Grizzly H8070 owner manual Positioning Pick Guard, Control Plate Bridge

Positioning Pick

Guard, Control Plate

& Bridge

The following steps require you to mark the guitar body. To avoid damaging the finish, place mask- ing tape on the guitar body and gently mark the tape.

In the following steps the bridge, control plate, and pick guard will be installed temporarily to correctly orient them.

Components and Hardware Needed:	Qty
Guitar Body and Neck (Assembled)	1
Pick Guard	1
Control Plate	1
Bridge	1

To position the pick guard, control plate and bridge:

1.Turn the guitar face up, thread the pick guard pickup wires through the center cavity (Figure 13) into the control plate cavity, then place the pick guard on the body.

2.Tuck the control plate wires into the control plate cavity.

3.Place the control plate on the body so it fits snugly into the curve on the pick guard as shown in Figure 13.

Center Cavity

Control Plate Cavity

Figure 13. Control plate fits into pick guard.

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4.Place a 36" long straightedge over the center of the fretboard inlays and over the bridge cavity, then mark the center line on the guitar body (Figure 14).

Figure 14. Marking center line.

5.Place a ruler across the body at several loca- tions and mark the half-way point to double check the center line location against the mark in Step 5.

6.Insert the bridge into the bridge cavity and align the mounting holes.

7.Using the straightedge, measure 251⁄2" from the fretboard side of the nut slot (Figure 15) along the center line to the bridge point (Figure 16), and mark this location on the guitar.

Nut

Slot

Figure 15. Measuring 251/2" from nut along

center line.

H8070 Heirloom Telecaster-Style Guitar Kit