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    nice one Sam. A Neck pickup will make this a unique Jr build and give you heaps more sounds.
    Has the person thats done the routing drilled a hole from neck to bridge pup ? You will need a really long drill bit to do this if he hasn't. You might have to enlarge the hole from bridge pup cavity to control cavity to fit the extra wires. Are the pickups just a hot and earth wire or 4 wires (splittable) ?
    Also you will need a switch so you may have to ditch the tone pot or make the cavity bigger for a switch?

    Looking at the distance between the 2 holes you may fit a switch between them
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    Quote Originally Posted by wokkaboy View Post
    Has the person thats done the routing drilled a hole from neck to bridge pup ?
    Yes, they added a hole for the neck pickup wire.

    Quote Originally Posted by wokkaboy View Post
    You might have to enlarge the hole from bridge pup cavity to control cavity to fit the extra wires. Are the pickups just a hot and earth wire or 4 wires (splittable) ?
    Just a hot and earth/shield. Braided wire. The hole from the bridge to cavity was about 8mm already. I expect to have to channel it a bit lower in the bridge pickup route so the pickup can sit all the way in the route.

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    Also you will need a switch so you may have to ditch the tone pot or make the cavity bigger for a switch?

    Looking at the distance between the 2 holes you may fit a switch between them
    I may be able to fit a switch between them. Haven't quite decided what I'm doing there. One thought is concentric volume and tone dual gang pots. Another is that there may actually be enough room there for four pots and knobs. Perhaps not normal sized speed knobs. Wiring it up on a drop in metal plate harness may be the go.
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