The wiring is also done and wasn't too much of a problem, since some of it was already done. Hardest part was just figuring out what was left to do.
Putting in the humbuckers was a bit of a problem and I'm not sure I did them correctly. The screws were very long which would be fine for most humbuckers I've seen in videos, but the ones I received had the tabs on the bottoms. If I made pilot holes the full length of the screws, it would have gone through the back, so I started with about half the length.
I dropped the humbuckers in to find where to drill the holes and noted the distance they'd need to be raised to get them close to the strings. I figured out the springs fit around the screws but fully compressed they'd be too long, so I guessed that the foam strips were about the right height.
The second problem was suddenly the neck pickup hole was too small so out came the Dremel. The humbucker is still not level. Between the shallow pilot hole and tight cavity I stripped out one of the screws. I was able to get the other holes deeper and keep taking the screws out until they got to the correct depth.
I wanted to get things setup to see if everything worked before moving on. I does so I'll drill out that screw and get a replacement.
I set the machine heads, adjusted the truss rod and bridge height, and then started working on intonation. I noticed something off as when I was close to the octave, all the other notes were off. It was most pronounced on the thicker strings. I was able to set intonation by using the 3rd and 15th frets (G to G on the E string) and all but the open string are in tune.
I'm guessing I need to do something with the nut. Maybe cut deeper grooves or just sand the whole thing down? I've done the former before but not the latter.
I was still able to capo and play a bit and I like the sound even with the odd humbucker. I just need to figure out the nut issue and put on the 2 covers and I'm done!
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