Here is my tele opened up.
The wiring harness thing would fit, and it should all work. As DVM noted in his "Two Teles in One" thread, on the CV's there is a raised section of wood in the control cavity (a little hard to see in this pic) where the ground connects that has to be taken out with a chisel so the new harness will fit if I go that way. not a huge deal. I found pickguards that you can order on Warmoth that will fit this pattern 5 hole PG, and which can be cut for different pickup sizes. So it is all doable.
Interestingly, after I took it apart, I looked at and wiggled the connections to see what was going on. Looked ok to me. Put the control plate back on and plugged the guitar in w/o the PG. The neck pickup now works! So I guess one of the connections must be loose or something in a way that I did not see.
therefore, none of this project is strictly necessary. Just for fun I guess. Which is ok too.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson