Guitar Killswitch

Step 7 Making space for the killswitch on the guitar body.

This was the most annoying part. Since the area that you chose to place your killswitch will most likley not be hollow underneath, you must make it hollow. I hollowed my section by drilling a lot of holes, then connecting them. If you have a router, use it.

Comments

[smatt1]

WIll this mess up the tone of the guitar at all? Cause I'm about to do it.

[itsachen]

It will not.

[Spud18]

He means a woodworking router or drill I assume, but I would recommend a Dremel or a similar tool. It is basically a handheld drill with lots of interchangeable bits. This is a Dremel:

http://www.corel-srl.it/images/dremel_foto.jpg

[itsachen]

No, actually I meant a router.
A router can make smooth cavities in the body of your guitar with ease.
http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/12158/RidgidRouterGallery-main_Full.jpg

Dremels have router attachments I think, which could work as well.
What you should really aim for is a rotary tool with bits made for routing, not drilling.

[Spud18]

A Dremel is a type of rotary tool, but to each his own right?

[Void Schism]

yeah it is, and a fraction of the power. A router would be easier to use and give a cleaner cut, but the dremel would do ok

[ch153]

Could you tell me what the demensions of the killswitch are? If you can remember. I have a killswitch already...but I took it out a long time ago.

[qwigz]

by router what do u mean? whats a router?