another day, another Fender shortscale...

mudhunny · Post by **mudhunny** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:45 pm

I had no ide that it could get inside it? my guitars are kept in a room that we smoke in, but i never smoke while playing or holding it. Did drop a beer on one once but it was just some very basic squire monster & didnt affect it!

Sunn Zoo · Post by **Sunn Zoo** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:11 am

mezzio13 wrote:Ok, get some 1/8" surgical tube (those old folks medical supply places have it). You need less that a foot of it, so you might be able to just get some. Aquarium hose works too. Meausre how much the switch sticks out of the pg. Divide that distance in half and cut six pieces of hose to that length. Take the switch off, leave the screw in the hole, and put a piece of the hose on the screw (just like a pick up adjustment spring). Remount the switch. That will lower the switch out of way for your strumming but still leave access for you to use the switch.

That is an amazing idea!

Thanks.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:33 am

Greaaaat Cylcone.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:46 am

aphasiac wrote:IF YOU'RE GOING TO SMOKE, PUT YOUR GUITAR AWAY WHEN YOU'RE NOT PLAYING!!

but it DOES ''yellow'' the pickups 1 million times as fast

but seriously...

mattyb · Post by **mattyb** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:32 pm

aphasiac wrote:
oh yeh, anoither annoyance - the pickup switches are get in the way of my strumming - i hit them approximately once every 5 seconds. grrr.

i constantly do that. during my first show with it i turned off the bridge pickup atleast once or twice a song.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:42 pm

Cigarette smoke gets the tar shit on things. It's like a yellow film on everything and it smells bad too. If you play in a smoky bar for a while, you can even feel it on your skin and when you get home you can wash that shit off and see dirty as fuck water.

As far as hitting the on/off switches, you'll get used to it.
See: Sloan's Cyclone II Video Demo

The other option is to unwire the switch, flip it over and wire it back up that way. Then when you hit the switches, it won't switch off, but rather switch on.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:38 pm

Sloan wrote:The other option is to unwire the switch, flip it over and wire it back up that way. Then when you hit the switches, it won't switch off, but rather switch on.

I was going to say that too. And I can't for the life of me work out this tubing method - anyone care to post a pic? Lovely guitar (except the pearloid guard but I don't want to seem negative X)

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:46 am

Pearloid roolz ok

citizens_X · Post by **citizens_X** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:21 pm

I love that Cyclone, i had a blue one.
Of all the guitars of bought and sold.. i think i miss that one the most.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:22 pm

Dude, stop doing that.

mellowlogic · Post by **mellowlogic** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 6:50 pm

Serious thread necromancy going on here.

James · Post by **James** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:06 pm

benecol wrote:
Sloan wrote:The other option is to unwire the switch, flip it over and wire it back up that way. Then when you hit the switches, it won't switch off, but rather switch on.
I was going to say that too. And I can't for the life of me work out this tubing method - anyone care to post a pic? Lovely guitar (except the pearloid guard but I don't want to seem negative X)

It's basically using some plastic tube like a spring is used on pickups

yellow = small hollow cylinders of rubber that go round the screw.

I think maybe some tele pickups actually use rubber tubing like that.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:40 pm

mellowlogic wrote:Serious thread necromancy going on here.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:07 pm

James wrote:It's basically using some plastic tube like a spring is used on pickups

yellow = small hollow cylinders of rubber that go round the screw.

I think maybe some tele pickups actually use rubber tubing like that.

Lace Sensors do this.

fullerplast · Post by **fullerplast** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:31 am

All Fenders used that tubing in the 50s - early 60s. I'm not sure when they started using springs.

I've seen some idiots on eBay trying to sell VITNAGE MOJO ORIGIONAL PICKUP TUBEING L@@K! for big $$$.

The stuff is pennies a foot.... its surgical tubing.

What I like about it is that you can insert the screw and push the tubing over it and it stays put. Makes it much easier to get the screw started on new pickups.

As for the switches; on Jags you can usually turn the whole plate over without desoldering anything. Obviously it depends on how much wire is under there.

edit: disclaimer; of course the Jag, Jazzmaster and Jazz Bass used the black foam that gets all gooey and disgusting with age. I was talking about Strats, Teles, Duos and MMs. Not sure about the P-Bass but it probably used surgical tubing.

The placement of that switch plate is the one thing I didn't like about my Cyclone II.

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