Another tip

Wiring, soldering and fitting Pots and switches in hollow bodies can be very fiddly to say the least. After struggling with a previous couple of projects I came across this idea in a book.

Take a sheet of paper and tape it over the front of the body control area. Push a pencil through the holes and then transfer the paper to a piece of hardboard and mark the centres. Then drill the correct sized holes for each of the controls and fit them to the board. You will then have an exact layout that corresponds to the guitar.

Once the controls are in place you will find it much easier to solder the wiring.

Detach the compete assembly from the board, tie a lenght of cotton to each pot shaft and jack socket and thread through the relevant hole. Solder the pick up leads to the volume pots. pass the assemply into the F hole cavity and carefully draw each pot through, drop the fixing nuts down the pieces of cotton and fianally fix in place.