truerussian558 Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Ok so my body is cut out and the neck cut out, but i have no idea how deep to route the pickup cavity and the control cavity the body is like your standard strat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 pickups can be anywhere from 5/8" to 1" deep ( 16-26mm) control cavity is a bit trickier, how thick if is your body? are you using a pickguard or rear rout style guitar? EDIT: ok so i'm blind... strat body control cavity 1-3/8" i beleive should do it if you're using a pickguard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truerussian558 Posted April 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 my body is 1.75" so maybe 1 3/8" for the control and maybe 6/8 for the pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 6/8" ? lol you mean 3/4" ? yes, that's what my strat has... and it has grooves along the side of the pickup routs for the ears and screws of the pickup that are almost 1" deep.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 On Gibson Les Paul, pickup holes are usually 3cm deep, as the body is 5cm thick in the center. I guess you could do the same on the strat body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 On Gibson Les Paul, pickup holes are usually 3cm deep, as the body is 5cm thick in the center. I guess you could do the same on the strat body. actually, chances are he's doing some kind of trem on the guitar, and he can't go much deeper then an inch for the pickup ears (1" = 2.54cm) if he went 3cm (1.18") he'll be getting awfuly close to going thru into the spring cavity, but depends on what he's doing, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 On Gibson Les Paul, pickup holes are usually 3cm deep, as the body is 5cm thick in the center. I guess you could do the same on the strat body. actually, chances are he's doing some kind of trem on the guitar, and he can't go much deeper then an inch for the pickup ears (1" = 2.54cm) if he went 3cm (1.18") he'll be getting awfuly close to going thru into the spring cavity, but depends on what he's doing, You're right! I forgot that Strat has trem springs cavity on the other side! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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