Hi all,
Well the hardware is on its way from Callaham guitars for my warmoth tele and Lindy Fralin pickups should be here very soon too.
Now I am trying to work out how everything will go together. Since this is my first Tele I am not sure on things to be "wary" of so to speak.
1: anything I need to know with pick guard mounting? should I mount the neck pickup in the body first so better line up the guard? I was going to use a pen of some sort to mark the holes and then use a pin vice and drill them by hand as someone suggested, it seems like a good idea.
2: control plate should be similar to the pick guard.
3: Anything I need to look out for with bridge mounting/installing ferrules? do you just use a plastic hammer to tap the ferrules in? The bridge should be pretty straight forward and just screw in.
4: how to I figure out the placement of the string tree? I will use the pin vice to drill this also.
5: how do I set neck pickup height with no pickguard/strings on? Is it just trial and error? or is there a good way to do it?
6: istalling schaller tuners. I got warmoth to drill the tuner holes for schaller since I am not a fan of non adjustable tuners in terms of tension and I like the feel of schaller. Is it ok to just use the nut to secure them or should I also drill for the small screw? if so whats the best way to get them all in the right position? Use a steel rules or straight edge to rest them on?
I think thats about it for now. If anyone could help me out it would be much appreciated. If anyone has any close up shots of neck pickup mounting to the body this would be great also!
Thanks!