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Post by markfromhawaii on Nov 22, 2023 23:07:57 GMT -5
My relatively new Shijie Tele-style guitar started having problems with the volume pot: Scratchy when turned and a max dose of Deoxit did nothing. So I thought I'd give the Mojotone pre-wired harness a try. It arrived today and I was super excited to get it installed. In minutes they say. Haha! It comes with a little junction box that you slip pickup and jack wire leads into while applying pressure with a little flat head screw driver to a tiny button. Sounds great in theory. First, I HATE working with push-back wire. I always end up with little fuzzy flowers at the tips of the wire. Still, I managed. Took me over an hour to finally get it all wired and then... The control plate won't fit - who ever thought of putting the holes for the neck pickup at the end farthest from the neck pickup?!? Plan B: Ended up soldering the pickup leads and the jack. Tested it: Hurrah it works! But wait (not Mojotone's fault this time): The darn knobs and selector switch tip don't fit the new pots and switch. Grrr! Oh well, guess I'm ordering new ones. On the bright side, It works fine and the components and hardware are top notch.
Happy Thanksgiving friends.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Nov 23, 2023 12:47:44 GMT -5
Yeah, electronics are never as easy as advertised. That bit you mentioned of the volume pot hitting the edge of the cavity is really common, and other things come up very often. I've had to dremel/route out cavities several times.
Also, not sure what is up with shafts/knobs these days (hey-oh). It used to be very rare that there was any incompatibility beyond split shaft vs. solid shaft. Now, when my coworker who does most of the electrics swaps pots, he can't put the old knobs on. We may have to just start telling people they'll have to buy new knobs every time we change a pot or something.
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Post by Leftee on Nov 23, 2023 14:24:57 GMT -5
Yeah, there are fine splines and coarse splines. I’ve gone to set-screw knobs, in a lot of builds, just so I don’t have the issue.
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