Increase Control Cavity in Bass Guitar Without Routing
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- Опубликовано: 28 окт 2024
- When mod'ing a Jazz bass guitar with a new control plate that had extra electronics that didn't neatly fit into the control cavity with my not so neatly soldering, I was worried I would have to route the wood to make room. However, I came up with this simple solution that increased control cavity space without routing any wood. It cost about $2 to do and is fully reversible.
Here is the link to the control plate I added to my bass: reverb.com/ite...
the washer idea is a great idea!
The fact that you can get your fingers underneath the plate makes me think there's a significant enough gap between the body and the plate that dust and dirt can easily get inside to the electronics. Be aware you might have to blow out the control plate area with compressed air or even contact cleaner (should things begin to sound "cracklely").
Easiest solution would have been a fostener (pronounced "force-ener") bit in a drill. Simply hog out a little bit of the internal cavity a little bit at a time to give yourself that clearance without the washers.
Nice problem solving regardless.
Yeah. I would be worried about dust and dirt also. The idea of raising the control plate is ok, so maybe you should use some sort of gasget-type-of-thing to seal the gap. My first go-to idea would be to use some sort of foam with adhesive and stick that into the control plate (metal -> easier removal if needed).
@@einjarjarThat's actually not a bad idea. I'm not sure why I didn't think of that. I've actually used that same method on cigar box guitars I've built. That's a much better solution, short of using a forstner bit.
Thanks for the feedback - hadn't considered dust getting in there. For about a year or so I had the pickguard off this same bass and it has a full on route from the neck pickup to the control cavity. So, it had exposure to the stuff getting in there too which I didn't consider. This has been a good learning experiment.