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[James1214]

Haha, I hope it doesn't take that long. If it's not done by the time I turn 40 im giving up. And that gives me almost 2 more years.

[RAGER]

That's a big undertaking James. But sounds like an ideal creative space.

[James1214]

All the outlets are done, running lighting this week. A bunch of dimmable halo LEDs. Then the insulation and drywall can begin. Plugging along nicely. Trying to bang out the electrical as quickly as my buddy ass schedule well allow, ask I can get this big ol' stack of material (drywall and plywood) out of the middle of the floor.

Pondering paint color, I think I may go with charcoal walls.....

[Muffin Man]

makes sense, charcoal paint probably gives a good backdrop for the disco mirror-ball. Then your live cast would have pop.

Another thought - wire in some boundary mics to record the room. Run the wires to a panel.

example. these were just announced. No affiliation.
https://gearspace.com/board/new-product-alert/1406752-introducing-pac-116-boundary-microphone-teegarden-audio.html?highlight=boundary+mics#post16550758

[RAGER]

makes sense, charcoal paint probably gives a good backdrop for the disco mirror-ball. Then your live cast would have pop.

Another thought - wire in some boundary mics to record the room. Run the wires to a panel.

example. these were just announced. No affiliation.
https://gearspace.com/board/new-product-alert/1406752-introducing-pac-116-boundary-microphone-teegarden-audio.html?highlight=boundary+mics#post16550758

That's a great idea. On the cheaper side you could just mount a couple 57's in the corners with afros cuz you're gonna be wood working. Great for capturing jams if you've swapped over and didn't mic up.

Also if you wanted to include some ambient room sounds for wood shop videos.

Way back before I bought an H4 I mounted 2 57's in the room to a Realistic tape deck for jams.

[James1214]

Since there'll be a computer hooked up anyway for the 3d printers (yeah, I have too many damn hobbies) I'll have a cabinet below with my interface and a snake, so putting up mics wont be a huge hassle. I plan on having mics already mounted on everything except the drums, so I'll wheel out cabs, plug shit in and be ready to go. That said, some 57's in the room, for a simple stereo setup would be pretty sweet, and I have a bunch kicking around, so maybe a semi-permanent install is in order.

[Pissy]

I just replaced the pots in my newly beloved Transparent red Washburn HB35.  

I had an issue with a partially failing pot and decided to put better ones in all around.  Same values as before (500k with .047uf caps on the tone pots) BUT the old were mini pots, and the new are standard sized.  I didn't know this going in. I also realized that the threaded shaft on the new pots was larger (SAE vs metric) than what came out, so I was half expecting to have to drill the holes out.   New ones fit, so it wasn't an issue, but they are snug.  

Kind of a pain. Of course with a 335 style, there's no access cavity so you have to work through the f-holes.  There's a hack for that, using dental floss (i used butchers twine) and a coat hanger to feed through the individual holes and tie them on to the posts for each pot.  That's all well and good, but don't forget to thread the washers on BEFORE you pull the string through the hole.  

Also, check the operation of everything before you try and pull it all back together.  In my case it would have been easy to mix up which pot controlled which pickup. So I plugged the guitar in to an amp and tapped on each pickup with a piece of metal (a washer) to make sure that the pots I thought were controlling the neck/bridge actually did.  You can also hear the tone pot rolloff with the same tapping on the pickup to ensure that's all hooked up right. Luckily for me, it was.  

Getting theses larger pots through the f-hole was interesting.  There's really only one way they'll go through.  One at a time, from the longest lead to the shortest, i got them in.  Then I had to pull the strings to get them into the holes.   This took some effort with a coat hanger and jiggling and making sure the star washer was on the shaft with an awl.   I had to back up and remove the string on the neck volume because the string was threaded behind a switch wire, then thread it back again.  

After getting them all back in their respective spots, I'm happy to report that it all seems to work as it's supposed to. No broken joints in all the moving and jiggling around, no wires touching that aren't supposed to.  

I should note that i spanned this over a few days, and whenever I could see I was going to get frustrated, I'd walk away.  Get back to it later.  It's amazing how well that works. 

No pics from the process, but this one as it sits now.  

[Pissy]

My buddy is making a guitar.  Told him I'd fret it.  







This is interesting and I'm learning a lot.  Looks like I need to redo 4 frets though.  Cut the wire too short.  When cut, it deforms a little, so cut it long, , glue the slot, insert, press,  then cut close to length after.  As it is, four frets don't extend to the edge of the fretboard and I didn't know until I filed them down.  Now that I know, no sweat.  

[Pissy]

Got it finished.  Pretty happy with it. Now to put the whole thing together.  Waiting on my buddy to send me the neck screws and pickups.