Is it OK to drill holes through the body?

Ramunetic

Ramunetic

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I have epi t-bird and I heavily suffer from its neck dive.
Me and my friend came up with a crazy modify plan for it...
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We are considering drilling 2 holes and filling them with some piece of steel.
Will it be OK? Will it affect electronics or hardware?
 
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Ramunetic said:
I have epi t-bird and I heavily suffer from its neck dive.
Me and my friend came up with a crazy modify plan for it...
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We are considering drilling 2 holes and filling them with some piece of steel.
Will it be OK? Will it affect electronics or hardware?
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Don't think where you plan to put them will be near enough to hurt pickup's or hardware. I do have one suggestion though: Why not drill from the back and not go completely through the front so they do not show? Just a thought
 
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LoveThatBass said:
Don't think where you plan to put them will be near enough to hurt pickup's or hardware. I do have one suggestion though: Why not drill from the back and not go completely through the front so they do not show? Just a thought
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We want to make it look rough and i don't think it would be heavy enough for that length..
And also if we do that I think the back side would be very triggering to see.
 
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Imagine the bone crushing punch and sustain you could get from a lead (Pb) bass body encased in wood? Guaranteed to avoid neck dive. Lightweight tuners can shave half a pound off of your bass and help relieve the neck dive.
 
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Pilgrim said:
If I really, really wanted to go that route I'd drill holes from the bottom end up into the bass and insert lead. The holes would be less visible.

Those two holes would make the bass worth about $90 resale. Better to remove weight at the headstock.
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I would take it to my grave.. but thanks anyway. I would consider that way sometime.
 
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Spidey2112 said:
Why don't you add some weight to the end of your strap that attaches to the post, nearest the bridge? Put the weight in a wireless holster... then you won't have to ruin the guitar.
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Good idea! I always like trying solutions that are non-destructive so that I can have choices and experiment before making decisions which involve permanent alteration to an instrument.
 
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Ramunetic said:
I have epi t-bird and I heavily suffer from its neck dive.
Me and my friend came up with a crazy modify plan for it...
View attachment 2760114
We are considering drilling 2 holes and filling them with some piece of steel.
Will it be OK? Will it affect electronics or hardware?
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Those white spots are where the weight is going?

I've seen this done before on basses and for some strange reason they always put them on the front. Which looks awful.

If you're going this route...put them on the back at least.

With the weight that high up there is a possibility you may be contributing to the bass body tending to want roll forward a bit when you play.
 
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Amusing solution. You might want to first hang some similar weight (less the weight of wood removed) from the strap button to see if this might work. Or to see how much weight is required to balance the bass. To see the effect of lighter tuners, remove one of the four and test the balance.
 
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