Steel hub caps and mounting electonic components???

Posted by Alex Rigby on October 15, 2015 at 2:39pm

Hi all, got my hands on a lovely vintage hubcap that I want to use for a guitar.

It is made of steel, and this has got me wondering about potential issues mounting electric components on it (pickup, sockets and maybe tone/ volume knobs.

Is there anything I should be aware (or wary) of? Grounding, insulation???

Anybody got any experience or advice in these matters?

Thanks in advance.

Alex

You need to be a member of Cigar Box Nation to add comments!

Join Cigar Box Nation

Email me when people reply –
Follow

Replies

  • ChickenboneJohn October 18, 2015 at 12:31am

    Mounting  electric pickups and controls  onto metal guitar bodies (hubcaps, tin cans etc) and scratchplates works fine -  it's gives good electrical continuity for the earth (ground) and if wired properly should provide good screening.

    • Alex Rigby > ChickenboneJohn October 22, 2015 at 3:18pm

      John, thanks, that puts my mind at ease.

      Shopuld I ground the cap itself to the jack socket?

      Alex

    • ChickenboneJohn > Alex Rigby October 30, 2015 at 2:23pm

      Just mounting the jack socket into a hole drilled thru' the steel hubcap will earth it, as long as it is a typical metal socket (not a one with a plastic "barrel" body).

    • Alex Rigby > ChickenboneJohn November 1, 2015 at 1:30pm

      Thanks John

  • Michael Fred Johnson October 17, 2015 at 11:48am

    I'm no help,couldn't bring my self to drill holes in this '47 Jag cap so settled for twin piezo's glued inside.

    Did consider mounting a pup on a bracket near the end of  the fingerboard,but still would have controls on the wooden box306497755?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024 

    • Alex Rigby > Michael Fred Johnson October 17, 2015 at 2:40pm

      That's a beautiful piece of work.

      Did you mount the piezos straight onto the cap?

      Thanks

      Alex

    • Michael Fred Johnson > Alex Rigby October 18, 2015 at 7:13am

      In a slice of plastic waste pipe embedded in hot glue

This reply was deleted.