pour bleeding me Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 i know you have to drill holes for all the wires to pass through, but how do u go about getting a drill bit in there? do i use a right angled drill or is there any tips u guys can give me. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YDoesGodMockMeSo Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 hmmm... I have a Black And Decker Wizard.. It's head is angled, its small device. I dunno if its small enough/powerful enough to drill in a cavity though.. You could try it? http://www.blackanddecker.com/ProductGuide...PRODUCT_ID=3157 maybe that flexable dremel adapter + some drill bit adapter? I dunno, I haven't started making a guitar yet. But..you're question...hopefully will save me time when i get there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Litchfield Custom Gutars Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 Funny...I just bought a drill bit to do this today...albeit after I messed up a spot first. I went to ACE and got a 12" long 1/4" bit...stewmac sells them...they are called aircraft bits. They only cost about $8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goat Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 i know you have to drill holes for all the wires to pass through, but how do u go about getting a drill bit in there? do i use a right angled drill or is there any tips u guys can give me. thank you If your guitar body is in two pieces you can route a channel down the side(distance between pickup cavaties) before you glue them together.Then when you route for the pickups,the passage is right there.If you route your control cavaty before you glue them together,you can punch that hole through with a drill bit also,provided you lay all the pick-up and knob locations out ahead of time.(which you should do anyway.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 also if it is a bolt on neck you can drill a straight hole all the way from the neck pocket through both pickup cavities...or you can do like i did and rout a channel between the cavities from the top and fill in the cavity with a strip of leftover wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 this is the guitar i was talking about notice the strip of bubinga between the 2 pickups?that's the channel i routed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted October 12, 2003 Report Share Posted October 12, 2003 i picked up a set of 7 brad point foot long drill bits for doing the wirring holes, they were only 20$ for the entire set and they're great... i drill a hole for each pickup, and the wire to the bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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