My two unique rics

[jingle_jangle]

Thanks for the link. I am not so good with the soldering pencil, so I was looking for an actual photo of the proper way to do it and even the proper wire to buy. I wired up one of the fire damaged pickups to a jack and it worked so that was a nice surprise. Thanks again.

There are a number of "soldering tutorials" on the web. Just Google the keywords in quotes. Go to Radio Shack and pick up a 40W iron, a package of electronic rosin-core solder (not acid-core!), and a tin of soldering flux. The flux is key--there's typically not enough in a rosin-core solder to work well on larger lugs and pot cases.

You can also get the wire while you're there--18 gauge stranded hookup wire is what you want. Any color is OK. They sell an assortment of four small different-colored spools in a blister-pack.

Read the tutorial., practice up a bit, and presto! You're the Dark Knight of Soldering...

[ken_j]

Sean, If you are unwilling to tackle this yourself I will be willing to do it in my shop for a reasonable rate. Contact me by email if interested.

[seanyfitz]

I absolutely appreciate all the help from the folks on this site. Thanks You folks. I wired up with the Schematic suggested and , with a dollar store soldering pencil and wire from Frentz and Sons in Royal Oak, one of the few honest to goodness hardware stores left. I think my problem stemmed from an understanding of what each wire was for and how the electrons flow. I guess I am one of those people who needs to understand how things work before I can accept that they do LoL.

[sloop_john_b]

Pics!

[ken_j]

Frentz and Sons Hardware in Royal Oak is the only hardware store I knew of in the '50s and '60s. I think it could now be called Frentz's Sons and Grandsons now.

[red_rob]

I keep opening this thread expecting to see photos of two unique rics....

My disappointment is considerable!

[seanyfitz]

Try this friday. I will do my very best.

[seanyfitz]

Hopefully I will have some decent photos up friday. I have a question for the pickup people out there. I have wired the guitar up and it sounds pretty good, a very slight buzz. The problem is that the bridge pickup, which was not in the fire is a lot louder than the neck one which was. Should I pull the shorter pole pieces out of the neck pickup and swap them into one of the none fire damaged coils?? I don't want to drill into the top to accommodate the longer pole pieces.

[whojamfan]

Contact Sergio on the "Winding with the best" section of this forum. He should be able to fix and/or restore your damaged pickup, or alter them to your specs.

[seanyfitz]

Not the best photos and it isn't quite done yet. More soon, but this is the burned up ric. [img]/Users/southof8mi/Pictures2/iPhoto%20Library/2008/08/06/0805082200.jpg[/img][img]/Users/southof8mi/Pictures2/iPhoto%20Library/2008/08/06/0805082135.jpg[/img][img]/Users/southof8mi/Pictures2/iPhoto%20Library/2008/08/06/0805082134.jpg[/img]

[seanyfitz]

oops, i goofed. hope this worked

[seanyfitz]

Any Black you see, is fire damage, not JG. Betters photos of both soon.

[hjarnett]

wow i would call that leatherglo or cowglo

[seanyfitz]

Are you kidding, it's the truest Fire Glo ever, made in a real fire. Lol and crying at the same time

[sloop_john_b]

WOW. I dig, man!