CIJ mustang control plate Q

[Stratelejazzuar]

Prolly a silly question... Are the holes in a CIJ mustang control plate too small for standard american/fender pot shafts?

I'm gonna pimp out my lil bro's CIJ comp-stang...   

[Pumpkin]

yes!

Also, use ALPHA pots,there high quality and cheaper than the ones fender sell (CTS) and are just as reliable. (its almost impossible to have a bad pot)

But bo,Not if you put a drill thru it it isnt!

Drill it,don't buy a new one like some idiots do when the holes already there, just enlarge it....simple.

[Stratelejazzuar]

Awesome! thanks for the info.

And don't worry, i'd drill to enlarge, rather than spend an extra $10 on an "american sized" control plate.

I'd use alpha pots, but I think the control plate is going to have a 3-way toggle, master vol, and TBX tone. So there's at least one hole I have to enlarge... maybe 2 if the toggle doesn't fit (whish it probably won't, heh)

I think once this mod proj gets going, i'l do the whole "post the process" thing... stay tuned!

[jcamlis]

Yeah and another strange problem you might have ran into with the american vs japanese control plate is the placeing of the screws, I found that out the hard way on a vintage 65 I accidentially ordered a japanese as a replacement and it was way off for the screw holes not to mention the pot holes., if you're going to be rewiring the whole thing though I might suggest just buying a Mustang kit from a place like guitar parts resource, they give you all the right pots etc and its like $25 well worth it considering its all switchcraft parts and CTS pots.