Anyone ever take a drill to their Les Paul?

[Sirion]

Power tools can be risky.
An old friend of mine had a band in NYC called the Power Tools.
Always though that was a great band name.
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Are your friends, by any chance, Nelson under pseudonym?

 

[eclecticsynergy]

Are your friends, by any chance, Nelson under pseudonym?

Ha! Had no idea that was Nelson - with guitar solos by Dweezil - or that they went by the nom-de-film Power Tool.

Power Tools was earlier than that, around '79 or '80. He's had some other cool bands over the years: Shove, the Bag Dads (that was long before the Gulf wars), and one called Johnson.
We were in a band called Immaculate Hearts in the late 80s, with drummer Dee Pop and singer Freddie Pompeii.

Will be playing a few songs from the Hearts together next week, a show at Bowery Electric on the 13th.
It's a twenty-band extravaganza in memory of Dee, who passed away last October.

 

[beaubrummels]

This 503 error is about to piss me off for the last time....

Anyone ever take a drill to their forum?

 

[Mincer]

"Sent it to my mom to show dad".... Wish we could just edit a post!!

This 503 error is about to piss me off for the last time....

The default theme has less errors, if that helps.

 

[formula73]

Looks like you got it done just fine. Good job.

 

[Wolfshead]

I used a drill to rout out a hole for middle pickup in a Gibson SG Standard. I'm crap at stuff like that but it worked and looked great.

 

[Mincer]

I used a drill to rout out a hole for middle pickup in a Gibson SG Standard. I'm crap at stuff like that but it worked and looked great.

I don't trust my skills enough to do surgery like that.

 

[orpheo]

I use a drill press to do these kinds of things. First, ream the hole to the right size front and back, then use a forstner bit and not a bradpoint bit to drill. The reaming will give your bit a recess to 'sit' and and won't wonder if you drill.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

I don't trust my skills enough to do surgery like that.

If you look at it like it's just a plain old 2x4 it takes a lot of the stress off....

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Nice mod, and like others have said, I think you got lucky.

 

[Mincer]

If you look at it like it's just a plain old 2x4 it takes a lot of the stress off....

I am just honest about what I am comfortable doing.

 

[NegativeEase]

This was the most stressed out I will get today.

 

[Fender_Punk]

80s Thrash Metal treating his Gibson like it's an Epiphone lol

 

[Open lane]

Impressive!

 

[NegativeEase]

I will say, I think it's fine to use a hand drill for Guitar mods at home, but when I'm in a professional luthier shop and they don't have a drill press and guitar jig -I'm dubious of them.

 

[dystrust]

That's good. I was surprised the Grovers weighed what they did. While smooth operating, the issues I had with them were a no-go. I doubt I'll change the tuners on my Dean ML (Grover non-locking) but if I do, the Gotoh's might be an option. I don't really play it enough to justify the change though.

I recently swapped the Grover Rotomatics on my Guild acoustic for Gotoh SG301s and I wish I'd done it 20 years ago. The Gotohs weigh a decent amount less, and have none of the slop I've come to expect from most Grovers these days. Re-stringing afterward was the first time I've ever tuned that guitar without cursing at it.

 

[Securb]

If you look at it like it's just a plain old 2x4 it takes a lot of the stress off....

That's about right, with lumber prices these days 2x4s go for $1,500 - $2,500

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

That's about right, with lumber prices these days 2x4s go for $1,500 - $2,500

Ha ha right! I priced a 1/2" 4x8 sheet of OSB today at over $70!!!