Previously, however, where my cack-handed bumbling would result in superficial cuts and bruises, this time the stakes are higher.
Electricity or, for those of you in Norfolk, magic sparky light, is something I have a healthy respect for, after receiving a nasty shock from a fuse box, by sticking my fingers where they really shouldn't have gone. It was like being hit in the chest by Muhammad Ali, an experience I have no intention of repeating.
Now, I'm pretty sure the dangers are negligible, but I'm going to be wiring a magnetic pickup, three Piezo transducer pickups and a 3 way toggle switch. So there's any number of mistakes I could make in the wiring.
Luckily, I found advice, guidance and a diagram on the Cigar Box Nation website.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/
So, with a newly found devil may care attitude and with my soldering iron in hand, I set about wiring her up.
To be totally honest with you dear reader, part of the job was already done for me. The magnetic pickup I had bought, came pre-wired to volume and tone pots, as well as the jack socket.
With only the bare minimum of soldering, burnt fingers and swearing, I managed to hookup both of the pickups to the switch, and I was done.
As to whether it worked when I plugged into an amplifier, will have to wait for another time.
Now, I'm pretty sure the dangers are negligible, but I'm going to be wiring a magnetic pickup, three Piezo transducer pickups and a 3 way toggle switch. So there's any number of mistakes I could make in the wiring.
Luckily, I found advice, guidance and a diagram on the Cigar Box Nation website.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/
So, with a newly found devil may care attitude and with my soldering iron in hand, I set about wiring her up.
To be totally honest with you dear reader, part of the job was already done for me. The magnetic pickup I had bought, came pre-wired to volume and tone pots, as well as the jack socket.
With only the bare minimum of soldering, burnt fingers and swearing, I managed to hookup both of the pickups to the switch, and I was done.
As to whether it worked when I plugged into an amplifier, will have to wait for another time.