A hard question(s)...

#3 or #4 wood screw?

I've never owned a guitar with gold hardware.

I prefer the appearance of nickel or chrome.

What's the issue with the grounded pickup? The cover or "shield" doesn't become a shield until it is connected to ground.


best,
mike

 

This is the place I've found for such things

http://www.allparts.com/

Randy

Nobody is right yet.

No correct size, no gold, no info about grounding cover. ( or not grounding cover)

Preference of chrome or gold isn't the issue Mike.
Sorry Larry...buying used with the machine screws is "side-stepping" the issue....and
they're not gold plated either.
Sorry Randy...you didn't check and Allparts doesn't have them...I know.

How about these?

http://www.bestguitarparts.com/guitar-part/281/T_Neck_Pickup_Mounting_Screw.htm

Nope. Those are screws.
Tele neck pickup is held in place via machine screws ( bolts) and the
pickguard supports the pickup...the machine bolts are for adjusting
the pickup up and down.

Ric, if I knew somebody at Fender I'd tell them to get their act together.
There is no good reason that they and others selling these pickups not
include the machine screws and in black and gold AND include all the
information about the cover ground. No good reason. And when one
thinks about how many years this has been going on...well that makes it
stupid and that can be hard to fix.

You guys are not going to believe what the answer is when I tell you.

Keep trying though...maybe somebody will get it.

Nobody here has a Tele ? Well even if ya do....try to find the machine
screws for the pup.

Actually there are 2 kinds of Tele neck PU mounts - the one you describe for pickguards with adjustment holes, and screw mounts for vintage-style pickguards without holes.

Just now I cheated and looked at a tele neck PU I had lying around and it's a standard HB PU machine screw.

drewfx1


Just now I cheated and looked at a tele neck PU I had lying around and it's a standard HB PU machine screw.

One would think "standard" would be easy to find. Try to find them in gold. Since you didn't include size and where
they can be found.....game is still go!

Mike, I'm not sure I understand your question but I'll tell you what I see...
Many people are looking for answers on-line about this pickup. They are making modifications or just
trying new pups and here are some of the issues;
1. The Tele neck pickup cannot be replace with a single coil. It will not fit. The "Strat style" single coil is bigger.
2. The Tele pickup has a metal cover that is grounded. This is an issue that will cause problems if one just "dives" in.
     The number one problem is when one tries to change the cover. Most all Tele pups are sold with a chrome cover and
      that is why one would change it. Don't believe me? Show me where to buy a gold Tele pickup with machine screws included.

What you will see is a ground wire from the cover to the ground wire ( bottom of pup) To change the cover the wire has to be cut.
So the pour soul that doesn't know...cuts the ground, changes the cover and then soldiers the ground wire back. Yep you guessed...
the coil wires are hair thin and he melted it...pickups dead now. 
So I'm surprised there is no info provided....if there is I haven't seen it.
Solution is easy though- DO NOT soldier that wire back. Soldier a wire to the cover and run it to the control cavity.
That's much better all the way around. If you decide to change from/to series....cover ground isn't an issue when wiring is reversed.


I'll tell you something else ....I couldn't believe how crazy this issue is so I contacted customer service via e-mail
at a few of the online retailers and inquired why they sold the pickups and not the mounting machine screws and
also ( for the ones that didn't list sizes) why they didn't include sizes in the description and also a note that the Fender
pickup mounting/adjusting screws were for the bridge pup only......none replied.

I won't keep you guys in suspense much longer........and I'll give you a clue.....Gibson is the one that solved the problem
for me. LOL

marcos69


These work?  http://www.guitarpartsres...crews_pickupgenfen.htm

Yes. You'll find out after you buy them they're for the bridge pup. What size are they?

They're #3 machine screws, and can be found here in gold (or black if desired):

http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/screws_pickup.htm

I don't know about your PU, but the standard HB machine screws fit the tele neck PU I had here perfectly (it's possible they may need to be cut shorter depending on the PU route). And the page I linked  (among others) had HB machine screws in gold.

But I would think a PU vendor should be able to tell you what their PU's are tapped for. And it is a bit odd that, given the preponderance of pickguard-mounted tele neck PU's nowadays, no one mentions it.

spacey
I've not tried every pup for the neck position but I'd bet they're all the same and they are not #3's as you stated. If yours is...very odd.  
     
 

It actually occurred to me after my last post that if they aren't all a "standard" size, it might explain why the various guitar parts retailers don't even mention it. Why create a bunch of Customer Service issues over a set of cheap machine screws?

But the "Tele neck" wood screws listed sure aren't what everyone would want nowadays either, and they never explain in the descriptions that there are different mounting styles for Tele neck PU's, so...

I wasn't sure, but somehow, I didn't think that telling someone to "Just buy a Les Paul" was the answer you were looking for.  I could be wrong.

I've only one more thing to add to this mess...

If you think the easy solution is to bore out the pup plate for
the #6 of #8 machine screws that are easy to get....you sure
better check for head clearance. Those little holes in the pickguard
are very close to the pups...enough so that you'll want to find
the machine screws I metioned that'll fit.

Well I've done my part. Good luck you Tele pickers.

mike_mccue


If you can live with brass you can get them $6.18/100

http://www.mcmaster.com/param/asp/PSearch2.asp?reqTyp=parametric&act=psearch&FAM=machine&FT_147=2074&FT_1348=76057&FT_110=318&FT_210=2855&FT_136=3059&FT_754=98365&FT_1134=98366&ppe=51&session=machine;147=2074;1348=76057;M;I&ScreenWidth=1680&McMMainWidth=840#

Not a good thing. Really does look bad next to the gold plated stuff....I tried.
Sure don't want to use brass if it's going to be turned much...heads scar very easy.
I originally had the control plate on Bapu's bass with brass machine screws....
I thought it would be a nice touch....it has gold plated screws now.