Nice overall - and genius move with the washer or a bolt through the jack hole - but I find it easier to drop the strings through the pot holes and fish out through the f-hole then tie them onto the shafts - avoids having to fish the line out through those small holes. Oh, and tying another length of string to that washer in the jack hole that you leave outside the f hole makes retrieving the washer a snap.
@strafto044 жыл бұрын
That's a nice general overview of how to do it. The reality is that there is so much more to the process. Things get obstructed by wires tangling and caught up with one another. Watch the bridge ground. Most first timers will spend a lot if time before getting it right.
@upperccutt2 ай бұрын
yea i need him to show the soldering exactly ,and how to do it
@jordimateubartroli9514 ай бұрын
Third video about this kind of wiring I've seen. Completely decided! I'm going to order an SG body and neck!
@Ishootyoudotcom2 жыл бұрын
Using different color strings helps identifying what is what
@danieldebiaze9379 Жыл бұрын
Great video Man! 👍😉 I have got exactly the same kind of USA harness upgrade pots, switch and switchcraft input plug unit. I changed my factory ES-339 Epiphone pickups But at USA size so I won't have to Redrill my holes. Thats a Great thing . For the new pickups (PRS 57/08 's ) I will just have to solder 5 leads; 2 ground from new pickups : 2 hot wires for my 2 new PRS . And the fifth: the Brige Tunomatic grounding wire to avoid the buzzing problems 😉 I'll post a video after the job is finished . 🎸🎶😁 All the Best Dan
@garyheaton47914 жыл бұрын
2 or 3" blue painters masking tape over the F holes, and any other part you may scratch, works really slick!! Really speeds up the job. Good luck to you! 😁👍
@juliodavid496 жыл бұрын
I just this to my Casino this weekend. Let me tell you it is not as easy as you make it look. It probably took about 3 or 4 hours to dot it. Major pain in the butt. Also if you fish the string after you put everything in , how do you know if your fishing the right one? Isn’t better to put the string in the the corresponding hole and then attach it to the pot? This way you know your pulling it into the right hole. Just a suggestion.
@uptopmikep70654 жыл бұрын
Great video tutorial. Thanks. It's time for an update with more detail. Specifically more detail on removal (see rbtguthrie's comment). Another addition that would be very helpful is tips for guitars with slight variations in wiring like having the pup selector switch mounted on or near the upper horn. It's more an issue with center block semi-hollow body instruments. Keep up the good work Mojotone team.
@bindig1 Жыл бұрын
Stew Mac makes a nice tool to push up the pots and switches from underneath instead of trying to get your fingers in there. Basically a glorified coat hanger
@georgeargon51132 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how the installation was done. Thanks 👍🏼
@jcsk87 жыл бұрын
Did this today. Not the easiest wiring around. Done strats, and LP´s, this one is really defying.
@jerryferrell62153 жыл бұрын
you skipped right over the soldering, the only part I needed to see, I'm looking for info on replacing push/pull pots with a mojojtone std. kit. I need info on what gets soldered where. Your wiring diagram is no help. If anyone can point me to some detailed info it would be greatly appreciated. I upgrading a 2017 Epiphone ES 335 Pro....thanks.
@rbtguthrie5 жыл бұрын
tie strings to the OLD parts first. pull them through and transfer them to NEW parts. pull them back. no fishing required. (good luck pulling everything through the f-hole!)
@Alex-jq5ft4 жыл бұрын
super glad I saw this before tasking myself with replacing my Dot pickups!
@ruben83553 жыл бұрын
The man of the video made it that way because he need to enlarge the pots holes. If he tie the string to the old parts the string will get in the way of the drill bit
@thesjkexperience6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just wanted a refresher on doing this, but I now know what step drill bits are for! I need one now.
@SDPickups2 жыл бұрын
Forgot to mention the grounding wire, oops....
@BuffaloC3055 жыл бұрын
I'm always surprised when they don't attach heat-shrink straws, tubes and/or string to the old caps before removing them. But then I've never had to drill-out holes before. But even after that - feed strings, etc, from the top of the hole inside the guitar body to allow 'fishing' from the much larger F-hole than trying to drag them up from the body thru the li'l switch-holes. It seems this video does it the far more difficult way.
@neaituppi73068 жыл бұрын
I kind of wish you showed getting the electronics out and in more. The video is only 6 minutes long. Even if you had the ten minute limit back then.
@277southtombob3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping for some great new ideas for fishing everything in place. I hate rewiring semi hollow bodies, I think they should have cut a hole in the back with a cover like a Les Paul sometimes lol
@23skidoo4611 ай бұрын
I assume you just let washer for jack just drop and you fish it out?
