t这里有许多外观，令人振奋的吉他和负担得起的吉他，这些吉他正在为一些新的拾音器而哭泣，或改进了硬件，以发挥其全部潜力。计划升级，研究零件并将其放在一起可能是一个有意义的体验，如果您明智地选择零件，您可以最终获得出色的吉他而无需花钱。
Gary liked the idea of keeping a humbucker in the neck position, along with a five-way selector switch, but the stock pickups were fairly nondescript. The humbucker sounded a tad dark and boomy and the bridge a bit shrill and thin. So the decision was made to go with a PAF and a Full Monty from Monty’s Guitars.
this ‘Keef’ set from Monty’s Guitars comprises a Full Monty Tele bridge pickup and a PAF replica humbucker for the neck position
As a Gretsch fan, Gary also fancied having a Bigsby to waggle. Various Bigsby and bridge options were considered before he decided on a B5 Fender Kit.
Bigsby B5套件用于电视广播公司具有“ F”品牌，包括一个替换桥板和偏移式摇摆桥
the factory pickguard had not aged gracefully. The three-ply look wasn’t great and the cut-out for the humbucker was oversized. Gary decided a thin one-ply black pickguard from Allparts would spruce things up. But before starting, there was a playability issue that needed to be sorted.
您可以使用洪巴克（Humbucker）的剪裁购买Tele Pickguards，但AllParts UK的the是三翼。下一个最佳选择是单翼时队，这意味着要为Monty的PAF切开洞
脖子痛
脖子的上弓已经出现了相当大的弓形，因此缓解过多，动作令人不愉快。为了衡量颈部的缓解，请将两个Capos放在吉他上 - 一个在第一个货物上，另一个在身体附近加入。
将CAPO放置在第一和第15品格，使您可以评估颈部缓解量
检查字符串和第七和第八品格的顶部之间的差距。意见在理想的缓解量方面有所不同，但是大约一毫米或更多的差距可能表明桁架杆无法解决的问题。
the wide gap between the tops of the frets and the string around the seventh fret is excessive
truss rods are fitted to set the right amount of neck relief, so they are intended for minor adjustments rather than correcting structural issues.
将桁架杆抬起并不是补救措施。实际上，您可以剥离桁架杆线，甚至可以捕捉杆本身。我可以说这款脖子的桁架杆已经很紧，因此需要另一种补救措施。
One method to cure an up-bow is to slacken off the truss rod then bend the neck to straighten it – or even introduce a slight back-bow. Then you can tighten the truss rod back up to clamp the neck in place. If you’re lucky, it may stay there. A spirit level was clamped onto the neck at each end, using cork pads for protection.
Using cork pads for protection, a spirit level is clamped along the centre line of the fingerboard. The pads create a space between the frets and the bottom of the spirit level
A metal ruler was placed onto the frets to assess the extent of the up-bow and identify the deepest point. In this case, the gap was widest around the eighth fret.
Resting a metal ruler along the frets gives you a clear indication of the neck’s straightness
放置第三个夹具，顶颌骨接触精神级别的顶部，并在第八个货物下方下颌。当第三个夹具被拧紧时，脖子的中心部分向上向上弯曲了精神水平，桁架杆被带回舒适。该技术可能并非每次都起作用，但是很容易自己尝试。它可以节省您的费用费用 - 也可以节省桁架杆。
可以拧紧第八粒下方的夹具以拉直脖子或诱发后弓。完成此操作后，您可以将桁架杆抬起并卸下中间夹具。如果幸运的话，脖子将保持直率
脱掉
Before drilling any holes, or doing anything irreversible, I needed to check that all the new parts would fit. All the hardware and electronics had to be de-soldered from the controls and removed.
Always record the wiring layout before you start taking things apart. You can draw yourself a diagram, or better still, take some pictures using your phone’s camera. Gary’s Tele had complicated five-way switching
老式的杰克杯杯被原位留下来，因为它们是一场噩梦。我只是将插孔线盘绕，然后将它们塞在控制腔内，准备重新组装。
Centre point
永远不要假设身体的中心总是与脖子的中心线相对应，因为事情并不总是那么齐本。为了建立该吉他的真实中心线，我在桥梁区域和后面的身体上连接了两条胶带。
Placing a long metal ruler tight along the bass side of the fingerboard, I drew lines across the masking tape where the ruler passed over the body.
