I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Guitars

[BCR Greg]

Matt Baker at Action Music in Arlington.  He’s fantastic. Tell him I sent you. http://www.actionguitar.com
 

 

[RobB]

4 hours ago, hamerhead said:

Nate, may I suggest some decaf?

I vote for thorazine.

[cynic]

Since no one else has said it, stop with the epoxy.  Holes in epoxy should be filled with epoxy.  Holes in wood should be filled with wood.

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

4 hours ago, BCR Greg said:

Matt Baker at Action Music in Arlington.  He’s fantastic. Tell him I sent you. http://www.actionguitar.com
 

 

Thanks!

I think I'll just dump everything on him.

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

5 hours ago, BCR Greg said:

Matt Baker at Action Music in Arlington.  He’s fantastic. Tell him I sent you. http://www.actionguitar.com
 

 

I've bought 3 guitars from them over the last 4 years!  Don't know why I didn't recognize the name until I went to the website and immediately recognized the wall layout.

[tommyh]

I have tried to 'drill out' screws and it is practically impossible. One thing I have heard of (for removing broken screws from pickup rings) is to heat the broken off screw with the end of a soldering iron - which I guess will expand the screw and and maybe burn the surrounding wood to make it easier to 'unscrew' (once you have some way of doing that - pliers or groove cut in top). Good luck.

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

Well.

Now that I know what I have done wrong, I'm simultaneously pretty sure I can do a few of the less difficult necks and terrified that there's still stuff I don't know that will screw it all up.

So let me ask: is it insanity to consider drilling holes in a neck without a drill press?

[Dave Scepter]

36 minutes ago, Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame said:

So let me ask: is it insanity to consider drilling holes in a neck without a drill press?

Before I had a drill press, I clamped the body and the neck together "using the 2 E strings as a straight edge" and used the holes of the body as a "drill guide"... just make sure you mark the drill bit "depth" with tape so you don't drill through the fretboard 

[Nathan of Brainfertilizer Fame]

15 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said:

Before I had a drill press, I clamped the body and the neck together "using the 2 E strings as a straight edge" and used the holes of the body as a "drill guide"... just make sure you mark the drill bit "depth" with tape so you don't drill through the fretboard 

That's what I was thinking I could do. Now I'm a little scared/worried, but I think I gotta try it.

[Dave Scepter]

You can do it... it's really not that difficult... TAKE YOUR TIME... check the depth of your screw against the body, neck and neck plate then mark your bit... drill 1 hole, then check it..  do another