! So first off I have a mostly connected Delano Sonar 3, which I need to attach the pickups to, I know this sounds easy hence why I decided to attempt it but theres been a few unexpected problems. The wires from the pickups to the preamp have an inner core, which I'm guessing is surrounded by shielding (pictured below). How would you solder this to the pot (also pictured below). Secondly, just to make life difficult it turns out that my jack isn't jobby standard issue but a lot longer. Before I realised this I had already completely removed the old wires from it so have no idea what goes where. I've played around but between the pickups and the jack, I'm clueless. Last but not any less confusing, grounding, theres a ground wire on the preamp. What am I supposed to attach that to? Also where does the bridge ground wire go? I have spent quite a frustrating time hunting around on google and what not, but I've come up empty. [attachment=112726:Pick up wire together.jpg] [attachment=112727:Pick up wire split.jpg] [attachment=112728:Blend pot solder side.jpg] [attachment=112729:Jack.jpg] [attachment=112730:Preamp ground wire.jpg] Cheers guys

Cheers chaps, both replies help a lot. Holding the original bridge back in place (using the through body string holes as a guide), from nut to saddle (right on the saddle) is actually 35'. Well I'll be jiggered, that explains why this beast drop tunes well! To get the Hipshot saddles in the same spot, I'll definitely lose the ability to string through body, but it does cover up the damage and free up more playing area over the bridge pickup. Unless anyone can think of anything obvious I'm missing, I'd say jobs a goodun and it's time to start drilling! Cheers Scott

Some might say I should've done a bit more research before diving in, and I'd be amongst them, but I didn't... So I've got a Hipshot A-style bridge for my 5 string. The original bridge appeared to have been fitted by a chimp with a drill and anger management issues, hence there was a lot of filling of half-arsed and crooked holes to be done. Thing is, if I fit the Hipshot so that the holes for stringing through the body line up, a lot of the damage to the finish is visible as the original bridge covered more surface area than the Hipshot. Asthetically, the problem can be solved by moving the Hipshot back about an inch. I'd lose the ability to string through the body then obviously, but the Hipshot can top load and I could live with that. Question is, if I change the distance from saddle to nut by that much, will that screw with the mathematics of where the frets have been placed and mean that any fretted notes will be consistently out of tune? Any oppinions? I'm also having a shot at changing the preamp. So far, I've got the battery, jack and pots wired up. However, I've just noticed that the original knobs don't fit over the shafts of the pots on my new preamp (a Delano Sonar). There's absolutely nothing written on the individual pots, so is there a way of telling which knobs will fit? Thanks heaps for any help and advice chaps... Scott

I bought Dave's old JackHammer, and wouldn't hesitate to deal with him again. PM's were fast and friendly, pedal arrived exactly as described and sounds great for the price. Cheers Dave!

Tom bought my Barber Tonepress, also in a totally hassle-free friendly deal. The force is strong with this one!

Phil bought my VT Bass t'other day. Fast and friendly PM's, payment arrived when he said it would, doesn't get any easier than this folks. Enjoy your new pedal sir... Scott