New P-90, wood pickguard
Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:05 pm
Hi all. I've started the process of putting a P-90 in the bridge position of the tele-deluxe style guitar I built. It has a okoume plywood pickguard and has a strat style bridge (not a tele bridge). It is similar in appearance to the 70s Tele Deluxes with the two humbuckers, except I built mine with just a single coil in the neck position. Now I am going to add a GFS P-90 in the bridge position.
So...I will have to route the pickguard to fit a P-90. I am in the process of making an MDF template to do the routing. Looking to avoid chipping etc. in the pickguard, should I route from the top or bottom? I'm thinking top. Should I remove the copper foil shielding first or will to router bit just cut through that?
The pickguard is finished with min-wax polyurethane, btw.
Thanks.
So...I will have to route the pickguard to fit a P-90. I am in the process of making an MDF template to do the routing. Looking to avoid chipping etc. in the pickguard, should I route from the top or bottom? I'm thinking top. Should I remove the copper foil shielding first or will to router bit just cut through that?
The pickguard is finished with min-wax polyurethane, btw.
Thanks.