{"id":8956,"date":"2016-05-20T17:21:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T22:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=8956"},"modified":"2016-05-20T17:24:55","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T22:24:55","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-drilling-pickup-and-ground-wire-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-drilling-pickup-and-ground-wire-holes.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar &#8211; Drilling pickup and ground wire holes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this step we &#8220;magically&#8221; convert a vertical hole to a horizontal route so the ground wire can be snaked from the control cavity to the underside of the bridge (once installed) for a proper connection.<\/p>\n<p>Below: The tools needed here are a short list. Drill, a 12-inch long bit with 1\/8-inch end for bridge holes and 3\/16-inch bit for pickup wire holes.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2726\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2726.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Drilling the hole from the pickup cavity to control cavity<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2727\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2727.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2728\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2728.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2730\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2730.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The other side of the hole, control cavity side.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2731\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2731.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2732\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2732.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The entire length of the hole with bit inside.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2733\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2733.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Switched to 1\/8-inch bit for bridge hole. This hole is specifically for <strong>the ground\/earth wire<\/strong> to prevent mains hum (known commonly as 60 cycle hum in America.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2734\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2734.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2736\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2736.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: The hole in the beginning is a straight. After that, the bit is slowly angled more (by the operator) with each pass until the angle is enough to where what once was a vertical route is now a horizontal route for the ground\/earth wire to travel through.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2738\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2738.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2739\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2739.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2740\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2740.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2741\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2741.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2742\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2742.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2743\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2743.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2744\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2744.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2745\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2745.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2746\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2746.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2747\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2747.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2748\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2748.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2749\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2749.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2750\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2750.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2751\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2751.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\">&nbsp;<img title=\"IMG_2752\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2752\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2752.jpg\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2753\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2753.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2754\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2754.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Below: Hole is completed.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2755\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2755.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2756\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2756-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img title=\"IMG_2757\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"IMG_2757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_2757.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>Final note: It is typical for the finalized hole to be &#8220;ugly&#8221; is fine since the bridge is going to completely cover it anyway.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSYt4WDnEi4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana,sans-serif; text-align: right\">Where are the rest of the build steps?<br \/>You can view them all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this step we &#8220;magically&#8221; convert a vertical hole to a horizontal route so the ground wire can be snaked from the control cavity to the underside of the bridge (once installed) for a proper connection. 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