1977 Telecaster restoration - Part 3 - Body, electronics and assembly
Having the neck prepared, let's take a look at the things that still need to be done: - Body hardware - Electronics and pickups - Body finish And when everything is ready, time to reassemble and set action and intonation. 1. Body hardware The bridge, the control plate, the pickguard, the jack-cup all needed cleaning and de-rusting in part 1 of the restoration project, I already explained the way I take care of rust on parts. Note that for the bridge, everything was rusted tight, so I hard to first get everything loose with some oil cleaning spray and soaking it in vinegar. It took some time, but the result is pretty nice: Same goes for the other parts. It's getting together nicely. 2. Electronics and pickups Trying to stay as close to the original as possible, we have the following challenges: - Pots maintenance and cleaning - Get a new 3-way switch - Get the pickups repaired/rewound It was amazing how much dirt came out of the potentiometers whe
