Torment Leaves Scars
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So I got my replacement body yesterday and it's absolutely gorgeous. Everything has gone together without a hitch except one thing; the rout in the electronics cavity is not deep enough to enable the threaded side of the pickup switch to be...threaded. This means I need to "sink" the pot into the rout in the back so I can get the switch through the front far enough to be able to tighten the nut to hold the switch in place.
Anyway, I don't need to make the hole wider, I just need to do some digging. I'd brought the guitar to a local music store and he told me to use a Dremel and showed me this bit that was kind of shaped like a pencil eraser and it had some teeth on the tip, plus around the edges. He told me to carefully go AROUND the hole and just keep everything level. I purchased this little bit he showed me last night and after looking at it, I'm having second thoughts about whether this is the ideal tool for the job.
Remember, I don't want to make the hold wider, I just need to dig downward until the pot is sunken enough for enough of the threads on it to peek out the front to be tightened. The routing in the body is literally "off by a thread."
I'm thrilled with the body, and it looks great, but I'm not about to send it back to Warmoth and wait another 4 months, especially for something which seems so minor, but this is just a real pain in the ass.
Anyone have suggestions on the correct tool I should use?
Anyway, I don't need to make the hole wider, I just need to do some digging. I'd brought the guitar to a local music store and he told me to use a Dremel and showed me this bit that was kind of shaped like a pencil eraser and it had some teeth on the tip, plus around the edges. He told me to carefully go AROUND the hole and just keep everything level. I purchased this little bit he showed me last night and after looking at it, I'm having second thoughts about whether this is the ideal tool for the job.
Remember, I don't want to make the hold wider, I just need to dig downward until the pot is sunken enough for enough of the threads on it to peek out the front to be tightened. The routing in the body is literally "off by a thread."
I'm thrilled with the body, and it looks great, but I'm not about to send it back to Warmoth and wait another 4 months, especially for something which seems so minor, but this is just a real pain in the ass.
Anyone have suggestions on the correct tool I should use?