Recent content by Captainforbes

I think a round file might be my first step. Im a retired dentist, so I know a thing or 2 about drilling. But most of my experience is drilling with diamond coated burs at 450,000 RPM!.... water cooled of course. Now that Im retired I have no access to that kind of stuff ...... tho I suppose...

Ive got no drill press, so I guess we can compare notes on spinning coverplate injuries ........

I think I will need to drill out the pot shaft holes in the cover plate from metric to imperial... about 1mm I think. The coverplate is stainless steel..... any advice on how to do it? SS is pretty hard!

Thanks for that. Has anyone any idea if full size pots will fit in the body cavity? Stock pots are mini sized. Rough measurements look very tight (1 mm clearance each side maybe, and maybe depends how how centered the pot stem holes are in the cover plate.

Thanks for that. Im handy with 12v electrics on a boat, but guitar wiring is new to me.

I’ve just bought a used Squier Mustang Bass, looks lovely…… The tone pot doesn’t seem to do anything …… on removing the plate to see the wiring, the wire from the pickups to the tone pot looks flattened at one spot, as if it’s somehow been squashed. I’m wondering if the wire could be damaged...