Routing under pickguard to save weight.

[Deepwoods]

Has anybody tried this with a Pbass? I would like to shave a pound if possible. I'm sure I would need to get ultralight tuners to maintain good balance. If you have done this successfully could you post some pics w/o the pickguard? Thanks!

[joinercape]

Originally Posted by Deepwoods

Has anybody tried this with a Pbass? I would like to shave a pound if possible. I'm sure I would need to get ultralight tuners to maintain good balance. If you have done this successfully could you post some pics w/o the pickguard? Thanks!

One pound of wood, be it alder or ash, is a lot of wood. A typical P body weighs about 5 pounds, so one fifth of the whole thing seems like a lot of routing! Seems more sensible to sell your body and buy a lighter one, maybe chambered?

[bass_snake]

My first bass which was a precision had a whole/ chambered in the pick guard area. I guess you can do it...good luck!

Fred

[Tylerrr51]

That is a lot of wood to be loosing, and a huge decrease in value, id go with what joinercape said.