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[David]

...then to find that Fender Japan seemingly uses differently sized parts to the rest of fender, so the fender switch and cts pots I ordered are too big for the control plate on the guitar, of course, after you have removed the old electronics to make way for the new parts.

Bloody fantastic

So its off into town tomorrow in the hope somewhere has a tele control plate, and that it actually fits the damn guitar, and the parts I have for it.

So for the moment I have a tele with no controls or electronics, I may just wire the singlecoil to the selector and use it that way if I can't get hold of the bits I need soon...

Damn you fender, and damn you japan for seemingly having different sized parts from the rest of us...

David

[Jan Deal]

That's a pain in the chuff...

[Danny Doubt]

unlucky hope u get it resolved!

[Jeid]

Sorry for making an obvious point, but isn't this the sort of thing you check before diving into a wiring job?

[David]

Well when you buy Fender branded parts for a Fender guitar, I made the huge jump of logic in assuming that said parts would fit the guitar. being made by the same company and bought as a tele wiring kit.

I will give RnB a call today and see if they actually have any new control plates in stock and will check to see they actually fit

David

[Jeid]

Never assum cos it makes an ASS out of U & ME

[Keilan 303]

Originally Posted by Eriatarka

Never assum cos it makes an ASS out of U & ME

That would have been funny if you spelled assume correctly

[Jeid]

My bad. haha... never noticed

Originally Posted by David

Well when you buy Fender branded parts for a Fender guitar, I made the huge jump of logic in assuming that said parts would fit the guitar. being made by the same company and bought as a tele wiring kit.

See, in Japan, they have the metric system, they wouldn't know what the fuck a quarterpounder is.

I had hassle getting a replacement screw for one that I lost out of my US tele for this reason, but the baldy guy from R&B who died a couple of years ago was kind enough to give me a replacement free.

Originally Posted by David

...then to find that Fender Japan seemingly uses differently sized parts to the rest of fender, so the fender switch and cts pots I ordered are too big for the control plate on the guitar, of course, after you have removed the old electronics to make way for the new parts.

Bloody fantastic

So its off into town tomorrow in the hope somewhere has a tele control plate, and that it actually fits the damn guitar, and the parts I have for it.

So for the moment I have a tele with no controls or electronics, I may just wire the singlecoil to the selector and use it that way if I can't get hold of the bits I need soon...

Damn you fender, and damn you japan for seemingly having different sized parts from the rest of us...

David

this happened to me too, i took a saw and a drill, and i made them fit. I find it hillarious that fender have "official" switches and pots which cost ridiculous money, only fit the most expensive fender guitars and they're no better than any other standard switches/pots, and in some cases a lot worse.