malmsteen Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Im going to be routering out everything on the body this week so im going to have a few more questions later. the question i have now is how deep do you router for the pickup slot? its a P-90 dogear cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Because they can very a little from manufacturer to manufacturer and your making a custom, just measure the how high the pickup stands on it's own from the table. You'll never need to put it that deep into the body so that would give you a good idea. You might still want to go the extra and route out deeper cavitys on the sides for height adjustment screws if your going to ring mount it vs direct mount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 i don't rout the deeper holes onthe side...i snip off the ends of the mounting screws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 dependin on the body, if you rout the side hols too much they'll come through the back I have a SD Charvel Body that is routed like that. That's the main reason I use Direct mounted pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 i don't rout the deeper holes onthe side...i snip off the ends of the mounting screws I've been doing the same thing. I have always wondered why more people don't do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 i don't rout the deeper holes onthe side...i snip off the ends of the mounting screws how do you keep it on the guitar then? glue? and you do this to your emg's??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 how do you keep it on the guitar then? glue? and you do this to your emg's??? I'm not responding for Wes, but I do it with my EMG's but I don't understand what the glue question is about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingo328 Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Derek, when direct mounting pickups you can use screws instead of bolts, and then use small washers as spacers if necessary. Probably not the only way of doing it but thats how I've seen it done. I've just been wondering if there is a way to mount EMG's so you don't even see the screws on the side, just the block of the pickup, I think it would look sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 i don't rout the deeper holes onthe side...i snip off the ends of the mounting screws how do you keep it on the guitar then? glue? and you do this to your emg's??? i really don't know what you mean,derek.i don't glue anything.i use mounting rings and all i do is take the standard bolt and snip the end off to make it shorter.it still threads right through.that is all those little deeper spots are for anyway is to make room for that long bolt. maybe you think i snip the head off?i don't do that,it's the other end. i don't do anything to the pickup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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