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Install the Strap Buttons.
Your body has already been drilled for the correct locations of these buttons. Use the screws provided
with the kit. A little Wilkinson "Slipstick" on the screws will make installing these a breeze.
Always countersink drilled holes slightly to stop any grain lift when installing screws.
Install the neck.
Enlarge the 4 screw holes in the body with 11/64" drill bit. The body holes are drilled intentionally
small to allow the neck holes to be perfectly aligned. Before installing the neck it is essential that
these body holes have clearance for the neck bolt/screws to pass through the body un-hindered.
This is essential in order to facilitate a truly tight neck to body joint for maximum transfer of string
resonance from the neck to the body. I also find that countersinking these holes slightly
(under the neck plate) also helps provide the tightest neck to body joint as the countersunk
screw head can be deeper than the countersinks of the neck plate. Use a #2 Phillips screwdriver
to install the neck mounting screws through the neck mounting plate. Lubricate the 4 neck
mounting screws with "Slipstick" Dry Lube. Tighten the screws to hold the neck in place.
Solder the output jack.
The two-strand hookup wire from the
volume pot goes to the output jack.
Thread the wire through
the hole from pickup cavity into the
jack cavity. Solder the white insu-
lated wire to the jack's tip
lug (the rounded lug).
Solder the bare ground wire to the
jack's sleeve lug (the square lug).
Soldering the string ground.
The remaining black lead wire is for the string
ground. Feed this wire through the hole from the
control cavity into the bridge pickup cavity. Remove
about 3 inches of insulation and allow it to exit the
back pof the pickup rout and on to the face of the
guitar contacting the underside of the bridge. After
installing the Bridge this wire will be trapped under
the bridge plate grounding the electronics. install the
jack Socket in the hole in the side of the guitar using
the 2 screws provided with the socket
Wiring the pickups
Hot White wire from
neck pickup
Pickp grounding wires
to back of pot
Hot Yellow wire from
Bridge pickup
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