Thunderbird Club

[Gaolee]

That it beyond cool! Where is that statue situated?

It's in Seattle.

 

[bylar13]

Like I said - check the wiring diagram. It looks like you missed a ground connection on the left most tab of the neck pot. According to the diagram you should have a hot pup wire to center tab, neutral white wire to the right tab and going off to the other pot and jack, and your left tab should be grounded to the neck volume pot casing, which it currently isn't if I'm looking at your photo correctly.

Thanks. I did solder the the left tabs on both volume pots as well. I am wondering if it is a bad solder joint on the neck pickup ground? I guess I have to disassemble and try again....

 

[GBassNorth]

Thanks. I did solder the the left tabs on both volume pots as well. I am wondering if it is a bad solder joint on the neck pickup ground? I guess I have to disassemble and try again....

May very well be. Soldering wires to the back of pots correctly takes practice. Cold joints (solder that doesn't bond to one of the surfaces) are very common on pot housings. My preferred method is to bend the tab to the housing then solder vs using a wire.

 

[hillerup]

I'm little but have proportionately long limbs and large hands and feet. I'm nearly a foot shorter than your POTUS and have bigger hands.

So basically a Hobbitt, right? You forgot to mention the unusually haired feet..

 

[hillerup]

Hard to see on this picture but at least the unused third connector on the lowest potmeter should be connecties to earth by soldering it to the body of the potmeter. I think

+1...

 

[JJR58]

May very well be. Soldering wires to the back of pots correctly takes practice. Cold joints (solder that doesn't bond to one of the surfaces) are very common on pot housings. My preferred method is to bend the tab to the housing then solder vs using a wire.

Thank goodness for techs and luthiers.

 

[hillerup]

Not consciously. There is a tone pot that seems to work but there was no tone cap in the bass. Is it required?

Usually is...

 

[kat888]

So basically a Hobbitt, right? You forgot to mention the unusually haired feet..

You've been talking to the Mod...

 

[TBird1958]

That it beyond cool! Where is that statue situated?

It's in Seattle.

Michael, it's the Fremont Troll, built underneath one end of the Fremont Bridge....

This was shown several times in aerial footage in the Netflix series "The Killing" which was set in Seattle but largely shot in Vancouver, BC.

 

[hillerup]

Late 80's Seymour Duncan Hawkbucker installed back then (center 500K volume pot)

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Noticed that the tone pot right tang is broken off - hasn't affected anything so it's a none issue. Two caps, .02Z /50V each.
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for clarity
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Why two caps?

 

[Gaolee]

Michael, it's the Fremont Troll, built underneath one end of the Fremont Bridge....

This was shown several times in aerial footage in the Netflix series "The Killing" which was set in Seattle but largely shot in Vancouver, BC.
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I hate contradicting our Queen, but....

It's not under the Fremont Bridge. It's under the north end of the Aurora bridge, which is about two blocks east. That photo could have been taken from the Aurora Bridge. It's that much higher up. We have a few hills to go with water, Thunderbirds, and coffee.

 

[hillerup]

Thanks. The issues seems to be that the tone pot is acting as a volume pot as well.....it does have a tone cap on it. It was just on the side.

You must have wired them wrong, then... It shouldn't do that.

 

[Gaolee]

You've been talking to the Mod...

Ah, he needs all those shoes. You don't. Got it.

 

[JIO]

May very well be. Soldering wires to the back of pots correctly takes practice. Cold joints (solder that doesn't bond to one of the surfaces) are very common on pot housings. My preferred method is to bend the tab to the housing then solder vs using a wire.

I've found using a small section of 80 sandpaper to roughen/abrade the pot where it will have solder added helps a quick dab of solder to stick the first time. Soldering is all about being efficient with the heating-iron/gun and not overheating connections. I also mostly do a bent tab but a wire has the advantage to lay on the connecting pots with a quick small dab of solder to attach each.

 

[GBassNorth]

Why two caps?

It's tough trying to catch up on all the posts and retain everything you read. The question was answered a page or two ago. They are .022uf caps in parallel, which would provide about the same capacitance as a normally used .047uf cap. We guess Gibby ran out of the right size and substituted these instead.

 

[Gaolee]

I've found using a small section of 80 sandpaper to roughen/abrade the pot where it will have solder added helps a quick dab of solder to stick the first time. Soldering is all about being efficient with the heating-iron/gun and not overheating connections. I also mostly do a bent tab but a wire has the advantage to lay on the connecting pots with a quick small dab of solder to attach each.

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That's beautiful wiring.

 

[GBassNorth]

I've found using a small section of 80 sandpaper to roughen/abrade the pot where it will have solder added helps a quick dab of solder to stick the first time. Soldering is all about being efficient with the heating-iron/gun and not overheating connections. I also mostly do a bent tab but a wire has the advantage to lay on the connecting pots with a quick small dab of solder to attach each.

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That right there is a picture perfect soldering job. Wish half the basses I bought looked that neat and clean inside. Well done.

 

[JIO]

Why two caps?

see post #70368

That's beautiful wiring.

That right there is a picture perfect soldering job. Wish half the basses I bought looked that neat and clean inside. Well done.

Thanks - I imitated the wiring in my '65 Teisco Del Rey. You'll notice the tone pot is wired in reverse. Teisco basses and guitars had their tone knobs wired like that then - full-up = full bass, kinda makes sense.

 

[hillerup]

Like I said - check the wiring diagram. It looks like you missed a ground connection on the left most tab of the neck pot. According to the diagram you should have a hot pup wire to center tab, neutral white wire to the right tab and going off to the other pot and jack, and your left tab should be grounded to the neck volume pot casing, which it currently isn't if I'm looking at your photo correctly.

Both volume pots should utilize all three tabs. Left tab grounded to the pot casing in both cases. I can't clearly see if you've done that on the bridge pot.

I believe you're right - The left lugs don't seem to be grounded to the pot casing at all, that also applies to the Tone pot where one of the lugs are not connected to anything (the right one).

 

[TBird1958]

I hate contradicting our Queen, but....

It's not under the Fremont Bridge. It's under the north end of the Aurora bridge, which is about two blocks east. That photo could have been taken from the Aurora Bridge. It's that much higher up. We have a few hills to go with water, Thunderbirds, and coffee.

Whoops! That's right!