Any good guitar upgrade tips?

I have a few questions on some of my guitars that I seem to have trouble finding answers for,I have a es-335 copy that has wiring problems it seems but what I'm guessing is maybe the pots arn't grounded properly? It gets this squealing sound that I can't avoid at high volumes

Korova24 said:

I have a few questions on some of my guitars that I seem to have trouble finding answers for,I have a es-335 copy that has wiring problems it seems but what I'm guessing is maybe the pots arn't grounded properly? It gets this squealing sound that I can't avoid at high volumes

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I had a similar problem on my electric. I unscrewed the pickup and found a bunch of pinched wires.
Sounds like you could have a pinched wire or a bad ground.

Possibly,I opened it up and It's all bad, It's all Chinese junk the solder just popped off the pots and the wires came off the selector switch, which I noticed was cheap, it just sucks man it was a good guitar

Solder it up
Anything can be fixed.

I really want too but I have no idea where anything goes since the wires came off, the help I need most on is where the wires go from the pickups to the selector switch ,other then that I think I can go from there

You should be able to find a really good wiring diagram for your actual guitar or pickups and switches.
Google the name of the guitar and or the names on the parts and wiring diagrams.
There really isnt that much to it.

Yea I tried, they usually have the capacitors along with the tone pots but for whatever reason this Chinese guitar just has pots and wires the only capacitors are the ones on the tone knobs, I'll probably try again later, I really need to work on my strats neck, I have no idea how to get this bow out

Truss rod adjustments arent my cup of tea.
@BDOGKush might be a better guy to help with that stuff.
Hopefully he chimes in with advice

I wish I had better tools then I do now I think I might save up for that stewmac starter pack, but thanks for the reply and help!

It sounds like you've figured out your squealing issue; bad wiring and cheap electronics. I'd suggest replacing the electronics since it sounds like you need to do a rewiring.

I assume it has a three way selector since it's an ES-335 copy. This diagram should explain the wiring better than me trying to type it out.



Like Torontoke said, truss rod adjustment is what you need to take care of the bow in your strats neck. You can measure your neck relief by capoing your first fret, fret the 12th and measure the space between the top of the 7th fret and bottom of the string with a set of feeler gauges, .010" of relief under string tension is a good starting point.

Damn....that was a lot of info Thank-you so so much for your time man,I just gotta good capo today to try and fix the strat ,so I'm hoping it straightens out, and I was looking into Emerson's parts and doing them myself from the diagram. Again Thank-you!

@BDOGKush seemed like the right guy to ask lol
He seems like he can get that guitar goin again
Good luck man

Thanks man! I'll keep you updated