Quote Originally Posted by Plainfaced View Post
Today was a day met with many failures and some mild success.

The bushings that a bought from a recommendation here, ended up being to small for the kluson tuners. While they fit in the pre-drilled holes snugly, the tuning pegs were too large for the bushings.

I ended up going with the provided bushing and some electrical tape.. Tuners installed pretty nice now.

Failure number 2 was the Wilkinson bridge. Mocked it up against the through body holes that were pre-drilled, and nothing lined up.

Ended up taking the brass sales off, and will use the kit bridge. One day I will fill the holes and redrill, so I can install the Wilkinson.

Combo failure number 3 and 4 is the Emerson wired kit I purchased.. The pots are too large for the holes in the kit control plate. Either I purchase a new plate or attempt to drill out the holes.

And secondly the cavity is too small for the Emerson pots. I'm going to have to clear some room in the cavity.

Any Ideas on how to make cavities larger? Considering the only power tool I have is a cordless drill.. No dremel. Would a chisel work?
Hi Plain faced,

Sorry to hear of your woes

If you can find my TLA-1R build diary, I documented how to do the wilkinson bridge. Its well worth it and much better than the kit bridge.

I used Gotoh pots as well and had to widen the control cavity because those pots are HUGE!. I used 60 grit sand paper and a lot of patience. Nowadays I'd just use my plunge router.