routing out for an 18v gotoh battery box

[lscolman]

Hi,

After fitting a new jack socket to my Kubicki, a few of the solder points came away very easily from the existing 9v battery connectors.

I've purchased an 18v gotoh battery box
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Battery-Box-for-Active-Guitar-Bass_W0QQitemZ350271840706QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item518dd421c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Batter...=item518dd421c2[/url]

and would like to rout out an area near the control cavity and use the channel from the neck pickup to the control cavity to route the 9v battery cables through.

That's the plan, but I'm unsure how best to go about routing about an area on the back of the bass. Could anyone with experience of routing through a lacquered area give me any tips please?

Cheers, Lee

[neepheid]

[quote name='lscolman' post='765987' date='Mar 6 2010, 12:49 PM']Hi,

After fitting a new jack socket to my Kubicki, a few of the solder points came away very easily from the existing 9v battery connectors.

I've purchased an 18v gotoh battery box
[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Battery-Box-for-Active-Guitar-Bass_W0QQitemZ350271840706QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item518dd421c2"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gotoh-18-Volt-Batter...=item518dd421c2[/url]

and would like to rout out an area near the control cavity and use the channel from the neck pickup to the control cavity to route the 9v battery cables through.

That's the plan, but I'm unsure how best to go about routing about an area on the back of the bass. Could anyone with experience of routing through a lacquered area give me any tips please?

Cheers, Lee[/quote]

Lacquered or not, a router spins so fast that it won't make any difference, as long as your bit is sharp of course! I have fitted a single Gotoh battery box to an already finished guitar with no problem. I used an MDF template, but I had no suitable roller bits so I used a guide bush instead and made the template the appropriate amount larger.