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Permalink Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars on June 18, 2010 at 1:39am

Randy may be right, the fibre glass will wear with use, but it is worth a try and it may take a long time before the grinding is enough to matter. Be the first try it and let us know how it sounds and lasts.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on June 18, 2010 at 5:04am

you can try nails, bolts, threaded rod, hinge pins, etc. I had good luck with a piece of copper ground wire on my last build. I've also cut pieces out of a $1.00 plastic plate from walmart and glued them together until I got a piece that was ~ 1/4" thick, then shaped it with a dremel and sand paper. That worked well enough.

Anyway, I doubt that fiberglass would work very well.

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Permalink Reply by St Ginger on June 18, 2010 at 5:59am

Thanks for the advice guys.

I might use this for another build. I want the one i'm working on to go smoothly, so i won't risk it.

My pickup for this build just came through the post, and i was wondering, how do i tell which of the wires is the positive and which is the negative, and does it matter for wiring up?

thanks again

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Permalink Reply by Michael Gajeski on June 18, 2010 at 6:50am

the standard is for red to be positive and black to be negative, but it varies. I installed some lace sensors in a strat not long ago where the colors were orange and green if i'm remembering right.

St Ginger said:

Thanks for the advice guys.

I might use this for another build. I want the one i'm working on to go smoothly, so i won't risk it.

My pickup for this build just came through the post, and i was wondering, how do i tell which of the wires is the positive and which is the negative, and does it matter for wiring up?

thanks again

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Permalink Reply by St Ginger on June 18, 2010 at 11:04am

unfortunately its a cheap aresed thing from ebay, so the wire is actually one sinlge blue wire, with what looks like an inside core and a surrounding core. i've attached a photo i think.

Does it actually matter which way round it goes?

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Permalink Reply by L.J. on June 19, 2010 at 12:11am

I have used steel,(bolts,eyebolts,)copper,corian,and aluminum.I would try anything hard once. Most of my bridges have been floating . so if the final result isnt pleasing I just pop it out and start over. The only material I wasnt happy with was the copper. I had a feeling it wasnt gonna work out too loud,but the build was for a display with looks more in mind than playability. I find aluminum to be my favorite. I am guessin Randy is correct about the wearing issue. But Im sure it would give years of service under light use.And decsent service with heavy use. If you use the the fiberglass I would try a drop of superglue in the string slots after your final filing is done.Thats how luthiers repair old nuts when the string slot wears out. You put a lil baking soda in the slot, then drop a lil glue on it.let it dry and you got a strong slot that I hear lasts for years.

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Permalink Reply by Don Goguen on June 20, 2010 at 4:09am

Looks like a standard coax signal wire. The center is positive and the bare outside wire is ground.

St Ginger said:

unfortunately its a cheap aresed thing from ebay, so the wire is actually one sinlge blue wire, with what looks like an inside core and a surrounding core. i've attached a photo i think.

Does it actually matter which way round it goes?

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Permalink Reply by St Ginger on June 20, 2010 at 4:28am

fantastic! thanks a lot.

i managed to wire it up to an amp and it works, so now i know how the pots will be wired.

Don Goguen said:

Looks like a standard coax signal wire. The center is positive and the bare outside wire is ground.

St Ginger said:

unfortunately its a cheap aresed thing from ebay, so the wire is actually one sinlge blue wire, with what looks like an inside core and a surrounding core. i've attached a photo i think.

Does it actually matter which way round it goes?

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