Installing a new wiring harness in a semi

[timhulio]

Found this awesome pic on the harmony cental forums whilst brainstorming a semi idea. I seriously hope I never have to do something like this!



http://acapella.harmony-central.com/for ... ?t=1943605

[Mo Law-ka]

if i had to do that, i would pay somebody else!!! no guitar is worth that much headache.

[brandon.]

I had to install some pickups on a dot studio and had to do that...
it wasnt THAT terrible, and there were less pots and switches, but i think as long as you plan it out it wouldnt be terrible.

[tribi9]

Damn, that looks tough!

[filtercap]

I get it... dental floss to pull the pots up into the holes. I thought those were wires at first. Actually that doesn't seem too bad as long as the floss doesn't come untied mid-installation. It looks like getting the controls =out= of the guitar would be hardest.

[Mike]

Yeah, that guy looks like he's actually got a good plan going on there.

[Justin J]

it doesn't really look that bad. in fact, this photo makes it look way easier than i used to think it would be.

[robroe]

i would think getting the jack up in there way in the back would be the hardest part.

one of the reasons why i never got into semi hollow guitars is because i like to mod shit so much and cant be assed with it.

[Mages]

I had to install some pickups on a dot studio and had to do that...
it wasnt THAT terrible, and there were less pots and switches, but i think as long as you plan it out it wouldnt be terrible.

the f-hole on the dot studio is bigger and positioned farther down on the body and the controls are all really close to the f-hole so it's a lot easier to work on then a real dot or 335.

[robert(original)]

i did that on the green archtop that i made, its a pain in the arse.
i had to do it from the bridge pup route.

[brandon.]

I had to install some pickups on a dot studio and had to do that...
it wasnt THAT terrible, and there were less pots and switches, but i think as long as you plan it out it wouldnt be terrible.

the f-hole on the dot studio is bigger and positioned farther down on the body and the controls are all really close to the f-hole so it's a lot easier to work on then a real dot or 335.

fair enough.
my point is just that if you really want to put together a semi hollow, i dont think some tricky wiring should stop you.

[DGNR8]

It's not as hard as it looks. Fishing line is another option--it's stronger, and not made to CUT plaque. You just pull it in a piece at a time, sort of. Best to be avoided, but if you have to do it, there's some fulfillment to learning it.

[robert(original)]

i actually used guitar string on a few of them, i think it worked a bit easier cuz i just looped it around the pot/jack.
and it worked well becuz with tension it held it in place, but then when it was in place it slipped right off and i could take it out.

[evol04gt]

i have had to do this with two of my 335 styles when i lefty swapped them.... i didnt even use the dental floss idea... it wasnt all that bad... just took a little shaking and a few OOOOOOOOOPS's when i didnt put them in the right arrangement.

[tribi9]

Mmmm.....

[Will]

I've had to do it several times - the string ALWAYS breaks at some point. Plus, mine had undersized f-holes so I could only use mini-pots, which had crappy tapers and broke.

Eventually I just used my dremel to cut a big hole in the back and put in some CTS pots - totally worth it.