@jcsolomon64702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for Your Tips!Jcsx
@AgimLubonja6 жыл бұрын
Agree! This is not easy. I have done different works and services to my guitars but this is difficult.
@mljones6939 Жыл бұрын
great job!!!
@msmm.2871 Жыл бұрын
Es muy laborioso. Lo mejor sería que este modelo incorporase una tapa trasera como la Lucille.
@msmm.2871 Жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlucero93 Lo malo es cuando tienes que incorporar un sistema varitone como fue mi caso. Tuve que hacer tapa trasera o no había manera.
@giulioluzzardi7632 Жыл бұрын
...and patience helps.
@Michael777Simmons Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks 😊
@mojotoneofficial12 жыл бұрын
We do, actually! Check out our website - mojotone.com
@mikemanne8112 Жыл бұрын
very nice
@jcsolomon64702 жыл бұрын
Of course there's Always more to this process!This for an Intermediate and basic solder skills type of leveled person,or a fast learner on da job nah!Take care and have fun with deese projects nah!Jcsx
@JLSGuitars8 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! Thank You
@lonerider9210 жыл бұрын
How do I get the washer out of the jack?
@sumljivi6 жыл бұрын
Hi Mojotone! How did you get each string though the respective hole? Th video jumps over this most intricate part! Thanks!
@tyseitz55115 жыл бұрын
Would have made sense to tie a string to the pot before he removed the old electronics aye
@SDPickups13 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial Dave, the step drill tip helped me out tonite ;-)
@lushkordz66435 жыл бұрын
WoOw m@n this is the best tut so far ive seen to quickly N easily reinstall a prewired harness on a HB ...a bunch of nice tricks to not go crazy 4 nuts when fishing back everything in place...
@MichaelDBauer6 жыл бұрын
Stupid question time. Does this harness work for a 335-style bass as well? I bought one of the DIY kits. It's a dual pickup model designed with holes just like the guitar in the video. It seems like it should, but I want to make sure before I spend the money and find out it won't work. Thanks.
@MichaelDBauer6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the response. The ones that came with the kit are indeed 500k - A500K and B500K, 2 each. Hopefully, they will fit through the "F" holes. The Mojos look slightly larger. And hopefully, the holes won't have to be drilled out either. I can drill it, but I'd rather not. The wiring that came with the kit is atrocious. The wires are so thin that they snap loose easily when trying to fish them through the holes. I'll try to redo the harness one more time with better wire before buying a pre-made harness. I had all but two of the things up into the holes before I looked in and saw the main ground had broke free. I also haven't tried the string method of fishing them up through the holes. I saw a video where the guy used aquarium hose to attach to the pots and pull them through. That method worked well (up to a point) before the ground wire faux pas. In the video, the guy used the string method for the 3 way and the plug input, but I just bulked the size of the aquarium hose with masking tape for the plug in and it worked great. I put masking tape on the stem part of the 3 way. Those two pulled easily into place. The disaster came when the other wires became tangled inside the body after I pushed them all in. I should have wrapped them until them were a solid line instead of loose wires that became tangled. Live and learn.
@MichaelDBauer6 жыл бұрын
Sounds fantastic. Good luck.
@teza7512 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the tips
@MikeyLikesItt3 жыл бұрын
It definitely don't look easy in the first place, Very concise demo tho
@JamesOrcutt7 жыл бұрын
Replaced my epihone 2013 Dot electronics with a mojotone kit and i was very disappointed with the potentiometers , no roll off on the tone pots till reach 3 or 2 ...maybe i just got a bad set...
@runrabbitrun43427 жыл бұрын
Hey That's exactly what i was wondering, But i don't care so much about the roll off on the tone pots But i have to have good roll off on the Volume pots ,How are the volume pots?? Did yours go together as well as his appeared to go together ? if not do you have any suggestions. Thanks for the input.
@JamesOrcutt7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Detrik pretty simple just take your time don't rush it ...I also threw in some Gibson classic 57 pickups ..
@runrabbitrun43427 жыл бұрын
James Orcutt You didn't tell me about the Volume pots,How is the roll off on those,Does it start right from 10 and slowly go down the numbers or is that just the same as the tone pots doesn't start working till 2 or 3??
@JamesOrcutt7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Detrik they seems notifiable volume around 8to 7 taper seems more to my liking
@JamesOrcutt7 жыл бұрын
Jerry Detrik but be warned in the set I got there wasn't much resistance in the pols they seemed flimsy
@jackgoff48598 жыл бұрын
1995 called, it wants its 240p video back.
@Felipe-pb9gu4 жыл бұрын
I hate this job with all my heart!
@oldbridgemaker20943 жыл бұрын
I've had better luck going through the bridge pickup cut-out fwiw
@jman14286 жыл бұрын
Nice video, but your guitar is not going to sound any better, a waste of time.