06 Mike's CBG 16th Build_May 2012

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Comment by Dave Lynas on May 22, 2012 at 9:46pm

Nice links Mike. Thanks much. You are a good teacher.

Comment by Mike Willmouth on May 22, 2012 at 12:53pm

Dave, when it comes to testing a capacitor I don't know a lot about it.  I do know they hold electrical charges, so if you touch both leds you should get at some level a discharge.  If the capacitor is big enough you can give someone a good shock.  Here are a couple of web sites that may help (and maybe not): http://www.ehow.com/how_2072923_test-capacitor.html or http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_test_a_capacitor_using_a_multi... or http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/funwithtubes/Testing_caps.html

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 22, 2012 at 11:25am

Thanks for the info Mike. I knew nothing of "A" or "B" pots. How do you test a cap for function? Thanks...

Comment by Mike Willmouth on May 21, 2012 at 1:09pm

Truthfully I'm not sure the grounding of the strings really does a lot, because I still get some hum (no matter what pickups I use).  I only leave the soldering iron on the pots just long enough to get a good melt of the solder.  You can do things that help this happen a little faster if you pre-solder the wire and the pot.  Your tone pot may not be the trouble, if could be your capacitor too (either a bad capacitor or the ratings).  I have had one bad pot before too. Also if you look on the back of the Pot you should see a "A" or "B" which has to do with how they handle the signal.  The "A" pot is for the tuner and the "B" pot is for the Volume. 

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 21, 2012 at 8:20am

I've always been curious about that. I like the space saving idea. I've wondered in the long heating it takes to get solder to flow on the pot shell if you can damage the inner workings? You'd think they would add a multiple lead tab on the thing to solder too. I've had a problem with my tone pots not functioning. I get no change in tone. Everything else functions fine, but no tone. I've used the standard number cap. I haven't been grounding my strings as I've used wood bridges, but will add some metal and wire and ground my strings at the tailpiece. Got any idea what's up with my tone?

Comment by Bluesheart on May 21, 2012 at 12:01am

Looks like some clean work, nice job!

Comment by Mike Willmouth on May 20, 2012 at 11:23pm

I did solder them on the sides on this CBG just to keep the space on the bottoms down.  You can solder them on the sides or the backs, its all the same outer case. 

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 20, 2012 at 10:42pm

Beautiful clean wiring. I can learn something from you. Thanks .. Do you solder to the side of the pots for your grounds? I've only seen soldering to the back of the pots.