Toulouse_Tuhles
Senior Member
- Messages
- 236
Gettin' ready to order a Jazz Bass body.... and I'm using a bridge that allows string-through or top mount.
Here's my dilemma.
Warmoth sez that their string through ferrule holes are 3/8 inch in diameter. I already know the guitar ferrule holes are 5/16 inch.
Seems a little small, but that's what's claimed. The Fender ferrules I've got are .514 which fit in a 1/2 inch hole. These are splined. Fender also makes a "vintage" set that are even larger (American 51 P-bass size.. I think .587 from memory)
The dilemma is to open up 3/8 holes to 1/2 inch, without fubaring the finish. My own thinking suggests to sparingly glue in some 3/8 dowel sections in the holes, and use a brad point drill to widen everything all in one shot. Depth, of course, is not super critical, so 5/8 inch or so is fine. Thought Forstner bit... but those can be a little skiddish.
Anyone have a better solution, other than get minuscule Gotoh ferrules?
Here's my dilemma.
Warmoth sez that their string through ferrule holes are 3/8 inch in diameter. I already know the guitar ferrule holes are 5/16 inch.
Seems a little small, but that's what's claimed. The Fender ferrules I've got are .514 which fit in a 1/2 inch hole. These are splined. Fender also makes a "vintage" set that are even larger (American 51 P-bass size.. I think .587 from memory)
The dilemma is to open up 3/8 holes to 1/2 inch, without fubaring the finish. My own thinking suggests to sparingly glue in some 3/8 dowel sections in the holes, and use a brad point drill to widen everything all in one shot. Depth, of course, is not super critical, so 5/8 inch or so is fine. Thought Forstner bit... but those can be a little skiddish.
Anyone have a better solution, other than get minuscule Gotoh ferrules?