I managed to replace the volume control a couple of days ago but the problem with the very quiet pickups remained. Today I had a really good look at the wiring and checked to see if all the connections were OK. They seemed fine. I then checked my wiring against the P38 wiring diagram on this forum a...

Thanks @mmmguitar for your response and I will order one today.

Regards, Jack

I'm in the process of restoring another P38 - not the one in my "My Parker P36/P38 hybrid project" posts. All was working OK with the electrics except the mag pickups volume control was crackling when turning volume up or down. I gave it a good dose of switch clean but the crackle is still...

Woohoo I've done it! I decided to alter the wiring loom in the style of a Les Paul - that is volume and tone for each circuit and treat the three mag pickups as one humbucker and the piezo as the other. The piezo does not have a separate tone control as not enough knobs on the pickguard. I changed o...

Thanks once again mmmguitar . The link was interesting and as you intimated needs more than one quick read! I'm begining to think that with the amount of time I am spending on this I should just buy the powerchip and stereo jack socket which comes with it and wire the guitar up properly. Seems a lit...

Thanks mmmguitar and I'm glad it's not just me! In a previous post I mentioned that I didn't understand how I got this far without a battery in the circuits as used by Parker. My understanding now is that an original Parker wiring loom has a Fishman Powerchip hence the need for a battery to be conne...

I have had a further go at this with another Strat wiring loom. The aim is to try and get the two volume controls to work independantly when mag and piezo pickups are both on. I have tested the new loom with mag pickups/no piezo and piezo/no mag and they are both performing OK. Previously I had .......

Thanks @mmmguitar.

That's a great response and makes it all very clear.

I am still a newbie to Fly guitars so apologies if this question has been asked before. I did do a search but couldn't find the answer.

Does the round vibrato arm fit all models that use a round fitting or are there different arms for different models?

Thanks again mmmguitar . I have managed to sort it out!!!!!! Firstly I rerouted some of the ground wires but this made no difference and then I started to isolate the circuits from each other and disconnected the live feed and ground from the main circuits. With these wires completely disconnected t...

Thanks mmmguitar for taking the time to respond in such a helpful manner. The concisely detailed text and photos are a result of my lifelong OCD! Carefully looking at my pic of the wiring (which seems easier than looking at the actual wiring) it looks like there is a ground missing from the back of ...

As previously mentioned, I am trying to rewire a standard Strat loom to incorporate a piezo bridge. My experience of piezo bridges is limited ie. no experience at all and I understand that they usually have to run with a battery in the circuit. I do not have a battery in the circuit and although the...

Thanks @mmmguitar.

I will post some pics when there is something worth taking - all very temporary and sketchy at the moment.

Just a quick update. Temporarily fitted a wiring loom and a set of pickups from an aftermarket pickguard. This currently gives me a five way pickup selector switch, master volume control and two tone controls, the second one for the humbucker. Yesterday I tested the Piezo bridge as the guitar was so...

Thanks for the information - very useful.

Thanks - I appreciate that.

Hello Guys, I'm looking for P38 parts for a restoration project ................................ https://flyclone.com/viewtopic.php?t=546 It would be perfect if I could buy a complete P38 loaded pickguard, but alternatively a set of Parker pickups, a wiring loom and the three black volume and tone k...

Hello Guys, I have had a lifelong interest in guitars since scratch building a Stratocaster copy in 1963. Check out following links for full story..................... https://www.squier-talk.com/threads/restoring-my-1963-fender-stratocaster-copy-guitar-part-1.179759/ https://www.squier-talk.com/thr...