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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 6:07 am 
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First name: John
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I've been looking for the same. I have the Schaller screw kit from SM, but it doesn't have all the strange nuts and things we into. I've just been hoarding every nut and bolt I ever take off of every guitar, and have a good collection now.


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:47 am 
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First name: Stuart
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I have the habit of generating a parts list for everything I make and doing a monthly inventory...sort of. My wife does it. If left to me then it would fall apart rather quickly. The inventory sheet has:

1. The suppliers part #.
2. A thorough description.
3. The supplier name and phone
4. The quantity of the item to have on hand.
5. The quantity of the item to order.
6. The date ordered.
7. The date received.

In essence...it's matter of knowing what you need and making sure it's on an inventory sheet...and then someone has to take inventory. ...but YOU know this already. :) I'll keep pickups, CTS pots, wire, jacks, switches, magnets, all the screws, drill bits....everything on hand...and I don't unwrap packages until I'm ready to install it.

The parts I make also have a part number and are on the list.

I'm responsible to generate and update the inventory list....and make whatever parts I make. My wife takes inventory and orders the parts.

The only thing is...I'm still experimenting with pickups so I don't buy too far out ahead of myself with those...I do have a couple of sets of those on hand.

When I design...I do it around available hardware whenever possible...or suffer. For instance, when I designed my first aluminum pickup ring I designed it around the screw that Seymour Duncan provided with their pickups. Too bad it's a very long #2 that's otherwise unavailable. Next time I designed a pickup ring I thought FIRST of the screws that I'd have to mount it with and then designed around an institutional screw size. :)

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:07 pm 
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Zip/Postal Code: 2146
Country: Australia
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try mojotone.com. that is where I get all that stuff from


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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:31 pm 
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An order that size might make an Allparts account worth setting up.

I buy most of my pots and switches from these folks http://www.guitarelectronics.com/c=iHjs ... _diagrams/

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:57 pm 
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Hehe...of course if you actually NEED a nut for a 1/4" jack then remember that CTS pots come with two nuts...for height adjustment.

And it just so happens that the CTS mounting nut is the same as a 1/4" mono jack....so for every guitar you'll get two extra jack nuts if you control the thickness of the knob mounting face.

Use CTS pots, control the mounting face thickness.....and your lost jack nut problems are OVER, pal.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:22 pm 
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Location: chicagoland, illinois
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i've got a couple cigar boxes full of stuff like that, and much of it came from '50s tube audio carcasses. they are chock full of potentiometers which in turn have the washers and nuts that fit guitar jacks. they are also full of little machine screws and other useful stuff.


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