TURNING A TELECASTER NASHVILLE - LET'S REPAIR! - EPISODE 46

Today the Tone Priest puts his favorite guitar under the knife to add a Wilkinson LOW GAUSS Vintage Tone Ceramic middle pickup to his SX Telecaster. He also tries to remedy some nasty dead frets on the old girl. After the strutting of the frets, will this guitar be heard no more?

- Scar's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMIaQOC-_Y4
- Luthiery magician: https://www.youtube.com/@twoodfrd/videos
- Telecaster pickguard schematic: https://i0.wp.com/mokucustomguitars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Telecaster-pickguard-dimensions.jpg?fit=800%2C800&ssl=1

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People we like - no affiliation, just channels I enjoy and learn a lot from:

The Squishy Guitar Project: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdOIsOWKupFbet1zQ8zr5Rg
Uncle Doug: https://www.youtube.com/user/Stratosaurus1
Brad the Guitologist: https://theguitologist.locals.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/user/electrictoothsyndrom
Rob Robinette: https://robrobinette.com/Amp_Stuff.htm
Mr. Carlson's Lab: https://www.youtube.com/c/MrCarlsonsLab/videos
Blueglow Electronics: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlueglowElectronics/videos
Vintage Guitar Amp Repairs & Online Guitar Teacher: https://www.youtube.com/@vintageguitaramp_guitarteacher/videos
Guitar C.P.R. https://www.youtube.com/@guitarc.p.r.9675/videos
Stuart guitarampguy: https://www.youtube.com/@stuartukguitarampguy5830/videos
Johan Sageborn: https://www.youtube.com/user/JohanSegeborn
Matthew Scott: https://www.youtube.com/c/MatthewScottmusic/videos
Dave's World of Fun Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOXNPo7CtnzzZ9A4GyQ6Tog
REXYLAB: https://www.youtube.com/c/REXYLAB/videos
SCAR-MY-GUITAR: https://www.youtube.com/user/scarmyguitar
ElectroBOOM: https://www.youtube.com/user/msadaghd
Jim Lill: https://www.youtube.com/user/JimLill45/videos
Swinging Sultans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVZTP_kX5BE

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Want to help the channel out? Below are some Amazon links to stuff I use. If you make a purchase using the links below I make a small commission:

From this video:

- Wilkinson middle pickup: https://amzn.to/3MyipTE
- Wilkinson Telecaster pickup set: https://amzn.to/3KQ2nDp
- Radius gauge set: https://amzn.to/41jhYAw
- Notched straight edge tool: https://amzn.to/40Wvuuh
- Radius sanding block: https://amzn.to/43gUgHb
- Volume pots: https://amzn.to/43jwUk6
- No load tone pots: https://amzn.to/3Kt35Vp
- Boomas: https://amzn.to/3zKOX5h
- 3 conductor power cable: https://amzn.to/3UtvhMz

Other junk:

- Hakko FX-888d soldering iron: https://amzn.to/3vR5OS1
- Multimeter: https://amzn.to/3kFo4v2
- Preamp Bible: https://amzn.to/3Y61Ukg
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- Solder: https://amzn.to/3GeoT5h
- Solder wick: https://amzn.to/3Z1qZxw
- Switchcraft 1/4" jacks (mono, non shorting): https://amzn.to/3X2EaN5
- F/X pedal enclosures: https://amzn.to/3WWE0Ha

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This and all Tone Priest videos are for edu-tainment purposes only. Vacuum tube amplifiers can have lethal voltages in excess of 700 volts. Capacitors can retain a deadly charge even when an amplifier is turned off and unplugged. Videos are not instructional nor do they advocate anyone doing any kind of repairs on their gear. Nobody should do electrical work on anything for any reason ever. Keep your hands and belongings inside the car at all times.

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