the clear coats in the seemed to trap small bubbles in some layers,i managed to sand most out, and buff out the balance with meguires compound, after having done the 2000 grit wet sand. Came out not too badly for a non spray booth clear coat.
I wanted similar spec electronics to my other guitars,so ordered a loaded control plate from atlantic custom guitars on ebay. If i remember this correctly it has: 4 way oak grigsby switch, cts pots, orange drop capacitor, 22 awg cloth push back wiring, switchcraft jack, reverse wired.
The loaded control plate was not too much more than buying each of the components separately. Unfortunately though, the distance to the jack on a std tele must be shorter, so i had to cut into the neatly wrapped, heat shrink tubbed, wiring and extend it with some of my ham handed soldering efforts.
Pickup wise i reused a 1991 us tele neck pickup i had,and got a second hand '51 fender custom shop nocaster pickup. Wired it up today, sure was great to hear it working! Something wrong with the switch though, same sound on all 4 settings, bridge and neck combined.Sounds great all the same.
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