Yesterday I was fortunate enough to have my good friend from work lend me his socket set (no commentary on why I don't currently have a socket set) so I could finish installing the tuners. This process involved sliding the tuners into the holes, then drilling holes for screws from the back of the headstock, screwing the screws in, and finally ratcheting the hex nut on the front side down. The screws were so f*%^ing tiny and a PITA to screw in I ended up trying to drill a little further in for each hole to make it easier. Suffice to say, my fingers got really sore and so my judgement was a little off...soooooo, a little hole accidentally got drilled through the face of the guitar from the back. Needless to say, I was angry to my core. On top of that, even after measuring twice, the tuners ended up a little crooked. Double anger.
After settling down (not by much), I did some research and even Gibson has some QC issues and often lets Les Pauls off the line with crooked tuners...just not holes drilled through the headstock :\
However, I felt a little better...even more so that the task was completed and I was moving on.
Today the remainder of my parts arrived, except I only ordered one volume/tone knob instead of four...which makes me kind of an idiot, but whatever. Since yesterdays issues were fresh in my mind I decided to tackle the next step which could result in the most damage to the guitar, the bridge and tailpiece. These pieces require hammering little posts into the guitar face. Obviously this could lead to hammering directly into the face of the guitar thereby making me want to set fire to the damn thing a la Jimi Hendrix. However, this did not happen.
I carefully hammered in the posts and installed the two pieces. I must admit, they are stunning. I am really glad a spent the extra $15 (<10% difference from stock Tune-O-Matic) on the Gotoh 510 set. Here's a pic!
This pic is a little unflattering of the finish, but that's OK. The lighting sucked...Also, the switch and switch plate were not actually installed. I was attempting to do that, but realized that I need to drill a relief into the wood to make it fit properly. Hopefully that will not be traumatic...so, we'll see you tomorrow for that! I'm hoping that I have this sucker done THIS WEEKEND! We shall see...
Cheers,
Dean
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