Fitting Bare Knuckle pickups to a Fender Telecaster

This is a Japanese Bound Tele that is in for a nice upgrade: we're installing a set of Bare Knuckle pickups. If this post inspires you to follow suit, we carry a good selection of Bare Knuckle and Tonerider pickups and our guitar tech Glen is always happy to advise on pickup selection and general wiring advice - so if you want to treat your favourite guitar to an upgrade just call in or email and we'll be happy to help.

Anyway, let's follow the process...

View Bare Knuckle pickups in the online shop

Pickups selected: lots of options to choose from but our customer has gone for a set from the Blackguard Tele series:

Firstly, out with the old:

Carefully desoldering the old pickups from the switch:

In go the new ones:

Final adjustments: the guitar is now set up ready to play so we can set the balance:

Finished and ready to go!