A Rock n' Roll Tele

[NedRyerson]

Most common plates do, whether football or square. I exclusively get the 7/8" drill.

 

[hamburder]

Most common plates do, whether football or square. I exclusively get the 7/8" drill.

I found a curved plate that should fit the tele. Maybe it's the Gibson influence, but I like this better than the cup/electrosocket.

 

[stratamania]

The body showed up on Saturday. I checked the fit of the neck and it's perfectly snug in the pocket. I put some copper foil in. Not the best job, but also not bad for my first time.

While I was looking into installing the cup, I learned the hard lesson about Tele jack inputs. I decided to skip that. I have an electrosocket coming, but I was wondering if there is a plate that fits the 7/8s cut?

The football jack plate will work

https://warmoth.com/fbj1

And as it is a Tele the square jack plate will work also.

https://warmoth.com/sjp1

 

[Hodgo]

The body showed up on Saturday. I checked the fit of the neck and it's perfectly snug in the pocket. I put some copper foil in. Not the best job, but also not bad for my first time.

While I was looking into installing the cup, I learned the hard lesson about Tele jack inputs. I decided to skip that. I have an electrosocket coming, but I was wondering if there is a plate that fits the 7/8s cut?

Most plates (square/football), footballs are cutting it close but the ones sold by Warmoth will cover just fine.

 

[hamburder]

I got one I think will work, it's cut for LP/Tele guitars. The one from Warmoth doesn't have nickel, unfortunately.

 

[hamburder]

I'm setting myself up for soldering and I'm realizing I am doing something that isn't easy to find an answer for in tutorials.

I've got a neck humbucker with 4 wires: red, black, white and braided. I've got a P90 bridge pickup with black, white and blue wires. I've got 3 ft of black/white wires. A three-way switch, a mono input jack, a tone and volume knob for each pickup, a cap for each tone knob and a treble bleed for each pickup circuit to experiment with.

Attached is a picture of the pots and wires for verifcation.

Curious where I can find the right schematics for this?

 

[rockandroller]

I'm setting myself up for soldering and I'm realizing I am doing something that isn't easy to find an answer for in tutorials.

I've got a neck humbucker with 4 wires: red, black, white and braided. I've got a P90 bridge pickup with black, white and blue wires. I've got 3 ft of black/white wires. A three-way switch, a mono input jack, a tone and volume knob for each pickup, a cap for each tone knob and a treble bleed for each pickup circuit to experiment with.

Attached is a picture of the pots and wires for verifcation.

Curious where I can find the right schematics for this?

before anything else, check with the manufacturers of each pickup, to verify their "wire color codes"...

 

[hamburder]

Well, between screwing up my first soldering job, then doing a better job with a second try and discovering a faulty pot, this thing is finally done. I love it. The humbucker and the p90 bridge work well together for my taste. I really love blending the two, which I didn't like much with the two humbuckers on the LP.

 

[rockandroller]

Thats a really nice combination. Can you post a pic of the back? And where did you get those purple knobs?

 

[hamburder]

Thats a really nice combination. Can you post a pic of the back? And where did you get those purple knobs?

I was scouring the internet for colored knobs and came across this guy on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/str/arsilverguitars

 

[hamburder]

Here's some more pictures of the back and some details on the knobs. I installed the flush ferrules, I think they look great!

All hardware is nickel, except for the knobs, of course. The tuners are Hipshot staggered locking tuners. I haven't had a problem with the strings popping out of the nut, so +1 for staggered tuners. (I do have a string tree, but didn't install it). I love the locking tuners, I don't think I'll ever not install them on future guitars. I sprung some extra dough for the vintage bean tops, which I think are a nice touch.

The bridge is a Babicz Z-series, which I am very happy with. Easy to adjust, does the job and is a pretty simple and nice-looking bridge.