After reading about fake electrolytic capacitors on the ampgarage.com forum I noticed that the caps in question are the same “ELON” brand that I purchased from Weber some time ago. I used most of them in my 5 watt SLO amp. Since the day I built it there were some reliability problems that I never managed to fix completely. After playing for 10-20 minutes sound would suddenly change or it would start to motorboat when there’s input signal.
Today I’ll try to explain how to work with the shielded teflon wire. Below is the step by step guide with photos. Click on a photo to see more details.
Note: don’t try to do this with PVC insulated wire as it’s likely that you’ll melt the insulation and short the shield with the center conductor.
This could be useful for those of you who have Edge (Pro) equipped Ibanez. The idea of replaceable washers is nice because any material will wear out after some time, so why not make it replaceable. The only problem is that they can hold tight for two weeks before wearing enough that the trem arm doesn’t stay in place any more.
In a typical tremolo equipped guitar we have a couple of springs that are stretched between the bridge and the body. When you hit the strings bridge and body resonate and cause the springs to resonate too. Pickups are not that far from the springs at all. In most guitars there’s no more than half an inch of wood between them and wood doesn’t do anything to prevent the pickups from picking up vibrations from the springs.
