Anyone know where i might find..

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:07 pm

A wiring diagram for Vester guitars? Its active circuitry on a s/s/h superstrat.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:12 pm

I think your best bet will be to find a similar guitar and edit it a little. Unless it has some fairly unusual stuff going on.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:15 pm

Its an oddball, one of the pots is directly connected to a mini circuit. I've not seen anything like it before, its completely different to the EMG system. I'm figuring the battery powers the circuit rather than the pickups, so i suppose it is along the lines of an EMG afterburner.
There seems to be no info anywhere, apparently Fender threatened to take Vester to court in the 90's because of name similarities (rolfs) but Vester could not afford to go so they folded.

If i cant figure it i'll try bypassing the circuit. No harm, the project has cost me very little money.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:30 pm

Is it like the Clapton mid boost?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:35 pm

Dunno. Its connected to the pot, my camera sux..

Oranjeboom..

James · Post by **James** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:46 pm

I think your best chance of finding a diagram for that is to look up spaghetti recipes.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:53 pm

When did you get that guitar?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:59 pm

Lolz, okay, i used K's iphone...

It does like like an onboard boost. All three prongs from the pot are connected to the circuit board, concerning wires there is a red wire from the battery, a blue from volume, a blue to ground, a red to tone and a blue to jack.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:01 pm

euan wrote:When did you get that guitar?

A few week back, some local guy that lost his patience with the wiring. Paid Â£40, and i had the missing parts so to speak. Vester are collectable as well.

James · Post by **James** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:10 pm

Is there a number on the IC chip? It could help narrow down what the little circuit is.

It might be best to just make up your own wiring diagram. You could probably do master vol and tone, then a pot for the effect. If you can get an idea whats what on the circuit and which pot suits which task it shouldnt be too bad to do.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:27 pm

I just used the foolproof method of turning everything up and pulling wires around, it seems like it could be a bad ground as it works when the main bulk of wiring is pulled in a certain direction. Nothing appears disconnected. I'll resolder the 87 ground wires on the back of the pot

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:28 pm

How many superstrats do you have fran?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:20 pm

Zaphod wrote:How many superstrats do you have fran?

Three, 2 cheap n cheerfulls (Samick and Vester, although the Samick is high end) and the Squier Stagemaster. I dont count the Cort HBS as a superstrat.
I've sold three Strats and two Jags in the last 4 months. The collection is dwindling down i'm afraid.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 8:23 am

hahah that looks mental. I think it's a built-in Tubescreamer.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:06 pm

ROLF. I still have'nt sorted it, it sounds like a raging sea lol. The whole guitar is about finished now and ready for stringing up, just waiting for black machine headz. So i might just bypass the damn thing.

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:48 am

I'm sure you know this by now, but finding a diagram is going to be pretty much impossible. I have a Vester, and the only factory literature I've been able to find online is a catalogue. Hell, there's not much out there on these guitars, period. I can't understand how they've gone so under the radar, when really they're very good quality for the price. I think the reason they were put out of business by Fender is more because of the logo script than the name itself. Hard to tell from this picture, but the "e" and the "r" are nearly exact compared to a Fender logo.

It was also right around the time that Fender started making the Stratocaster Plus. Have you considered that the circuit board might be aftermarket? I highly doubt even a knock-off company like Vester would use all blue and red wiring. Also I'm fairly certain my Vester is not active, but as you can see mine is a tad different than yours. It's a neck-through and has no middle pickup. I'll check the wiring tonight and see if it looks similar. I'll also look through that catalogue and see if I can find one like yours.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Dec 06, 2008 12:55 am

SHRED THE RIFFS!

Dillon · Post by **Dillon** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:17 am

Well, my wiring is all red and blue too.

No active circuitry, though.

The volume pot is especially odd. It looks like it's a four-conductor pickup, but the wiring is strange. The hardware is incredibly cheap, too. I'll probably end up redoing the entire thing...

Oh, I did find your guitar in the catalogue...it's a model JAR 1370. It makes no mention of active circuitry, however it does say "Optional Hybrid Pickup", so I suppose that's what it could be implying. Also, perhaps yours is an early model, or even a pre-production model, as the guitar pictured in the catalogue has the Vester logo on the pickups. Mine does, too, but I've no idea when it was mad. The catalogue I have is from 1993, and apparently Vester guitars were no longer manufactured after 1994.