Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Changing a pickguard

I had refurbished a fender squier and gave it to my son.  He had requested a different pickguard so I had the opportunity to take the guitar apart (again).  While changing out a pickguard sounds easy, it did involve some time.
I left the strings in place, taping them off at the the bridge and removing them from the tuners.  Then I unscrew the screws that is securing the pickguard in place.  There are 11 in this particular pickguard and 8 in the replacement.  After removing the screws I normally take all the knobs of the pots and take of the retaining nut so that all the electronics can fall into the guitar.  I also unscrew the pickup holders.

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