Oh man, good that that didn't happen or else I would have to say commiserations but I have a theory about stained wood, the more you stuff it up and rub it back and start again, the better it ends up looking in the end.
I have not heard my GFS pickups yet but there are a few things I like already, I ordered them late Thursday night and they arrived on Tuesday.
Plus I am not paying for a stupid plastic display box, so sensible to pack them in cardboard. And, the frame, springs screws and a wiring diagram are all there, why don't all pickup manufacturers do this?
I printed the screw hole template and plastic and lined it up on the centre line, drilled about 5 mm down on the outside holes,
Put the mdf template on, lined up with drill bits, clamped and drilled it. Worked ok, one middle hole is 0.5 mm out, not enough to worry about filling and redrilling. I checked the trem travel, all OK.
I am pleasantly exhausted, two gigs this weekend, I will do a little bit more on the guitar this afternoon though