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H8069 Heirloom Curly Maple Guitar Kit
Pick Guard
Components and Hardware Needed:
Qty
guitar body ....................................................... 1
pick guard ......................................................... 1
To attach the pick guard to the guitar body:
1. push the thin black ground wire through the
hole that leads to the cavity in the back of the
guitar shown in
figure 14.
figure 14. ground wire hole.
—if there is not a predrilled hole in the cavity
in
Step 1, use a
3
/
32
" bit to drill a hole into
the cavity and through the body.
2. push the thicker black audio jack wire through
the hole shown in
figure 15.
figure 15. audio jack wire.
4. do not drill the screws at this time! Final
adjustments must be made after installing
and winding the strings.
figure 16. pick guard placement.
3. place the pick guard on the guitar body as
shown in
figure 16, and temporarily secure
the pick guard to the body with masking tape.
the pickups should fit into the routed chan-
nels.
4. using a
1
⁄
16
" drill bit in a drill press, drill
3
⁄
8
"
deep holes into the back of the headstock
through each tuner mounting hole.
Note: Drilling the holes deeper than
3
⁄
8
" could
result in drilling out through the front face
of the headstock. Use a depth stop or tape
wrapped around the drill bit at the correct
depth as an indicator.
5. secure the tuners to the guitar headstock
with the 2.1 x 14mm
screws.
audio
Jack Wire
ground
Wire
3. align the tuners perpendicular to the edge of
the headstock and parallel to each other as
shown in
figure 13. use a strip of masking
tape to secure their position on the head-
stock.
figure 13. tuners aligned to edge of headstock.
tuner
mounting hole
ground Wire
hole
pickups
