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  1. rwillett
    This is the wiring I am using Now it's not clear to me where the two earths on the Push Pull switch on the top PCB actually go. The ground from the bridge doesn't appear to be following the same system. The diagram is clear that some wires are grounded on the pot case as well. Most of the wiring is done, I do need to sort out the tone pot and jack socket wiring, but thats for tonight. Rob
  2. rwillett
    Mmm... I'm still being auto logged out. Now I access Basschat across a number of devices,mainly my iPhone and two Macs, a Mini and a Macbook. Without touching anything I seem to be getting asked for login credentials again, whereas before the 2FA came in, it could be a long time before I was asked again. Has anything else changed on the account settings please? Thanks Rob
  3. rwillett
    Thanks for this. I have a decent soldering iron so can solder to the pot case if needed, but the wiring diagram differentiates earth in one part of the wiring from the bridge earth which is soldered to a pot case, hence I'm not sure. Will post the diagram tomorrow. Rob
  4. rwillett
    That's just under 3 hours from where we live 😊 still in the same county as well
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    Ooof indeedy. Lovely
  6. rwillett
    That looks brilliant. As you appear to be in Yorkshire, put up when you next have a gig and I'll see if I can make it. Mind you from one side of Yorkshire to t'other side (Bridlington) is 3hrs 15 mins. Rob
  7. rwillett
    That is pretty good. Some interesting artefacts on the bottom of the neck. Also where the strings attach to the front appears to defy space and time. However given where things were only 18 months ago, the progression is amazing. Neat idea. Rob
  8. rwillett
    So after 90 minutes of soldering I have something that's starting to look like wiring. Its very fiddly. This is on a mule control panel, so the copper tape is just for checking that things work. Its all very, very tight. I might have to remove the choc blocks and put something else even smaller in. The intention is to NOT solder the pickup wires, so I can change things. Still need to work out how to earth the black wires. Suspect a discreet screw, a washer and nut against the copper tape. As the wiring is more complex (because I'm stupid and never learn to do the easy option), I don't think you can simply solder it to the pot case. When I've finished and tested this, I'll move to the proper control panel. Rob
  9. rwillett
    Sadly I'm no Max Verstappen in a car or playing a bass. More Mr Bean. Rob
  10. rwillett
    OK. Happy to have another try if I know it's worked.
  11. rwillett
    Used napkin? We used to dream of a used napkin, all we had had were a couple of broken leafs and twigs from t'tree that we glued together with our own spit and blood, and that was if we were lucky. Most of time, we'd just have to stand there and hit our heads with rocks to make us forget the rain.
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    The printing bit is easy, but the splines on the potentiometers trash the inside of the print and they just spin. Tried that last year and it was a miserable failure. If you know of a way to stop the splines grinding the plastic away, do say. However I have managed to get the tall push pull pot to fit by taking a Dremel to the edges and taking off a mm or so. Its very tight but it now fits. This means the volume knob on the push/pull looks OK. It might be a mm too high now. I now know how Andrian Newey feels designing the body to fit his F1 car, packaging is difficult Rob
  13. rwillett
    Looked at it and can't see anything I can configure in 1password to make it use the correct button, aka not Facebook So unless the design changes, I'll have to do it twice with 1password or manually. I'll live. Rob
  14. rwillett
    If it helps, I can reduce your embarrassing number of guitars. It's a free service I offer to Basschat members. No thanks necessary. Rob
  15. rwillett
    Thank $DEITY you are in North London is all I can say. Thats a long way from me and my bank account.
  16. rwillett
    I think it's a 1Password issue. If I do it manually it works fine. I suspect 1Password is triggering the wrong button. I'll look at it now. Rob
  17. rwillett
    I haven't done a cold start. May well be the cache. Will do so and see what happens Thanks Rob
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    I've moved to 2FA, no big deal, use it for 19 other applications not including work. However I have noticed that I am being logged out after a short while, circa 30 mins or so without me doing anything. I can't see anything in the settings to indicate an auto-logout. I do run Firefox with a large number of privacy extensions but nothing there has changed for months. I also note that when I do login, the login page thinks I'm trying to use Facebook login <spit> rather than my Basschat login. Then I got back and it uses my Basschat login, not sure why. I don't use the Facebook at all. I nevre click on the button. Not the worlds worse problem. System is Mac Mini running Sonoma 14.5 and 1Password, which might (or might not) have something to do with it Is it just me or are other people having issues? Thanks Rob
  19. rwillett
    This weekends job was to wire up the control panel. I carefully thought about what to do and decided to be a little adventurous and do a slightly more complex wiring job and have a push pull knob to switch the pickups from series to parallel. The wiorking diagrams look easy enough, so ordered some decent CTS pots, fabric covered wire, a high quality and expensive CTS 250K push pull pot and 300 capacitors as it wasn't much more expensive than ordering 2-3. So if anybody needs any capacitors, just ask. First problem was the overall depth of the push/pull switch. It was a mm or so too deep, but some careful rejigging of positions, I managed to get it to fit (for some defn of fit). However, the big problem is the knobs I have are all around 19mm tall, and the CTS switch really pushes the knobs high. I can't push the shaft any lower as that pushs the base of of the knob too low. Its a compromise that currently sees me eyeing up the Dremel to carve a mm or so out of the plastic CTS casing. Any suggestions as to where I can get taller knobs, 22mm or higher welcomed. Thanks Rob
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    Sure, I'll export it and pop it up later. Any particular file format preferred?
  21. rwillett
    I have just done the outline of a Telecaster Deluxe 72 in Fusion 360. If you want it, I can export it in PDF and send that up, do with it what you will then The curves are pretty well spot on, I'm going to use it to replace my very first 3d printed guitar which was kinda Telecaster Deluxe shaped. Rob
  22. rwillett
    Thats a gig you'll always remember.
  23. rwillett
    Ah. Sorry I've now gone and have to head back to NW Yorkshire in 15 mins. The Revo was very nice though
  24. rwillett
    What's a Callan? I have now left and am in Parliament St
  25. rwillett
    I'm in RWB Guitars now. It's a lovely guitar, the profile is great for me and it's a 44mm nut. Plays very well indeed. I.like it I like the Gibson EB0 but banned from buying it
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