Tele re-rout for HH

[pirate]

This is probably covered somewhere here, but can a tele body that has standard tele PU routs be routed for humbuckers by Warmoth? I'm just guessing the HH routs are bigger and the standard rout would not be an issue?

 

[Fender.Fan]

If the body is in the showcase you can have it routed for a humbucker. If it’s already in your possession, I don’t think they would do that for you.

This is a good example. Looks like someone ordered a showcase body and either canceled their order or returned it, but it was re routed for a humbucker

http://www.warmoth.com/Showcase/ShowcaseItem.aspx?deals=true&Body=2&sort=price&i=PT7496#.XIbbg6ROnDs

 

[bagman67]

NB:  The standard Tele single-coil neck pickup rout is slightly wider than a humbucker rout.  If you request a neck HB rout on a Telecaster body that's already got the standard single-coil rout, you will definitely want to use a pickguard or pickup mounting ring, or you will wind up with a lot of the cavity exposed.  This is not the place for a wood-mount humbucker.  The same is true if you want to use a Tele half-bridge instead of a telecaster-style full-coverage bridge/pickup bracket - the lower point of the roughly triangular Tele pickup rout will hang below the humbucker rout, and might be exposed even if you use a pickup mounting ring.


In this photo you can see how wide the top corners of the original single coil pickup cavity are compared to the lower half where the humbucker rout was superimposed.

 

[pirate]

Thanks! good info.