Replacing the Pickups in Your Guitar

Step 2 Get Your Stuff

Technically you only need your hands, soldering stuff, and a screwdriver to add or remove a pickup.

But to be safe, I used these things:
-full set of screwdrivers
-towel(to lay the guitar on- no scratches!)
-pliers and hemostats(great for holding wires)
-Exacto knife(stripping the wires and doing other handy things)
-digital caliper(see my note below)
-soldering iron and solder
-electrical tape
-dikes
-digital multimeter(I did without one, but it is better to check your connections first)
-small amp and cord to test the guitar before reassembling everything.
-camera(if you're not sure that you can reassemble it correctly)
-pad of paper to record connections and important stuff(don't skip this)
-new strings(you don't want to put the old strings back on, now do you?)

Also, if you have one on hand, I would also use a string winder to wind your strings. I made one out of wood before I started the project, it took me 15 minutes, and now I can replace strings in 10 minutes.

I think that's it, but I also had on hand a small steel rule, tweezers, and some other small things.

Calipers- I use the one I got from Home Depot a LOT. For this, you could use it to record the distance between the bridge block things and the end of the bridge, that way when you reassemble the guitar you don't have to reset the intonation. Doesn't have to be digital, but the digital ones are fun to use...