Diggydude
13-10-2019, 02:59 PM
Hello all,
I’m busy building my first guitar body from scratch. My plan is a tele shape with minor modifications and with black hardware, no pickguard. I’ve been doing all right so far and I have just received the hardware I ordered. This was a black tele hardware kit from pitbull and a neck pickup mounting ring thingy from realtone music in QLD.
The first thing I’ve noticed is how small the pitbull pickups are. The ring is too big but compared to pickups not from pitbull, the ring fits perfectly. Is there anywhere I can get a ring that fits the stock pitbull pickups? Or will I have to find a new pickup? An option I’ve been considering is just cutting the pickguard into a ring shape seeing as it fits already.
Another problem I’ve encountered is I cut the control panel recess just too big. A few mm’s too big. The hole doesn’t stick out the sides but the screw holes of the plate go into nothing. Will big lumps of woodfiller work? What can I do for that?
Thanks,
Dylan
I’m busy building my first guitar body from scratch. My plan is a tele shape with minor modifications and with black hardware, no pickguard. I’ve been doing all right so far and I have just received the hardware I ordered. This was a black tele hardware kit from pitbull and a neck pickup mounting ring thingy from realtone music in QLD.
The first thing I’ve noticed is how small the pitbull pickups are. The ring is too big but compared to pickups not from pitbull, the ring fits perfectly. Is there anywhere I can get a ring that fits the stock pitbull pickups? Or will I have to find a new pickup? An option I’ve been considering is just cutting the pickguard into a ring shape seeing as it fits already.
Another problem I’ve encountered is I cut the control panel recess just too big. A few mm’s too big. The hole doesn’t stick out the sides but the screw holes of the plate go into nothing. Will big lumps of woodfiller work? What can I do for that?
Thanks,
Dylan