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Sounds good, thanks!

Last year when I built my guitars, I drilled the trem spring holes too high up, and the claw hangs out of the cavity just a bit, so I can't put a cover on it. It's no big deal, but I'm thinking about trying to fix it up. I'd need to fill the holes, and then redrill them. There's not a whole lot of room, so it's possible that the newly drilled holes would partially overlap the old filled holes. That being said, is wood glue + toothpicks a decent way to do this, or is there a better way? Dowels? Or is it risky and I should just leave it as is?

Every time I set up electronics it seems like I end up with a tangle of wires. Anybody got any tricks for some really nice clean wiring? This is for a rear-routed guitar with no pickguard.

Cool, I'm sold on the tremsetter. Just ordered one. That being said, think the nut will do any good?

I've got a zero fret and a standard graphite nut. My headstock is angled back; I've got Schaller locking tuners, and a Wilkinson trem. My tuning stability isn't perfect. Would it be worth it to move to a roller nut, or would it make no difference?

I need to enlarge a hole I already drilled for a jack to be big enough to fit the 1/8" jack. Apparently I need about a 3/4" hole. The hole is something like 1/2" inch right now. Would this bit work for enlarging the hole? By the way, anybody know where I can get a long enough drill bit for drilling the holes for the tremolo spring claw thing?

The reason I need the big hole is that I don't have the inside cavity routed in such a way that there's space for the body of the jack. I need to drill a big enough hole that the jack body will fit inside it.

Anywhere I can buy a 3/4" non forstner bit? All I see are forstner bits in any size above 1/2".

The other thing I should mention is that I've already drilled a 1/2 inch hole. Can I safely use a forstner bit or does it need the center to be there?

Thanks everyone. Looks like I've gotta go find a 3/4" bit, cause my set only goes up to 1/2". On that same topic, does anybody have a good way to shape those football plates? The curvature on my guitar is slightly different from how the plate comes by default.

I'm going to be installing this type of jack: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Swi...Jack?sku=335002 I'll be putting a football-style cover on top of it. What size drillbit should I be using to fit the body of the jack?

Thanks so much for the help!

I've been practicing routing my humbucker cavities on scrap wood and have been having some trouble. I'm using a handheld router and the stewmac template bit and humbucker template. Somehow I sometimes have a problem where the bit or bearing eats through the template, causing the route to get screwed up and making me need a new template. Any tips on not doing this? I tried making sure the teflon tube which holds the bearing in place was cut flush, and using some 3 in 1 oil on the template.

Thanks for the suggestions. I had been looking at Dimarzio's site and PAFs looked good to me, nice to see some confirmation. I think I'll be going with those.

I'm making a custom built guitar. The neck is maple with two bubinga stripes and a pau ferro fretboard; the body wings (it's neck through) are mahogany. I'm trying to decide on pickups to use, there'll be one bridge and one neck, probably both humbuckers. I already have an EBMM JPM and I'm not looking for that kind of tone because I've already got it; I'm looking for something a little more vintage and fat sounding, which is why I made the body mahogany. I also will probably be wiring one pot to be pull so instead of mixing the two center coils in the middle position, it will be coil tapped for a single coil sound as on the JPM. So, anybody have any suggestions on pickups? Thanks!