This should have been a fairly straightforward task. Instead I did a little learning along the way. The biggest thing I learned is what I had forgot from electronics shop back in high school - to tin the tips of the wires before soldering them to connections.

I attached a black and white wire to the input jack only to later realize that the wiring kit I bought from Guitar Electronics contained a braided-shielded wire that was for the input jack. Although not totally necessary I replaced the two wires with the shielded one - if I was going to build it I might as well do it right.

The pictures at the end illustrate the problems I had with the finish peeling off the input jack opening while I was sanding out the hole to fit the input jack cover. Again the finish build up inside the opening prevented the input jack cover from fitting properly so I had to "widen" the opening using sandpaper. It appeared that removing the finish from inside the opening "broke" the connection to the finish around the top of the opening and it flaked off. I was very disappointed for body costing over $400.00.

[Edited 10/24/06] The cracks and chips on the finish around the input jack cover really bothered me. I had seen some Telecasters with the Les Paul style square input jack cover and realized it would hide the paint chipping issues and also provide a stronger structure to hold the input jack in place. It was a fairly easy installation. The only tricky part was making sure to not over bend or break the cover plate when I was forming it to the contour of the Telecaster.