When installing pickups, do you cut the leads to length or leave excess slack? If you leave slack, just a little or a lot?
As much as I love the look of a perfectly wired pickguard or control cavity, I always leave some slack. For Strats I want them to have enough slack to fit in the neck, no matter where it is being installed. For Humbuckers or rear routed control cavities I leave excess in case I want to move to another guitar so I don’t have to extend later.
If I was confident in my ability to add new leads I’d cut them all to length, but I don’t want to mess with that.
As much as I love the look of a perfectly wired pickguard or control cavity, I always leave some slack. For Strats I want them to have enough slack to fit in the neck, no matter where it is being installed. For Humbuckers or rear routed control cavities I leave excess in case I want to move to another guitar so I don’t have to extend later.
If I was confident in my ability to add new leads I’d cut them all to length, but I don’t want to mess with that.
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