Best way to make control cavity deeler

[ahc]

Mouser may have what you want

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[Thunderthumbs73]

It is a warmoth body with p bass control holes and a rear cavity. I have 2 p bass pickups, stacked vol/tone and a blend.

The only concentric pot I could find from CTS that fits is the one warmoth sells which is a CTS 500/500, but the pickups are a bit brighter sounding than I’d like so I thought maybe the 250k would mellow them a bit.

I just can’t find a 500/250 stack with a bushing that is long enough

Use the CTS 500/500, but use resistors to effectively achieve 250K or thereabouts. Cheap alternative, "undo-able" and risk-free to the cosmetics of the bass.

 

[Topkat13]

I live near Nashville and I'm proud to say there are several local dispensaries that offer many different types of concentric pot.

 

[turf3]

If you don’t want to go the loading capacitor route you could try a Forstner bit in a hand brace instead of a powered drill. I’d still make and use a guide like I mentioned above.

I'd use a router plane as someone mentioned above (OWT) or a sharp chisel (as I noted, no mallet, just push gently by hand).

 

[darwin-bass]

I did this with a router on my Warmoth body. Their tops are too thick to fit the pots for my East preamp so I had to thin out those areas.

 

[JamesGrant]

If you’re brave. A power drill using a flat wood drill bit would be a good start.

 

[eeyorebass]

Best Bass Gear carries some NOLL brand stacked pots that come in unique combinations (linear over audio, 500k over 220k, like this one). They are not cheap (but less expensive than a ruined body). I don't know if the threaded section is long enough for your top. Maybe they can order ones with longer shafts? Or, it's at least another brand of pot to look into before doing something irreversible.

 

[Isaac_James]

My advice is to try to perform the task using a piece of scrap wood of the same species and grain orientation before attempting work on your bass.

This is excellent advice for any new woodworking technique you're trying out. Get a feel for how the tool works and feels, if you mess up on a scrap, no big deal. Try it with a 3/8" hole (or however wide the shaft hole is) pre drilled, it's harder to drill a spot like that with a forstner bit than a solid piece of wood.

That said, I'd really recommend not shaving any wood out of the control cavity if you can help it.

 

[digmeout]

I live near Nashville and I'm proud to say there are several local dispensaries that offer many different types of concentric pot.

I love concentric pot, the values man the values!

 

[vvvmmm]

The electronic solution is definitely the best.

But if I was gonna do the wood thing, I'd use like a Dremel, and check frequently.

 

[turf3]

I did this with a router on my Warmoth body. Their tops are too thick to fit the pots for my East preamp so I had to thin out those areas.

Not a power router (finger trimmer), a router plane also called "old woman's tooth". The one below is the larger fancier type, the small one would be fine for this job.

 

[Isaac_James]

I love concentric pot, the values man the values!

I don't think they carry this strain at my local dispensary...