I am totally jazzed -- just got my curly maple stray body from Warmoth and doing all the drlling tonight before starting my finishing (Cabernet Curl, as I'll call it).
As long as i am doing all my drlling, what is the best way to mount the pickups in the routs? Since they are mounting right into the wood, instead of being on the back of a pickguard, I am considering two options:
1. Drill and install T-nuts or grommets and then use machine screws to mount the pickups into the grommets.
2. Use wood screws directly throught the pickup holes and into the wood.
The former seems cleaner, more stable and more professional to me, but perhaps harder to do since the fit is tight. The second seems sloppy to me (as a woodworker, the idea of having a wood screws in only halfway is repulsive and potentially unstable since wood screws are tapered).
Any ideas of there?
thanks for any help.