Making A Bass Pickguard

Welcome to the Next Project! Today, we're making a replacement pickguard for a Sandberg 4 string bass guitar. 00:00 - intro 00:21 - inspect & note 01:22 - make a template 02:51 - cut & route 04:44 - reassembly 05:24 - when things go wrong A bass came in for a new pickguard, but it really needs a lot more work. The frets are pretty trashed, a zero fret is 50% gone, strange looking "repair" work done on some frets. Kind looks like they have been re-crowned with solder, who knows what happened. So, the work at hand was to copy the factory pickguard and make a new one using material supplied by the owner. A template was made from 1/2" MDF, followed by a good amount of routing. Everything relating to the pickguard went pretty well. Another request was made, and that was to install a batter disconnect switch in the passive/active circuit. Seemed do-able and the suggestion to put the switch on the positive side of the battery was attempted... Oh my ears don't like that. So, I rewired, tried the negative side. Nope, no better. Did a lot of internet searching, read a lot of bad advice which was what I'd already tried.... Removed the switch and returned the bass to factory wiring. Maybe someone has a great idea how to get this to work. I'm at a loss for now. I'll keep looking for a good solution, but for now the owner will just need to rely on the stereo output jack to kill the power - if he remembers to unplug the bass. Hope you enjoyed this little project. Be safe and take care!