Comments for Jborges.com http://jborges.com Drums, Percussion & Music Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:22:06 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on Fender 72′ RI Deluxe – rewire by joshuaborges http://jborges.com/2008/10/07/fender-72-ri-deluxe-rewire/comment-page-1/#comment-111 joshuaborges Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:22:06 +0000 http://jborges.com/?p=50#comment-111 @Jesse I believe the mojo assemblies come with the volume mods, if not I am sure they will include them. I can't remember what I used for grounding wire. It was either wire I had laying around or it was the wire that came stock. The cable that was causing the most noise was the cable from the pickup selector. I wired it up first with the vintage cloth wire I believe first. Changed that out for some nicely shielded wire and all was good. Hope that helps. Josh @Jesse
I believe the mojo assemblies come with the volume mods, if not I am sure they will include them. I can’t remember what I used for grounding wire. It was either wire I had laying around or it was the wire that came stock. The cable that was causing the most noise was the cable from the pickup selector. I wired it up first with the vintage cloth wire I believe first. Changed that out for some nicely shielded wire and all was good. Hope that helps.
Josh

]]> Comment on Fender 72′ RI Deluxe – rewire by Jesse http://jborges.com/2008/10/07/fender-72-ri-deluxe-rewire/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Jesse Sun, 29 May 2011 13:49:33 +0000 http://jborges.com/?p=50#comment-110 Hi, I stumbled upon your info regarding the 72 Deluxe mod and it is just fantastic,thanks for making this available.I have been interested in picking up one of these guitars and realize that a mod will be in order to improve the sound,I am leaning towards the Mojo assembly and was wondering if this has the treble bleed mod already on the wiring set or will I need to alter the assembly they sell particularly for this guitar,another question regarding keeping this guitar as quite as possible,what ground wire worked best for you. Thanks a million in advance for your assistance. Respectfully, Jesse Miami,Fl Hi,

I stumbled upon your info regarding the 72 Deluxe mod and it is
just fantastic,thanks for making this available.I have been interested in picking up one of these guitars and realize that a mod will be in order to improve the sound,I am leaning towards the Mojo assembly and was wondering if this has the treble bleed mod already on the wiring set or will I need to alter the assembly they sell particularly for this guitar,another question regarding keeping this guitar as quite as possible,what ground wire worked best for you.

Thanks a million in advance for your assistance.

Respectfully,

Jesse
Miami,Fl

]]> Comment on Fender 72′ RI Deluxe – rewire by joshuaborges http://jborges.com/2008/10/07/fender-72-ri-deluxe-rewire/comment-page-1/#comment-87 joshuaborges Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:13:02 +0000 http://jborges.com/?p=50#comment-87 Brandon, thanks for the comment. CTS are probably the most common high quality brand of pots. I hear good things about Alpha too. The difference between solid and split shaft are the diameter of the shaft. The split shafts have a split down the middle and are smaller and are made for the kind of knobs that press on. Solid shaft are a bit larger in diameter and are made for the kind of knobs that have screws on the side and are held in place by tightening the screw. Most telecasters use this type. Other than that they are identical in function as far as electronics go. Volume or treble bleed mods are a resistor and compactor wired between the first and second post of the volume pot. This allows an amount of high end to be maintained in the signal that would normally be grounded out. You know how the lower you turn your volume the muddier it gets? This basically allows some of those highs to be kept in your signal. Their are different values of caps that be used. If you do a google search for "Treble bleed mod " there is a lot of information on different values and setups. I had recently come across a wiring setup that I want to try out on a different guitar to see how it compares to the Treblebleed/volume mod. When I get around to it I will post about it. If this is your first time doing this to a guitar I can understand the fear of not wanting to mess it up. I would check out mojotone.com they have a pre-wired kit or you can buy the parts kit specifically for this guitar. http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=577796&pg=92721&id=2115060 (pre-wired assembly) http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=101351&pg=12388&id=2113383 ( here is the parts kit. It does however come with 250k pots. If you email them about it they will add the 500k instead) They also sell pre-made volume mods. These values are what I have in mine right now. I still am experimenting with different values, but right now I am liking these. http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=573981&pg=13963&id=2113347 ( volume mod) Now if you don't want to do a whole rewire I suggest just getting the 4 pots and the orange caps and the volume mods. That is fairly simple to do. If you have never soldered before go on youtube and watch some videos on how to do it. Just take your time when doing it. After you do it and it works it becomes addicting. Especially when you listen to it and how something that isn't too difficult can make a big difference. Good Luck with it, and keep me posted how it works for you. There are other stores out there where you can order all these parts. Mojotone is the only one I am aware of that made a kit specifically for this guitar. All other part stores carry most of the same parts that are in the kit. It is nice to at least use them as a reference. Josh Brandon,
thanks for the comment. CTS are probably the most common high quality brand of pots. I hear good things about Alpha too. The difference between solid and split shaft are the diameter of the shaft. The split shafts have a split down the middle and are smaller and are made for the kind of knobs that press on. Solid shaft are a bit larger in diameter and are made for the kind of knobs that have screws on the side and are held in place by tightening the screw. Most telecasters use this type. Other than that they are identical in function as far as electronics go.

