Musima Elgita wiring diagram

[timhulio]

Hi chaps, thought I'd better repost this here as forum member Snap's descriptions of the standard Musima 4-way wiring was invaluable in putting the diagram together. Thanks Snap! Hopefully this will be of use to one or two people out there.

I'm a long-time fan of Musima solidbodies (have owned Eterna, Elektra in the past) and like the Elgita best of all- simpler layout, two rather than three pickups and that pretty red-black burst finish. A luthier friend of mine has copied the Musima headstock, but made a new neck with the profile of my Jazzmaster. So now it plays as good as you'd like.

Full blog post here: http://www.fredric.co.uk/?url=qpfit

[Snap]

Great job and cool drawing. I think it makes my schems a bit more comprehensive for non electronic minded guys. I planned making this kind of drawings myself but I'm not any good with drawing and sketching software.

I'm a fan of Musimas too (though a new-comer), but thinlines are my thing better than solids. So you don't like solids necks profiles? I love the necks on my thinlines, perhaps the same profiles, They're about perfect for my hand.

[Snap]

Have you checked this?

[Snap]

Great stuff about Koweg. The caps in mine are different. No idea if they are Koweg too.

The pots are like the ones in my Record. The pots are dated 73, so the guitar might be built thereabouts.

What makes you think that the pots might be Polish?

[Snap]

The pots in Andy's Elguita (Scroll down) are like the ones in my 1655. It has the same pickups and Koweg copper coloured caps. I think these two guitars are earlier, somewhere about mid to late '60s or so. The pots have a plain and smooth cover with no markings. Beautiful pots, by the way, and they work flawlessly. Cannot say the same about the rotary switches that often work a bit flimsy.

[Snap]

Earlier guitars have smaller pots with a plate base. The have a very small logo engraved in the base plate. It says something like "ELRADO". Any idea about this brand? The caps are either copper Kowegs or a different kind of aluminum covered unbranded caps on the earlier guitars

[Snap]

By the way, all these things and circuits were common for all '60s and '70s DDR electric guitars. Not only Musimas.

[timhulio]

Ah very cool. I'll amend my blog post- Andy's Elgita is earlier than mine, not later.

Really fascinating stuff about the Simeto pickups. I've seen most of these varieties, but had no idea that they were made by the same manufacturer. And for some reason I'd always assumed they made metal-edged ones first, then switched to plastic! Well... they did in the end, but you know what I mean.

I guessed the pots were made by a Polish company because the square symbol is traditionally Polish (it's the roundel of their air force too). Purely conjecture, but it'd be interesting to find out. The pots with flat bases look cool. I've never seen any like that before.