drilling a pickguard

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:37 pm

I ordered a humbucker for the bridge on my mustang, the routes are done. What's the easiest/cheapest way to dril the pickguard from single to humbucker?

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:49 pm

File.

It might look like shit though.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:01 pm

Use another pickguard with a humbucker cut as a template and route it.

weed_killer · Post by **weed_killer** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:14 pm

honeyiscool wrote:File.

It might look like shit though.

if you go slow it looks alright, not factory though (at least from my experience).

jamba72 · Post by **jamba72** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:19 am

I do this with a fretsaw and sandpaper..

Joey · Post by **Joey** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:35 am

If you don't have a scroll saw or a table router, I'd use a coping saw... cheap

cur · Post by **cur** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:55 am

YOu can also use a double ended box cutter blade to shave the cut edge to nice finish. So if rough it out with a jig saw, you can get close to the line you want with low grit sandpaper on a block. Then shave to the line with the razor. YOu can even shave a nice bevel in pickguard material with the blades.

I got the router jigs from stew mack to do this. They are laser cut acrylic and are cheap.

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:59 am

Who routed the body?

mordechaister · Post by **mordechaister** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:14 am

Dremel and a steady hand.

littlericky · Post by **littlericky** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:15 pm

Typically anything done by hand is going to looked hacked. What type of tools do you have available?