Grizzly BL8551 owner manual Pick Guard, To attach the pick guard to the guitar body

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.

—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.

Tuner

Mounting Hole

Figure 13. Tuners aligned to edge of headstock.

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.

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.

Ground Wire

Hole

Figure 14. Ground wire hole.

-12-

Ground

Wire

Audio

Jack Wire

Figure 15. Audio jack wire.

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.

Pickups

Figure 16. Pick guard placement.

4.DO NOT drill the screws at this time! Final adjustments must be made after installing and winding the strings.

H8069 Heirloom Stratocaster-Style Guitar Kit