Volume or treble bleed mods are a resistor and compactor wired between the first and second post of the volume pot. This allows an amount of high end to be maintained in the signal that would normally be grounded out. You know how the lower you turn your volume the muddier it gets? This basically allows some of those highs to be kept in your signal. Their are different values of caps that be used. If you do a google search for “Treble bleed mod ” there is a lot of information on different values and setups. I had recently come across a wiring setup that I want to try out on a different guitar to see how it compares to the Treblebleed/volume mod. When I get around to it I will post about it.

If this is your first time doing this to a guitar I can understand the fear of not wanting to mess it up. I would check out mojotone.com they have a pre-wired kit or you can buy the parts kit specifically for this guitar.
http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=577796&pg=92721&id=2115060 (pre-wired assembly)

http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=101351&pg=12388&id=2113383 ( here is the parts kit. It does however come with 250k pots. If you email them about it they will add the 500k instead)

They also sell pre-made volume mods. These values are what I have in mine right now. I still am experimenting with different values, but right now I am liking these.
http://www.mojomusicalsupply.com/item.asp?pid=573981&pg=13963&id=2113347 ( volume mod)

Now if you don’t want to do a whole rewire I suggest just getting the 4 pots and the orange caps and the volume mods. That is fairly simple to do. If you have never soldered before go on youtube and watch some videos on how to do it. Just take your time when doing it. After you do it and it works it becomes addicting. Especially when you listen to it and how something that isn’t too difficult can make a big difference. Good Luck with it, and keep me posted how it works for you.

There are other stores out there where you can order all these parts. Mojotone is the only one I am aware of that made a kit specifically for this guitar. All other part stores carry most of the same parts that are in the kit. It is nice to at least use them as a reference.
Josh

]]> Comment on Fender 72′ RI Deluxe – rewire by Brandon http://jborges.com/2008/10/07/fender-72-ri-deluxe-rewire/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Brandon Sat, 01 Nov 2008 20:15:27 +0000 http://jborges.com/?p=50#comment-86 oh i remember now. lol. What 500k pots should I change it out with, i.e. whats the difference with solid or split shaft and so on. I have never made any modifications on my guitars for fear of unhinging a fuck up. But I really love this guitar and would like to try and take the dive. Any help you can offer me is very appreciated. Thanks again! brandon brandonsatterlee@mac.com oh i remember now. lol.
What 500k pots should I change it out with, i.e. whats the difference with solid or split shaft and so on. I have never made any modifications on my guitars for fear of unhinging a fuck up. But I really love this guitar and would like to try and take the dive. Any help you can offer me is very appreciated. Thanks again!

brandon
brandonsatterlee@mac.com

]]> Comment on Fender 72′ RI Deluxe – rewire by Brandon http://jborges.com/2008/10/07/fender-72-ri-deluxe-rewire/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Brandon Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:54:28 +0000 http://jborges.com/?p=50#comment-85 This is a great post. I was wondering what the volume mods you made were. I may have some other questions for you as well. Thanks alot! cheers. Brandon This is a great post.
I was wondering what the volume mods you made were.
I may have some other questions for you as well. Thanks alot!

cheers.

Brandon

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