TL Problems

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I've apparently got a terrible memory, but I'm 90% sure my tele kit's neck pickup attached directly to the pick guard a bit like on a strat. (Which I understand isn't the case with Fenders? Or maybe just old Fenders?)

I'll see if I can get it apart and take some photos for you so you can compare it.

Edit:

Here you go. The neck pup on mine definitely attaches to the pickguard. The screws are quite long machine screws and were supplied with tapered (might be the wrong word) springs which now that I think about it I've probably got on upside down. Is yours similar? If it is, then an easy solution might be to grab some longer screws, or maybe appropriately sized bolts would do the trick?



Your neck looks about the same as mine. Mine was a little lower, but I needed to shim it (had 3mm string height at 12th fret with the bridge adjusted all the way down). This is after the shim, and it's all good now.



As far as I know, tele pickguards in general don't hug the bridge, but do hug the neck. I was going to install it as you did, but looking at pictures of different teles on the internet showed me several that had a gap between pickguard and bridge, but none with a gap between pickguard and neck, so I pushed it as far forward as I could. Is it possible that you've got yours so far back that the pickup isn't sitting in there properly? If that's not causing any problems with the neck pickup fitting, then I don't see a problem with having the pickguard back instead of forward if you like it more like that.

Here's mine:

Here's the Fender Standard: http://intl.fender.com/en-CA/guitars...olor-sunburst/

Hope that helps some!



Edit 2: I just realised while looking at my own pictures that I forgot to shield the bottom of the pickguard. That might explain a few things. Guess what I'm doing tomorrow!