AprioriMark
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So, I've been waiting to build a few guitars. I've been (not so) patiently awaiting parts, luthier work and pickups. My Roadhouse P-90s got here Wed, and I didn't have time to install them in my Tele or this Strat hybrid I'm working on until today between work and work. I finally got the Tele wired up, and I'm stoked. I went to wire the Strat hybrid (fairly major undertaking for me) next. It's Tele pickups with a 3 way switch and an on/off as well as a P-90 in the middle wired to an on/off. When I picked it up, I realized I had to leave to go to work again. 
When I got home after 11, I mounted the P-90 to the body, squeezed in the bridge Tele pickup through a Strat pickguard hole, played with a few different mounting/adjustment options for the neck Tele pickup, and wired them to the 3-way. I knew I wasn't going to finish tonight, so I figured I'd take =CB='s advice and wire the bridge ground (teehee) as well as the output jack. I give myself plenty of lead wire with that, and tuck one wire through the body hole.
Here's where it gets funny. I'm super, super tired... it's 11:45pm and I started work at 6am today. As I'm trying to feed the second wire through the hole, it just keeps going and going. Now, I've given myself probably 8 inches of wire 'cause I want to have enough to not be annoying if I switch out pickups later. I hate feeling like I'm yanking on the solder connections when I'm mounting stuff to a Strat pickguard. I finally yankedt he first wire out and tried to feed the second first. It still got lost, and then so did the first when I tried it again.
Apparently, the hole between the control cavity and the output jack has a hole into one of the chambers of the chambered body. My wires would come out covered in sawdust, lol. I'm snaking them through with a string tomorrow. I'm getting some sleep now, hahaha. I was totally perplexed for a few seconds, and it was awesome.
-Mark
When I got home after 11, I mounted the P-90 to the body, squeezed in the bridge Tele pickup through a Strat pickguard hole, played with a few different mounting/adjustment options for the neck Tele pickup, and wired them to the 3-way. I knew I wasn't going to finish tonight, so I figured I'd take =CB='s advice and wire the bridge ground (teehee) as well as the output jack. I give myself plenty of lead wire with that, and tuck one wire through the body hole.
Here's where it gets funny. I'm super, super tired... it's 11:45pm and I started work at 6am today. As I'm trying to feed the second wire through the hole, it just keeps going and going. Now, I've given myself probably 8 inches of wire 'cause I want to have enough to not be annoying if I switch out pickups later. I hate feeling like I'm yanking on the solder connections when I'm mounting stuff to a Strat pickguard. I finally yankedt he first wire out and tried to feed the second first. It still got lost, and then so did the first when I tried it again.
Apparently, the hole between the control cavity and the output jack has a hole into one of the chambers of the chambered body. My wires would come out covered in sawdust, lol. I'm snaking them through with a string tomorrow. I'm getting some sleep now, hahaha. I was totally perplexed for a few seconds, and it was awesome.
-Mark
