i need some help gang - Colby Bass

sniper · August 15, 2011, 08:53:26 PM

i'll post a story i wrote later. it is in three parts if i can find it and NO i'm not writing about the whore house on the side of the mountain in that far far away place.

drbassman · August 16, 2011, 11:51:31 AM

AT least they didn't make you climb the mountain!

sniper · August 16, 2011, 12:28:53 PM

we rented a Jeep

drbassman · August 20, 2011, 07:42:23 AM

Wiring, thumbrest and hardware complete. I oiled the control plate, lined the control cavity and cleaned off some of the paint on the back of the bridge plate for better contact with the ground wire. I wanted to use black screws for the hardwrare but couldn't find the right sizes so I went with nickel. I'll assemble later today or tomorrow and fire her up! I've got three events going on today, won't behome much! Yikes!!!

sniper · August 20, 2011, 09:51:10 AM

oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! now i'm gassing big time, that looks amazing Bill

drbassman · August 20, 2011, 11:27:40 AM

Quote from: sniper on August 20, 2011, 09:51:10 AM
oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!! now i'm gassing big time, that looks amazing Bill

We aim to please!!! Just don't look at the finish!!

sniper · August 20, 2011, 05:08:51 PM

the finish is fine!

dadagoboi · August 20, 2011, 06:16:47 PM

I can send you some Gibson size black screws if you want Sniper. You also might want to rethink that EBO wiring setup. One of those caps, the .01, adds capacitance (cuts treble) all the time, adding to the mud factor...or have I missed something and is that what Hammon recommends?

drbassman · August 20, 2011, 07:08:13 PM

It's a genuine vintage EB-0 wiring harness. We'll see how the pup sounds hooked up to it. A little mud could be a good thing.

dadagoboi · August 20, 2011, 07:33:05 PM

Quote from: drbassman on August 20, 2011, 07:08:13 PM
It's a genuine vintage EB-0 wiring harness. We'll see how the pup sounds hooked up to it. A little mud could be a good thing.

Very true. I bought Gary's Dark Star and can't find any recommended pot and cap values info on the DS site. I'll be interested in how the Colby sounds with the EBO setup.

bassvirtuoso · August 20, 2011, 08:11:05 PM

I seem to remember pot value being 500k since it doesn't act like a single coil normally does. Cap value, though, escapes me at the moment.

Dave W · August 20, 2011, 09:18:51 PM

An EB-0 wiring harness has 500K pots. As Doc said, it will need to be hooked up, that treble bleed circuit might be just fine. IIRC the other cap is .033uf.

sniper · August 20, 2011, 10:51:50 PM

i probably should have emailed Butch Ammons http://bayoucables.com/ but i didn't think of it at the time and the EBO harness was the only one i had so it got packed.

dadagoboi · August 21, 2011, 06:23:44 AM

Thanks, Sniper. Nice work, reasonable price considering the quality of the components and neatness.

After having done 25 3 pot harnesses this year I have it down to around 10 minutes per. The first few seemed to take 5 times that long. I'm using a cheap cap, Steve keeps bugging me about that, probably time for an upgrade. Shielding the control cav is a 5 minute job. I don't shield the pup cavities since ThunderBuckers are self shielding, ditto Duncans. This one is going to Ken tomorrow.

drbassman · August 22, 2011, 09:28:07 PM

Had to teach tonight, but I'll get back at it tomorrow. We'll hook it up and see how it sounds.