Thunderpaws Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Hello. Things are progressing. Got a new job and bought a puppy. Photo's to follow!! I am about to do the neck pocket on my bass. I am waiting on a Gotoh 201 bridge and my neck thickness (at centre) is 31mm. Can anyone either tell me: How deep I need to make my neck pocket or What's the height of the saddles on a Gotoh 201 when the saddles are at the lowest. I think I just take this off my neck thickness to get the neck pocket depth. Is this right? Last but not least. I need to drill the holes for my schaller machine heads. I think I need a 17mm drill bit. anyone know where I can get one without paying 35 notes! g PS: photo's to follow this weekend on my build thread, "i just bought my first wood!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry norton Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='Thunderpaws' post='874844' date='Jun 22 2010, 10:17 PM']Hello. Things are progressing. Got a new job and bought a puppy. Photo's to follow!! I am about to do the neck pocket on my bass. I am waiting on a Gotoh 201 bridge and my neck thickness (at centre) is 31mm. Can anyone either tell me: How deep I need to make my neck pocket or What's the height of the saddles on a Gotoh 201 when the saddles are at the lowest. I think I just take this off my neck thickness to get the neck pocket depth. Is this right? Last but not least. I need to drill the holes for my schaller machine heads. I think I need a 17mm drill bit. anyone know where I can get one without paying 35 notes! g PS: photo's to follow this weekend on my build thread, "i just bought my first wood!"[/quote] It depends on what sort of bass you're making - bolt on ,glued in, no neck angle or angled. A Fender neck pocket is pretty much standardised at 5/8" (just under 16mm) so you should be fairly safe with that, although it's easier to remove a bit more wood than it is adding it. As for a special sized drill, if you've got a bench grinder or have a friend with one, you can buy an 18mm spade bit (the flat, wide wood drill bits with the spike at the bottom), and carefully grind a half a mill off each side although, for the most part I've found that once you've put a few layers of finish on your headstock you have to ream your perfectly sized peg holes out again anyway, so maybe doing them a bit oversized to begin with wouldn't do too much harm. Either way, don't give anyone 35 quid for a drill bit, unless it comes with 30 quid cash back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Protium Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 [quote name='Thunderpaws' post='874844' date='Jun 22 2010, 09:17 PM']Last but not least. I need to drill the holes for my schaller machine heads. I think I need a 17mm drill bit. anyone know where I can get one without paying 35 notes![/quote] £3.80, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180336504039"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=180336504039[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simo Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I'd personally recommend a forstner bit over a spade bit for drilling the tuner holes, either way just make sure you have a scrap piece of wood behind the headstock to avoid tear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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