New holes in bass for pickups??

[Tommygunn]

I'm going to mod a bass and I need to know how much it would cost to make holes for a darkstar and a pbass pup. Could someone give me a quote of what you paid. Or even better a number or email of a houston luthier.


THX!

 

[DSB1]

one MILLION dollars

 

[OHSPyro89]

I'm going to mod a bass and I need to know how much it would cost to make holes for a darkstar and a pbass pup. Could someone give me a quote of what you paid. Or even better a number or email of a houston luthier.


THX!

You could do it yourself with a router for a helluva lot less than a luthier would.

Other than that, you're probably going to be paying over $100.

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

^+1.

I've never "outsourced" such a task, but $100+ would be my estimate too.

If You're handy with power tools at all, you'll get an entry level router and bits for far less than the routing job by a luthier would set you back.

You can also go with the "drill & chisel" route for even less money, but the results aren't necessarily pleasing to the eye .

NOT that they can't be, luthiers and carpenters do all sorts of fancy stuff with basic hand tools.

Regards
Sam

 

[Rocky McD]

If you enjoy Mods on a bass, you may enjoy learning to do it yourself. Just learn routing on scrap wood, not you bass.

 

[Tommygunn]

My uncle is a carpenter, would his tools be good?

 

[Darkstrike]

You can also go with the "drill & chisel" route for even less money, but the results aren't necessarily pleasing to the eye .

NOT that they can't be, luthiers and carpenters do all sorts of fancy stuff with basic hand tools.

Regards
Sam

I use a stanley blade, hand chisels, and a battery drill for all my routs!

Most of them come out well enough, but under the pickup may not be super pretty.

 

[Darkstrike]

My uncle is a carpenter, would his tools be good?

I would expect a carpenter to have a router, so yeah, should be good to go.

 

[Tommygunn]

Sweet! I'm set! My dad knows wiring real well, and if not I hear stickk is!

 

[Darkstrike]

Bass wiring is pretty simple, I believe your setup is all passive volume/tones and a killswitch. Easy stuff, fiddly, but not hard.

 

[Tommygunn]

Yeah... Wait! I wanna make it active! Could I do that!

 

[Darkstrike]

Yeah... Wait! I wanna make it active! Could I do that!

You can do anything if you're wanna drill enough holes.

 

[Tommygunn]

Man it's gunna be hollow by the time I'm done!

 

[Darkstrike]

Darkstars work great in hollowbodys, what they were made to do!

 

[Tommygunn]

Darkstars work great in hollowbodys, what they were made to do!

Hehe

I'll start a new thread getting all this set up!