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drilling a pickguard
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:37 pm
by sp3k
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?
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:49 pm
by honeyiscool
File.
It might look like shit though.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:01 pm
by h8mtv
Use another pickguard with a humbucker cut as a template and route it.
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:14 pm
by weed_killer
honeyiscool wrote:File.
It might look like shit though.
if you go slow it looks alright, not factory though (at least from my experience).
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:19 am
by jamba72
I do this with a fretsaw and sandpaper..
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:35 am
by Joey
If you don't have a scroll saw or a table router, I'd use a coping saw... cheap
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:55 am
by cur
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.
Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:59 am
by DGNR8
Who routed the body?
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 5:14 am
by mordechaister
Dremel and a steady hand.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:15 pm
by littlericky
Typically anything done by hand is going to looked hacked. What type of tools do you have available?