Fitting the pickups

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Neck pickup

The first job is to find the right postion for the neck pickup. Place the pickup in the cavity and thread the wires through to the control cavity. Place the pickguard on the guitar and position the neck pickup central in the hole. Being careful not to move the pickup, remove the pickguard and drill two pilot holes, one for each mounting screw.

postioning the neck pickup

Fit the screws and springs to the pickup and screw into the pickup cavity using the pilot holes that you drilled. Don't worry about the height too much at this stage, you will be adjusting it later.

pickup with screws and springs fitted

Pickguard

Now is a good time to fit the pickguard.

attaching the pickguard

Bridge pickup

Attach the bridge pickup to the bridge plate using 3 screws and springs.

Thread the bridge ground wire from the control cavity to under the bridge and leave plenty of bare wire under the bridge plate to ensure an adequate earthing of the bridge. Attach the bridge to the guitar using three screws.

bridge ready for fitting

Wiring the pickups

Solder the black wires from the pickups, together with the bridge earth wire to the back of the volume pot. Solder the white wires from the pickups to the appropriate poiints on the 3-way switch.

complete wiring diagram

the completed control plate

Attach the control plate using 2 screws. Attach the jack socket to its plate tightening firmly. Attach the jack plate to the guitar body using 2 screws.

the jack socket in place

Final assembly ->