5. Remove the protective covering by firmly pressing masking tape onto the back of
each tuner and removing both the covering and masking tape in one action.
Align tuners using a steel ruler. You can also install the first and last tuner, and using a steel
rule mark a straight line between them on masking tape to mark out the location of the pilot
holes.
Installing the electronics
It’s best to install the input jack, pickup selector and tone and volume pots now, as the loose
black ground wire soldered to the back of the neck volume pot will need to be threaded
through the hole in the side of the electronics cavity and ground against the bridge before
the bridge can be installed.
1. Install the input jack first, this is the rear most pre-drilled hole.
2. The next four holes are for the tone and volume pots, the row closest to the pickups
are for the neck volume and tone pots, with the one closest to the input jack being
the tone pot. The tone pots have the green capacitors attached.
3. Thread the pots through their respective holes, place the washer and hand tighten
Next, thread the loose black wire through the hole in the side of the pickup cavity and flip
the guitar over.
Grounding the bridge
We need to insert the ground wire into the bridge post hole and insert the bridge bushing.
Look for a small hole on the side of the bridge post hole nearest to the control cavity. There
should be a small hole just large enough to thread the ground wire through to the
electronics cavity. There should also be a corresponding hole on the inside of the pickup
cavity (as shown below).
1. Remove a few mm of the PVC coating and expose the bare wires.
2. Thread the wire, ensuring the bare wires are exposed and will sit flush against the
side of the bridge or tailpiece post bushing once installed.
3. Make a small ‘hook’ in the top of the wire so the ground wire sits at the top of the
bridge or tailpiece post hole before installing the bushing.
4. Remove the post from the bushing.
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