first off, these are great videos that you put on here for us all. Secondly, I love the care you show your guitar. It is nice to see people treat their instruments with such respect so as to avoid scratches etc... Keep up the great work!
Great video! What I do, before dropping the pots and toggle into the guitar cavity, is to color-code the pots with colored markers. That way, I do not have to test the pots after they are removed to identify them for volumes and tones. I did this procedure on a Gibson Howard Roberts III, which you might know has the toggle switch where the neck volume should be, for some strange reason. But with the color code, I was able to avoid using the cardboard. But I do like your cardboard!
Very cool. I'm not doing any repairs or upgrades at the moment, but I got my first semi-hollow guitar recently and I noticed there was no access to the electronics, so I was curious about how one would go about getting to them if necessary.
Many thanks for posting this! I have an Epiphone Riviera P-93 and I was just wondering how to pull out the electronics and such, should I need to. I've watched some of your other videos, too, and they're all very accurate.
You could also mark the pot shafts with tape or some type of marke before you drop them into the body, so you don't have to plug in the guitar and find out which one is which, and this will make it a little easier to know which one is which. Nice video!
Don't fudge the template, make it exact. I tape a piece of paper and mark the holes and use that to make a soldering jig. Mono filament fishing like works well. It's a little stiffer than string or floss. I've also used aquarium airline tubing pushed down over the pot shaft. But mostly I just work it all into position. by pushing and shoving and grabbing what I can with forceps. (get some angled one). It just takes some patience and the accurate templates gets everything to line up right. Just make sure you don't make the template upside down which is easy to do since you are working on the back of the pots. Think in terms of pushing the pots up into the template from below to match your control layout. Then flip it over to solder. Some hollow bodies come with stock mini pots and full size pots can be tough to get into the f-holes making the job tougher.
Excellent videos man. I don't have a hollowbody yet, but was thinking of going the cheaper route, then upgrading the electronics as I go along. This made me much more interested in going that route since I can see that it's indeed doable! Thanks!
Very helpful. I was just about to buy a hollowbody but then I was like wait.... How are you supposed to work on one of these?? After this video I feel confident enough to pull the trigger. Thanks for taking the time to make this!
john excelente video saludos desde caracas venezuela la calidad de tu video es extraordinaria el sonido es excelente y el contenido es muy util ....te felicito sinceramente
It is a full hollowbody, pretty fat, so that's what I was hoping for. I'm just gonna have to go ahead and attempt it. It'll be the first pick-up change I've done. I've built pedals before and can at least soder wiring up to work. The fact that the controls arent neat on a control panel just makes it a bit more challenging. Thanks for the reply!
Hi John, Great video. What about the ground cable? you didn't take it out, doesn't it usually becomes a problem because all the electronics are connected to it? It won't come out unless you cut it. Right? Thanks
Hey Johh, these video's are very helpfull. I'm planning on replacing the pickups on my ibanez artcore semi-acoustic. What I was wondering, is wether it would be possible to pull out the entire wiring harness through one pickup hole? Maybe by dropping the bridge pickup down into the body and pulling it through the neck pickup hole? That way I would have a functioning wiring harness and can fuck up all I want on a new one, with all the gizzmos I want...
Hi JohnPlanetz, you made great videos! I have a question: I want to take my old pickups apart, do I have to get out of my epiphone dot the whole electronics? Will I be able to take out only the volume pots and unsold the pickups or the wire is too short? Hope you answer soon!
lol this was very very helpful!, it was funny when yuo were pulling out the electroncis its like that john and kate plus 8 show at birth. ok we got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and babies out of that hole there.. LOL
CodedToast Mark R 2 years late but too answer ur question in my opinion I think it's cuz it would ruin the "acoustic" effect if there is a plate the sound won't come out as well I'm assuming
Having the proper tools will go along way. I realize this video is 14 years old, but now days Amazon has a the proper tools cheap. I dont know about pulling so hard on a thin top like that. Also, get a freaking wrench and you wont have to worry about scratching a nut. Just sayin.
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first off, these are great videos that you put on here for us all. Secondly, I love the care you show your guitar. It is nice to see people treat their instruments with such respect so as to avoid scratches etc... Keep up the great work!
Great video! What I do, before dropping the pots and toggle into the guitar cavity, is to color-code the pots with colored markers. That way, I do not have to test the pots after they are removed to identify them for volumes and tones. I did this procedure on a Gibson Howard Roberts III, which you might know has the toggle switch where the neck volume should be, for some strange reason. But with the color code, I was able to avoid using the cardboard. But I do like your cardboard!
Great suggestion! Thanks
Very cool. I'm not doing any repairs or upgrades at the moment, but I got my first semi-hollow guitar recently and I noticed there was no access to the electronics, so I was curious about how one would go about getting to them if necessary.
Hope you won't need to!
Thanks. Replacing bad wiring in my hollowbody - appreciated the cloth trick for the control knobs too.
