{"id":9252,"date":"2016-07-19T11:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T16:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/?p=9252"},"modified":"2016-07-22T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T20:04:38","slug":"how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-drilling-holes-and-cutting-out-the-pick-guard-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/repair\/how-to-build-a-bass-guitar-drilling-holes-and-cutting-out-the-pick-guard-part-1.html","title":{"rendered":"How to build a bass guitar – Drilling holes and cutting out the pick guard part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re getting closer to finalizing the pick guard, and in this step we drill some holes, drill some more holes, then perform some shaping.<\/p>\n

Below: Tools used for this step. 1\/8″ and 3\/8″ bradpoint bits, countersinking bit, centerpunch, razor blade and a half-round file.<\/p>\n

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Below: Marking the drill hole points with the centerpunch. This is not required but is a good habit to get into before drilling.<\/p>\n

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Below: Using the 1\/8″ bit to drill the pick guard screw locations.<\/p>\n

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Below: All pick guard holes have been drilled.<\/p>\n

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Below: Now using the larger 3\/8″ bit to drill holes for two controls and the output jack.<\/p>\n

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Below: The 3\/8″ holes have been successfully drilled.<\/p>\n

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Below: Using the coutnersinking bit with depth stop set up so that depth is the same for all holes drilled.<\/p>\n

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Below: All countersinking for holes completed.<\/p>\n

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Where are the rest of the build steps?
You can view them all here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re getting closer to finalizing the pick guard, and in this step we drill some holes, drill some more holes, then perform some shaping. Below: Tools used for this step. 1\/8″ and 3\/8″ bradpoint bits, countersinking bit, centerpunch, razor blade and a half-round file. Below: Marking the drill hole points with the centerpunch. This is … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":9243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bestbassgear.com\/ebass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}