I repeated the process for the treble side, then measured identical distances from the 12th fret to the marker lines for both sides and marked the points on the lines. To establish the centre point, simply draw lines between the marks, then use a ruler to determine the halfway point of each and join the two centre points with another line.
When fitting new hardware, it’s essential to establish the centre line of the guitar
干式运行
the Allparts pickguard went on first, but before it would fit properly, I had to file away some of the plastic because the neck was a bit too wide. Once in position, the screw holes lined up fairly nicely, although the replacement pickguard required three fewer screws.
控制板的几毫米熄灭，因此最简单的解决方案是在重新放置板后拧紧螺钉孔和钻新的孔。
守卫很合适，但是控制板不再用原始螺钉孔排成一列
为了这，我通常会用史丹利刀刀片作为刮板，在方角上弯曲，然后在方角上圆形。螺丝孔内有一些木胶，只需在火柴琴中敲打并将其抢走，而几毫米为表面感到自豪。胶水干燥后，用史丹利刀片小心地将其与顶部齐平。
当您需要插入小螺丝孔时，火柴棒是一种便宜，简单的解决方案
Unlike the original bridge, the Bigsby bridge plate is held on with three screws behind the saddles rather than four, and with two further screw holes in front of the saddles. After establishing the centre line, the middle screw hole behind the saddles was positioned over the line.
这是带有中心线螺钉的新桥
Having the pickguard in situ allowed me to square up the bridge plate, and I found it best to have the pickup mounted in the plate. It was vital to ensure the pickup didn’t foul the sides of the pickup rout and it was free to move for setting the height.
一旦我开心，我就标记了中心螺钉的位置，然后卸下桥梁并填充旧的螺丝孔。我之所以这样做，是因为新的螺丝孔将接近旧螺钉，而且我不想在体内发生裂缝。
填充不需要的螺钉孔可提供额外的结构固体性。同样，我使用了火柴棒，但是由于螺钉孔是ponsersunk，因此我跟进了一些毫米毫米环氧树脂填充剂，并将身体放在一边，以固定胶水和树脂。
Cutting the pickguard
With the pickguard attached to the body, I applied masking tape in the pickup area, established the centre line and marked out the position for the pickup.
在标记PAF切口的位置时花点时间。测量三次
A bona fide luthier would probably rout the hole using a template. Instead, I found the drill bit that best matched the corners of the cover and drilled four holes in the pickguard – one for each corner. A jeweller’s saw was used to cut out the hole, and I cut a millimetre or so inside the marked lines.
为了获得直线平滑的线条，我将塑料夹在带有机器剪切边缘的一块木头上。沿着标记的线条上的木线，使用史丹利刀刀片来用木边缘刮去塑料冲洗。
A straight piece of timber acts as a guide when scraping the plastic with a Stanley knife blade. This is an easy way to achieve cut lines that are straight and square
After drilling the pickup screw holes, I removed the film from the front of the pickguard, mounted the pickup and screwed down the pickguard.
Fitting the Bigsby
I began by drilling a pilot hole for the centre screw I marked earlier, then I loosely fixed the bridge plate using that single screw. This allowed me to turn the plate back and forth to get it squared up with the pickguard.
Fixing the bridge plate loosely allows it to swivel, as it’s lined up with the pickguard
Once I was happy with the positioning,我完全拧紧螺钉，然后标出剩下的四个螺钉的位置。
the rocking bridge is mounted in thimbles, which press into the body, so 9mm diameter holes must be drilled. With the bridge plate position established, I placed masking tape under the plate and marked the position of the thimbles. After the centre points had been marked, I used a bradawl bit to drill the holes.
