Here some photos from yesterday's session.
These are the old side plastic dots drilled out and filled with timber filler, new holes drilled (with toothpicks to keep dirt and whatnot away).
This is the Dremel sanding the neck pickup slot to make room for the Tonerider upgrade. In fact the stock PBG pick up and the Tonerider are almost identical in width, I didn't have to make the slot larger, but the curved section of the plastic cover sits slightly wider in the Tonerider.
New slot after Dremel. Notice that I had to cut the copper tape neatly with a knife on the curved section before using the Dremel, and I had to fill the screws holes in the timber where the stock pickups used to be because the Tonerider are sitting slightly wider.
Pickup cover in place sitting happily. Will reapply the copper tape on the curved sections and where the old screw holes are, the tape should arrive in the mail today or tomorrow probably.
I did the same at the pickguard for the neck pickup, using a much lower Dremel speed. No photos but you get the idea.
If you listen closely you'll still hear some ancient Italian echoing in the background, but honestly it wasn't too bad and I enjoyed working on the modifications.
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