
Whenever installing hardware:
1. Use masking tape on the guitar to mark the location of the hole using a pen (pencils
usually don’t result in sharp lines on masking tape).
2. Mark the location of the hole making an indentation in the wood through the masking
tape using a hole punch or similar tool.
3. Decide on the correct size drill bit (⅔ thickness of the screw) and mark the drill bit
depth using a small piece of masking tape at approximately 2/3 the depth of the
screw to be installed.
4. Always aim to drill your holes straight. If you have a drill press this is preferred.
5. Use a countersink drill bit (or similar) to chamfer the edges of any holes in the cody
of the guitar, especially if painted using a solid color finish, to prevent chipping. You
may want to drill less than ⅓ depth on less dense timbers such as Mahogany and
Basswood.
Installing the pickguard
We’ll start by installing the pre-mounted pickguard. The pickguard already has the pickups
and controls pre-mounted so the first thing we need to do is identify the wires for the input
jack and ground wire for the tremolo claw.
The wire connected to the middle lug (output) of the volume pot will go to our input jack, and
either of the remaining two wires can be the ground for the input jack. I’m using the black
wire for the ground of the input jack, and the white wire for the ground for the bridge in this
instance.
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