Pickup route depth

[CrackedPepper]

Does anyone know (or can anyone recommend a way to determine) how much wood remains in the bottom of a Strat EMG route?  I'd like to figure how how deep the screws can go without exiting the back of the guitar?

 

[bagman67]

If you have a caliper, get the thickness of the body.  Then use a ruler to measure the depth of the pickup cavity, and also the tremolo spring cavity, if present;  add those two figures and subtract that from the body thickness and your result is how much lumber you have to fool with.  If you are certain the ends of your pickup cavities do not lie over the trem cavity, you need not include the trem cavity depth in your calculation.

 

[CrackedPepper]

Thanks Bagman - it's a hardtail so the trem cavity is not a worry. 

Speaking of calipers, anyone know what diameter the neck screws are?

I find it kind of irksome that Warmoth can't throw a set in when you spend several hundred dollars to buy a body and a neck.  Their minimum shipping costs make it prohibitive to go back to them and get a set.

 

[Fat Pete]

My understanding is that the standard pickup routes are 3/4" deep, so there would be another 1" to go.

Please do not base your drilling/screwing on my understanding!

The standard gauge for neck screws is #8.

 

[lafromla1]

Thanks Bagman - it's a hardtail so the trem cavity is not a worry. 

Speaking of calipers, anyone know what diameter the neck screws are?

I find it kind of irksome that Warmoth can't throw a set in when you spend several hundred dollars to buy a body and a neck.  Their minimum shipping costs make it prohibitive to go back to them and get a set.

It is a tremendous pain.  If you buy a neck and body with a contoured heel, they should automatically throw in a set.  However, you are not at a total loss, as there are some people on the forum that can hook you up.

 

[CrackedPepper]

My understanding is that the standard pickup routes are 3/4" deep, so there would be another 1" to go.

Please do not base your drilling/screwing on my understanding!

But then I won't be able to blame you...  :dontknow:

The standard gauge for neck screws is #8.

Thanks FP - Warmoth customer service told me they did not "have the thread diameter information available."

 

[CrackedPepper]

It is a tremendous pain.  If you buy a neck and body with a contoured heel, they should automatically throw in a set.  However, you are not at a total loss, as there are some people on the forum that can hook you up.

I hope so - I can't find any #8, 1 3/4 in oval heads at my local hardware store.  They jump from 1 1/2 to 2 inches.

 

[line6man]

I find it kind of irksome that Warmoth can't throw a set in when you spend several hundred dollars to buy a body and a neck.  Their minimum shipping costs make it prohibitive to go back to them and get a set.

Warmoth is in the business of selling guitar parts, not kits. Why would such a business be expected to throw in random freebies?

 

[bbl4ck]

It is a tremendous pain.  If you buy a neck and body with a contoured heel, they should automatically throw in a set.  However, you are not at a total loss, as there are some people on the forum that can hook you up.

I hope so - I can't find any #8, 1 3/4 in oval heads at my local hardware store.  They jump from 1 1/2 to 2 inches.

Hey CP,
Sent you a PM, but a hack saw will turn those 2 in. screws into 1 3/4 in. screws no time flat. 
Done it a couple times without challenges!

Good luck...

 

[CrackedPepper]

Thanks Black Dog - I replied to your PM.