Would pre-drilled mounting holes on humbucker routs be valuable to you?

[Rick]

I suppose only if it can be more accurate than what i can do with my eyeballs. I sorta like doing it myself.

Not warmoth, but ive bought necks that had the tuning peg holes off kilter. A real downer. That's why i only get warmoth necks.

All depends on accuracy. Tentative yes based on some r and d. I think there might be a demand for this for newbies. Probably a good idea to start with strat jacks and see what happens. then trem covers and back covers (because if you think about it, it's lining up two holes, one in the material and another in the wood, then pickup rings, see how it goes, then F hole tele pickguards, then cabronita, then telecaster pickguards, after that if there are no issues and you know your machining is accurate (based on if any are returned) then just drill baby drill.

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

I could only vote yes if the builder had conditional logic built in to add the rings to the order with the choices of Black, chrome or Gold selectable by the user, along with the disclaimer that if they choose to use rings un-purchased by Warmoth, that Warmoth is not responsible for any related discrepancy.

I would only otherwise vote yes if this were an option rather than a default. Trying to think like Ken would and prevent returns.

 

[FranzKappa]

Takes me lot of time and fine measuring when drilling the pickup mounting holes perfectly, I think it's a good thing and I would use it!

 

[stratamania]

As an option to have them or an option not to have them I can imagine would be valuable to many.

 

[simonsaysaudio]

Predrilled holes as an option would be very valuable to me. J bass pickup holes, P bass pickup holes - holes in wimpy guitars ...
Definitely something I would gladly pay for.
Warmoth offers predrilling for bridges, which I think is a brilliant idea.

 

[MikeS]

As an option, no harm there. I see a lot more value in the output jack ferrule for strats. I've drilled too close to the edge of the rout more than once trying to leave enough room for the tip of the plug.

Pre-drilling necks for hidden tuner pins would be huge, especially the 2-pin type Fender uses. Sperzel uses a single blind pin, too. Fender doesn't even include a paper template in the box for those.

 

[u.9]

Only if it's selectable (not default). I might choose it most times if the charge were small/fair for the convenience, except in edge cases, like when using your Filter'Tron mounting ring, which is ever so slightly smaller in both x/y axes. Charge would probably not be negligible (sub $10), given it'd be weighted on tool change/travel time (times number of times/day it's performed), tool wear/replacement (higher for smaller bits like that working across various wood densities), prototyping/QC costs, and time to implement/debug the builder logic, etc.

 

[jjwu]

Quick derail: since they do Kahler routs on request, drill the mounting holes too. And put it in the builders. If the attention helps Gary sell even 1 more unit, it's worth it.

 

[Strat Avenger]

I like drilling my own pickguard holes. The Fender 2-pin tuner holes I had to have Cagey drill for me. They don't provide a template like Sperzel does.

 

[jackastro]

If you can make so that the whole body needs no drilling, then you can open up guitar making to a new market.

 

[Spud]

The drill may be the easiest tool to master after the hammer.

 

[Hodgo]

Tangent, but did you know 59 Les Paul burst fanatics are very particular about the plastic used in their M-69 reproduction humbucker rings, and if they do not smell of vomit, they don’t consider it authentic?

True facts. The plastic they’re made of - cellulose acetate butyrate - breaks down and releases butyric acid, which is found in vomit, spoiled milk, Parmesan cheese, and Hersheys chocolate among other things.