标记了顶针孔位置，并在钻孔之前仔细确定中心点
For the thimble holes, I used a 9mm bradawl bit. Here, you can see how close the new holes come to the original screw holes
传统电视台在桥板下面有一根接地线，但是该墨西哥模型在板和高度调节螺丝弹簧之一之间夹着焊接标签。该桥梁组件不会与盘子接触。
这些说明表明将短长的undound g弦弯曲成一个直角，并使用杯子将其楔入孔中。它位于桥下，并在弦和地面之间提供电连续性。
A bent length of unwound ‘G’ string wedges into the thimble hole and sits under the bridge plate to form an electrical connection from strings to ground
Bigsby套件包含一条红色的麻线，以帮助定位颤音区域本身。您将麻线的两个长度与外部Bigsby引脚绑在一起，将它们传递到前辊下，然后将它们绑在E弦调谐器柱上。
基本思想是，麻线和弦线应遵循从颤音，桥梁鞍座和调谐器的最直路。
Bigsby套件带有红色绳子，可帮助您对齐颤音单元
一旦我开心，我就标记了螺钉位置，钻了孔并连接了颤音。
Bridge
this was the first time I’d fitted a Bigsby kit to a Tele, and the instructions cover only the basics. For instance, there’s no advice on which way round to fit the bridge, and it was only at the last moment I realised it would be preferable to have the intonation screws on the pickup side. Look online and you’ll see bridges attached both ways, but if the intonation screws are on the vibrato side, it’s hard to reach them with a screwdriver.
Start by setting the intonation screws to ‘ballpark’ positions and adjust the saddle heights so the tops of the intonation screws line up with the curve of the bridge base. This gives you a radius of approximately 241mm (9.5 inches). If you set the saddles higher, the intonation screws can protrude upwards and touch the strings, or even poke into your right hand.
two posts extend from the underside of the bridge base. Inside each post, there’s a grub screw that adjusts to set the string height. The pointed ends of the screws sit in a recess at the bottom of each thimble, which allows the whole bridge assembly to rock back and forth with minimal friction.
马鞍高度螺钉确实是用于微调弦半径，而grub螺钉实际上设置了低音和高音末端的总体弦高。Bigsby Bridge马鞍最终比股票桥的马鞍略高，因此要使所有东西都正确排列。
我不得不用一块枫木贴面擦拭脖子。随着一切排队，电视播放得很好，我对弦半径和语调进行了微调，完成了布线，加里的电视很棒。
Verdict
Guitars don’t get much cooler than a Tele with a Bigsby. Having said that, all you’ll get from one of these B5s is a touch of Bigsby slur and some pitch wobble on chords. Even by Bigsby standards, it’s a subtle effect.
I did notice that the acoustic tone was more solid and the guitar sustained longer, but Tele snap and twang was less evident – presumably because the string vibrations pass straight into the body rather than the bridge plate.
It all works and it stays in tune, but I don’t think much of the traditional Jazzmaster/Jaguar bridge. The multi-grooved saddles are a bit of a drag, and great care must be taken to adjust saddle height without having the strings contact the bridge behind the saddles.
如果这是我的吉他，一旦资金允许，我将立即升级到精通桥。即便如此，它的外观和扮演比以前更好，而蒙蒂的拾音器对声音的提高了。
How does Gary like his refurbed telecaster?
“由于没有拾音器提供理想的音调，现在对我的旧电视台感到不喜欢，现在几乎是一种无法识别的吉他。在所有五个拾音位置中，声音都是光荣的。”
“休告诉我要期待洪巴克的大事，将其描述为他听到的最好的PAF复制品，这肯定会符合该计费。通过我的Fender Hot Rod Deluxe演奏，带有大量混响，这是我一直想要的经典饱满的，声带清洁的声音，而驾驶时有很多持续的人。完整的蒙蒂也有丰富的咬合和定义。”
“The Bigsby doesn’t seem to be affecting the tuning stability, and a vigorous band practice eased my fears about the bridge – although I’m not ruling out taking up Huw’s offer of a Mastery upgrade just yet…”
零件清单和供应商
•Esquire Pickguard -www.allparts.uk.com
•拾音器 -www.montysguitars.com
•Bigsby B5套件 -www.fender.com