Many thanks for posting this! I have an Epiphone Riviera P-93 and I was just wondering how to pull out the electronics and such, should I need to. I've watched some of your other videos, too, and they're all very accurate.
Doesn't matter how old I get, I will always chuckle when I hear 'f-hole' for guitars 😆
You could also mark the pot shafts with tape or some type of marke before you drop them into the body, so you don't have to plug in the guitar and find out which one is which, and this will make it a little easier to know which one is which. Nice video!
Don't fudge the template, make it exact. I tape a piece of paper and mark the holes and use that to make a soldering jig. Mono filament fishing like works well. It's a little stiffer than string or floss. I've also used aquarium airline tubing pushed down over the pot shaft. But mostly I just work it all into position. by pushing and shoving and grabbing what I can with forceps. (get some angled one). It just takes some patience and the accurate templates gets everything to line up right. Just make sure you don't make the template upside down which is easy to do since you are working on the back of the pots. Think in terms of pushing the pots up into the template from below to match your control layout. Then flip it over to solder.
Some hollow bodies come with stock mini pots and full size pots can be tough to get into the f-holes making the job tougher.
Good suggestions! Thanks
Excellent videos man. I don't have a hollowbody yet, but was thinking of going the cheaper route, then upgrading the electronics as I go along. This made me much more interested in going that route since I can see that it's indeed doable! Thanks!
Thank you for this!! Was so scared to replace stuff on my semi-hollow. Much more comfortable doing it now.
Excellent John, been waiting for this kind of instruction. Thanks !!!!
Great video John, you showed me exactly what I needed to see. Thank you.
John, thanks very helpful. I will have to fix my Peavy JF1 soon hence will use the technic.
I have the JF1 EX, nice rig but certainly can use better guts. Im blacking my parts out and putting custom hand wound hummies in
Thanks. Getting ready to put new pickups in my Artcore.
Very helpful. I was just about to buy a hollowbody but then I was like wait.... How are you supposed to work on one of these?? After this video I feel confident enough to pull the trigger. Thanks for taking the time to make this!
What the! This is the video I have been waiting for!
john excelente video
saludos desde caracas venezuela
la calidad de tu video es extraordinaria el sonido es excelente y el contenido es muy util ....te felicito sinceramente
It is a full hollowbody, pretty fat, so that's what I was hoping for. I'm just gonna have to go ahead and attempt it. It'll be the first pick-up change I've done. I've built pedals before and can at least soder wiring up to work. The fact that the controls arent neat on a control panel just makes it a bit more challenging.
Thanks for the reply!
Hi John,
Great video. What about the ground cable? you didn't take it out, doesn't it usually becomes a problem because all the electronics are connected to it? It won't come out unless you cut it. Right?
Thanks
Hey Johh, these video's are very helpfull.
I'm planning on replacing the pickups on my ibanez artcore semi-acoustic. What I was wondering, is wether it would be possible to pull out the entire wiring harness through one pickup hole? Maybe by dropping the bridge pickup down into the body and pulling it through the neck pickup hole?
That way I would have a functioning wiring harness and can fuck up all I want on a new one, with all the gizzmos I want...
Hi JohnPlanetz, you made great videos! I have a question: I want to take my old pickups apart, do I have to get out of my epiphone dot the whole electronics? Will I be able to take out only the volume pots and unsold the pickups or the wire is too short? Hope you answer soon!
You could have colored code each pot with a different colored permanent marker on top stem before pulling them out.
Excellent John, Thank you very much.
Thankfully it's not in need of any repairs right now but I like to know I'm able to make repairs myself if something goes wrong
thanks for the video john
Funny where he gouges the body of the guitar at the beginning while taking off the pickguard. LOL!
i've never seen a stratele before!
That’s a late 90’s G&L ASAT III. Awesome guitar!
@@johnplanetz wow cool!
lol this was very very helpful!, it was funny when yuo were pulling out the electroncis its like that john and kate plus 8 show at birth. ok we got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and babies out of that hole there.. LOL
Why dont manufacturers just put a cavity plate on the backside of the body>?
CodedToast Mark R 2 years late but too answer ur question in my opinion I think it's cuz it would ruin the "acoustic" effect if there is a plate the sound won't come out as well I'm assuming
A E S T H E T I C S !
Just tradition. Guitarist hate it when guitars change. They wanna go back to the 70's
Play authentic )))))))))
Through the F-Hole? ...Yikes... I'm afraid to mess it up...
Never touch the pickup with a magnetic screwdriver, you can damage it.
Having the proper tools will go along way. I realize this video is 14 years old, but now days Amazon has a the proper tools cheap. I dont know about pulling so hard on a thin top like that. Also, get a freaking wrench and you wont have to worry about scratching a nut. Just sayin.
I tried it, and it didn't work...I'm guessing my pots were ultra cheap forgien garbage.
Haha =)