First build Explorer EXM-1

[Simon Barden]

I did. I wanted it to be more Explorer-like. I put a piece of dowel in the original selector switch hole and redrilled it as the second volume control hole. Bought an Explorer pickguard from WD Music and used that to position the selector switch location and draw a suitable wire channel route and routed that out. First go at routing anything and I started off using a cheap router bit that was just too small for the router, so came loose and kept routing deeper as I went along etc. Bought a decent router bit and finished off the job without any more issues. So not as neat as it should have been, but it will all be hidden so am not too concerned.

[Rodc]

I did. I wanted it to be more Explorer-like. I put a piece of dowel in the original selector switch hole and redrilled it as the second volume control hole. Bought an Explorer pickguard from WD Music and used that to position the selector switch location and draw a suitable wire channel route and routed that out. First go at routing anything and I started off using a cheap router bit that was just too small for the router, so came loose and kept routing deeper as I went along etc. Bought a decent router bit and finished off the job without any more issues. So not as neat as it should have been, but it will all be hidden so am not too concerned.

No doubt about you mate, you come up with some great ideas.! I've never used a router so I can only imagine the trouble I would get in..