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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 4, 2011 at 4:53am

Just whatever you do, DO NOT USE GORILLLA GLUE ON ANYTHING! The stuff expands instead of contracts.

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 4, 2011 at 4:56am

I screw whenever I can... er... use screws that is ;-)

 

-WY

 

I believe you Brits call it 'shagging'.

ChickenboneJohn said:

After 350 builds...I say screw don't glue...every time.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on August 4, 2011 at 5:45am

Dat stuff is TERRIBLE!!!!

Wes "Moanin' Mule" Yates said:

Just whatever you do, DO NOT USE GORILLLA GLUE ON ANYTHING! The stuff expands instead of contracts.

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Brendon Anderson on August 4, 2011 at 7:52am

Thanks for the tips guys, the more I think about it, the more I want to stay away from glue... screws seem much more practical.

 

Another (NEWBIE) question I had (this time about the electronics)... 

 

How do I ground all of the electronics?  I've heard that you can ground to your bridge if it is metal, does this mean I take the ground wires and literally solder them to the bridge?

 

If anyone can help shed some light in the area it would be greatly appreciated!

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Permalink Reply by ChickenboneJohn on August 4, 2011 at 9:47am

Wes "Moanin' Mule" Yates said:

I screw whenever I can... er... use screws that is ;-)

 

-WY

 

I believe you Brits call it 'shagging'.

ChickenboneJohn said:

After 350 builds...I say screw don't glue...every time.

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Permalink Reply by Barry "Backwater Jack" Nova on August 4, 2011 at 9:57am

i used epoxy resin and it took ages to set so id say a decent super glue would probably be more than enough.enjoy the builds man but dont forget to play.lol.

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Dubman on August 4, 2011 at 10:42am

Downward string pressure is the only stress on a through-neck instrument.  You could almost get away without using any screws or glue.  White glue or regular Titebond is sufficient.

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Permalink Reply by Brendon Anderson on August 4, 2011 at 2:04pm

So say I want to have this setup for electronics... a piezo, a humbucker, a 3 way selector to choose between them, and a volume pot, how would I set it up?

 

Would this wiring diagram work?

 

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu176/Brenderson/Screenshot2011-...

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Permalink Reply by Dan Sleep on August 4, 2011 at 2:07pm

If you check the electronics group here, you will probably find all kinds of information, exactly what you are looking for.

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Permalink Reply by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 4, 2011 at 2:13pm

Daaaa haa haa haaaaa!

 

-WY

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Permalink Reply by Soulcatcher & His DooFa Diddley on August 4, 2011 at 11:02pm

i agree with Chickenbone John..........."Screw  Don`t  Glue"

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Permalink Reply by Lewin E Leven on August 5, 2011 at 6:06am

I wish I would have joined here a long time ago. I had to find out the hard way about gorilla glue. That stuff is bad, It's obvious on any builds where I used it. Now I use ordinary Lepage yellow carpenters glue. I want to try Titebond  but the stuff at the local store closest to me has something called Weldbond. Can anyone tell me if this is similar to Titebond. Even the bottles look similar.

Wes "Moanin' Mule" Yates said:

Just whatever you do, DO NOT USE GORILLLA GLUE ON ANYTHING! The stuff expands instead of contracts.

 

-WY

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