Got the Tele back together & plugged in today; couldn't really play, as there's a ton of adjustment to do (everyhing was apart but the strap buttons). The old knobs don't fit the new switch & pots, & it buzzes like a sumbich (can you imagine? A Fender product buzzing??), but EVERYTHING DOES WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO DO!!! Yeah, I'm pumped. Many is the set-up I've done, but this is my first rewire. All I had to do was take the neck off so I could check the neck p/up & replace the boring w/b/w laminated pickguard w/the ?berhip solid black (22 fret board - extends over the guard so it won't come off), clean everything, trim the new guard to clear the control plate & neck, drill a new hole for the screw at the treble-bout point of the guard because it didn't line up w/the old hole, completely replace the controls (1 switch, 2 pots, 1 tone cap, 1 jack, all wires between same), take the bridge clear apart to get at the its mounting screws to replace the missing ground wire under it (& clean it), chisel the bottom of the cavity so the new switch would fit, carve the sides of the cavity so the new pots would fit, ream the holes in the (metal) control plate so the shafts of the new pots would fit............putting USA parts on an Indonesian ax is so much fun! But with the $35 garage-sale price, I'm still ahead of buying the same thing used, and I'm way upgraded.
Mrs. Cowboy says in the future I have to call her at work when everything I'm supposed to do is done to ask if I can work on guitars. She's no fun at all.
Peter
