arcbarron
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Sometime middle of last week I was setting in front of the computer, staring into the corner at a neglected and worn Indonesian Stratocaster copy with bad electronics when I suddenly remembered that I only had one ukulele. I know. I know. It's a silly thing to forget but I have my moments, especially when I get an awesome idea.
(They're few and far between, though, right?)
So I cannibalized the bad Strat copy and shoved all the parts off into a little pile at the foot of the bed that wasn't but probably could have been labeled...
"Mk I"
Pretty ominous, huh?
I know. haha
Pictures!
Keeping in mind what parts I had scavenged from the donor instrument, I made a sketch of the body. I based the dimensions on my Kala KA-TG tenor ukulele so I should end up with a tenor electric as long as I can manage to cut straight...
Here's that sketch:
Plans by ArcBarron, on Flickr
The first thing I had to do was rewire the dead donor electronics. I accomplished this by throwing out the five way switch and the [damaged] master volume pot. I then wired the three slightly-less-than-consumer grade single coil pickups in sequence through to a new master volume and a tone, both of which were originally tone knobs. Kondensators and solder and blah blah blah and it turns out it's actually very quiet even without any shielding. In truth, I'm lucky the thing works at all taking into account what it all looked like before. Seriously.
Wiring 1 by ArcBarron, on Flickr
And yes, all I had were huge wires... Like I said, I'm lucky it works. haha
(They're few and far between, though, right?)
So I cannibalized the bad Strat copy and shoved all the parts off into a little pile at the foot of the bed that wasn't but probably could have been labeled...
"Mk I"
Pretty ominous, huh?
I know. haha
Pictures!
Keeping in mind what parts I had scavenged from the donor instrument, I made a sketch of the body. I based the dimensions on my Kala KA-TG tenor ukulele so I should end up with a tenor electric as long as I can manage to cut straight...
Here's that sketch:
Plans by ArcBarron, on Flickr
The first thing I had to do was rewire the dead donor electronics. I accomplished this by throwing out the five way switch and the [damaged] master volume pot. I then wired the three slightly-less-than-consumer grade single coil pickups in sequence through to a new master volume and a tone, both of which were originally tone knobs. Kondensators and solder and blah blah blah and it turns out it's actually very quiet even without any shielding. In truth, I'm lucky the thing works at all taking into account what it all looked like before. Seriously.
Wiring 1 by ArcBarron, on Flickr
And yes, all I had were huge wires... Like I said, I'm lucky it works. haha