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Sex Panther Tele

New String Holes and Ferrule Block

Time to fix the string hole location! Now that the bridge is located, I can drill the string holes in the correct location for this bridge. After the string holes are drilled, I can install the cool brass string ferrule block.

The first step is to plug the old string holes on the back of the body. The new holes will be about 1/4″ away. Some dowel rods and glue will do the trick!

The old string holes are plugged.
After the glue dried, some chisels smooth out the plugs pretty nice. I’ll sand them later when I sand the whole back.

Next is time to mark the location of the new string holes using the actual bridge and then drill through the body as straight as I can. Then mark the location the ferrule block will live.

A few sting holes drilled and the ferrule block is marked out.

Now time to remove the wood and make a recess for the ferrule block. I used some forstner bits and chisels to do this. The block fits pretty good!

Forstner bits move most of the wood out of the way.
Chiseling pine is hard because it’s so soft. But the hole cleaned up ok.
The ferrule block fits pretty good. I prolly didn’t drill totally straight, so the new holes are not totally aligned with the old ones. Good thing I’m not OCD.

I’ll polish the ferrule block super nice before it goes on for reals.