Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

[BrockSamson]

I'm going to be installing DG-20 active pickups in a Warmoth start I'm ordering.

I'd like a battery box, but don't want to take away from the guitar's tone by removing any more wood, so can anyone show me where they place the battery box at?

Anyone notice any tone differences with the box installed?

[CTN]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

dude, put it in the control cavity! there's plenty of room in there!

also, if you're going that route, may as well just use a battery clip instead of a box setup.

[Binnerscot]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

I'm going to be installing DG-20 active pickups in a Warmoth start I'm ordering.

I'd like a battery box, but don't want to take away from the guitar's tone by removing any more wood, so can anyone show me where they place the battery box at?

Anyone notice any tone differences with the box installed?

I don't know of any battery box installation that detracts from the guitar's sound. I have Hamers, Jacksons, and Parkers that have battery boxes.....I would not be concerned with it.

You would plenty of room in the control cavity, but the box is a nice convenience for battery changes without having to take the back cover off....some guys I know change batteries before every show (I thinks it's overkill, but to each his own).

[BrockSamson]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

it's a top-route Strat so I'd have to pull the pickguard when changing it

[CTN]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

well if you don't mind doing that, then yeah, just stick it in the control cavity with everything else.

If you really don't want to, you'll have to remove SOME wood to make an accessible route. I would probably do it on the back, on the lower bout, a few inches south of where the trem claw is. That way you should be able to drill a fairly short hole from the battery route straight to the control cavity.

[ratherdashing]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

You would lose the least wood by routing through the back into the control cavity. As long as there's room for everything to fit, I think that would be the best way.

[BrockSamson]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

I just ordered the body without the battery box. For as long as active pickups last on a single 9V it wont be nothing to replace the battery every couple string changes.

[ratherdashing]

Re: Can anyone show me a Warmoth Strat battery box job?

I just ordered the body without the battery box. For as long as active pickups last on a single 9V it wont be nothing to replace the battery every couple string changes.

Yeah, that's how most guys do it with a Strat. The Clapton Strat, for example, doesn't use a battery box.