Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Almost there...



All going well... The headstock was sprayed, an Telecaster logo applied, and a couple of extra layers of laquer applied, then on with the machine heads. The Hipshot d-tuner went on first... it's a tight fit, as there's a HUGE plate. I then struggled to get the regular machine heads to fit on next to it. I had to file down the edge of the A string tuner to fit it in. They're also at a slightly funny angle, as the place is right up against the edges of the headstock. It's a but quirky, but it's all fine. Those machine head screws are TINY. Had to make another trip to the hardware store to pick up a 1.5mm drill bit. I tried putting on one without a pilot hole and it was a disaster, but once I had the right drill the neck is finished and ready to go.

I also FINALLY got all the wiring sorted out (I hope). More dodgey pots and stuff made it a painfull couple of hours figuring out what was going wrong, and then it was a tight squeeze fitting it all in (the pickguard cutout for the P pickups is REALLY tight too, and needed a little enlarging), but it's all together.

All that's left to do is bolt the neck on. Its more or less drilled - just needs a slightly bigger pilot hole, and I can finally string this thing up...

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