My first build TL - 1A

[OveR]

Hello from Hoenefoss, Norway.

Today I mockbuilt my set. All parts where there and seemed to fit quite good. But the Tonerider Vintage Plus neck mic did did not FIT into its cavity. What shawl I do?

[wazkelly]

Hello OveR, welcome to the PBG family.

If you could post some pictures someone should be able to help and give you good advice. I have not used those pickups but one of my buddies Andy40 has and you could have a look at his build thread to see if you can spot anything there whilst waiting for more forum members to come along. This is a link to the beginning of his build http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=4724

[Dedman]

Hi OveR
Most after market pick ups wont fit the stock cavities. You will probably find that will need to move the bridge and bridge pick up forward a tiny bit too. The easiest way is to use a sanding drum in a power drill or a dremel if you have one.

[Andy40]

Thanks Waz for the shout out.

Hi OVeR, Welcome to the forum!

I know that you are specifically talking about the bridge pickup. The baseplate on the Tonerider is slightly bigger than the Pitbull Bridge pickup.

I believe that I either used a sanding drum as Dedman suggested to widen the rout in the body (or a router type drill bit for my drill).

I did not need to modify the tele bridge that comes with the PBG bridge because I upgraded to a wilkinson.

Could you do something for us? could you post some photos of the guitar as you are building it.

Good luck

[wazkelly]

Spot on Andy as most Tele bridge pickup upgrades are too big for that small hole. I had to enlarge mine to take the Wilkinson and just hand sanded with 80 & 120 grits to enlarge things a little bit at a time until there was enough room for the new PUP.

[Fretworn]

Welcome OveR

[Rev]

Sanding drum is a good way to handle the problem, especially if you just need a slight enlargement.