36" measuring stick/ruler (for taking measurements and making straight lines)

Tape measure with 1/16" increments.

Variable speed hand or Drill Press with a 1/16" wood bit for pilot holes, and a 1/8" wood bit for grounding wire to bridge connection and a #2 Phillips bit to drive the mounting screws in (73xx models).

Drill press using a  5/16" and a 1/2" drill bit (for 7200 installations only) DO NOT USE A HAND DRILL.

Phillips screw driver or a bit for the hand drill. If used on hand drill, use low power only or the drill tork clutch (if available) on the easiest setting. You don't want to spin the heads off.

Router with a 3/8" diameter bit. The bit must have a 1" cutting head with a 1" shaft for standard hand routers.

Marking pencil.

Intersecting laser level (for tile setters), creates a cross hair over a fret and the centerline dot markers, down the neck, between the 3rd and 4th saddles and pickup poles, to make sure your installation is perfectly squared up on your axe. (optional but recommended)

Kahler Allen wrench set of 5.  (.050, 1/16", 5/64", 3/32" 1/8")

Exacto (razor) knife to score the paint finish around the route

2 inch wide roll of blue painters tape.

Soldering iron / Solder connect the new bridge grounding wire to the grounding point.

Small crescent wrench to remove nuts from hardware like volume pots ect.