What pickups came on this 3DR

[Razor]

JE-0005 switch schematic.

[Jicafold]

OP here. I hadn't noticed that about the nut before. Here is a closeup of it. Do I still need a plastic / delrin piece in there?

[rjohnstone]

Yes, you need a nut installed in this setup. Or you can install a Floyd locking nut and be done with it.
The string lock (not a locking nut) that is on there is not original.

[plon]

Those nuts didn't require a regular nut. It looks to me that someone removed some of the fretboard and that nut is mounted there to compensate for the missing section. Check the distance from the center of the 1st fret to the edge of the nut. It should be 1 17/16" from the edge of the nut to the center of the 1st fret. That nut DOES NOT need a regular nut in conjunction with it like the original style Kahler nuts did. Seriously, it looks like someone removed material from the board creating that gap. Check it.

OP here. I hadn't noticed that about the nut before. Here is a closeup of it. Do I still need a plastic / delrin piece in there?

[rjohnstone]

Those nuts didn't require a regular nut. It looks to me that someone removed some of the fretboard and that nut is mounted there to compensate for the missing section. Check the distance from the center of the 1st fret to the edge of the nut. It should be 1 11/16" from the edge of the nut to the center of the 1st fret. That nut DOES NOT need a regular nut in conjunction with it like the original style Kahler nuts did. Seriously, it looks like someone removed material from the board creating that gap. Check it.

I stand corrected... I forgot Kahler's used the flat bar instead of string pads on their lock nuts.

Judging by the missing part of the fretboard and the two screw holes, I'd bet someone had a Wilkinson style roller nut on there at one time.
I've seen them installed with the screw holes flipped up front on guitars with steep neck angles. It does require cutting into the fretboard to make them work.

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Or one of these.

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[Jicafold]

Here is a better view of the situation. Looks like part of the fretboard was removed. It also looks like that Kahler unit acts as it's own nut like Plon says, considering the grooves for the strings are already there. Can i put some kind of nut spacer thingy in there to fill the gap though? Distance to the first fret is 1 7/16.

[plon]

Those Kahler nuts actually did have the 3 separate pads. That bar looks to be some sort of improvised hold down.

I stand corrected... I forgot Kahler's used the flat bar instead of string pads on their lock nuts.

Judging by the missing part of the fretboard and the two screw holes, I'd bet someone had a Wilkinson style roller nut on there at one time.
I've seen them installed with the screw holes flipped up front on guitars with steep neck angles. It does require cutting into the fretboard to make them work.

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Or one of these.

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[plon]

That Kahler nut was the proper nut for those at that time. You could always fill that gap with scrap rosewood or just leave it if it doesn't bother you. As long as the edge of the nut is 1 7/16 (yes, I put down the wrong distance in my original post) to the center of 1st fret, you're good.

[rjohnstone]

Those Kahler nuts actually did have the 3 separate pads. That bar looks to be some sort of improvised hold down.

I never used them before... thought it looked weird.


You can fill it with another piece of wood.
The distance from the face of the nut to the first fret should be 1.43" (36.3mm) on a 25.5" scale guitar.

[Axewielder]

What a shitty mod. You can see the notch in the maple where they cut down.

[Xabi]

What a shitty mod. You can see the notch in the maple where they cut down.

Agreed. Someone has really butchered that fretboard. If it was mine, I'd take the neck off and give it to a good luthier and ask them to splice a piece of rosewood onto the fretboard to return it to stock condition. If it's done well, you'll hardly be able to see it.

[Jicafold]

That is a good idea. Sure would like it to look prettier. Wonder what that might cost.

[Jicafold]

So would this be a good way to wire this up...if I eliminate the tone pot? And why does my push/pull volume pot have that wire down the center with the clear/white color insultation? It's not in the diagram shown. Should I remove it?

[rjohnstone]

That is setup for coil tapping on the humbucker.


Use this and just remove the tone pot.

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[Jicafold]

See below...