Tele routing question

[arothamel6360]

On average, how much will a luthier charge to route my tele body for a bridge humbucker? I have a friend with the necessary machinery but neither of us have any experience doing this and I'd rather have it done well.

P.S. Please don't tell me to get a single coil sized humbucker and skip the routing. ;) I've got some WCR pups I wanna drop into an American Deluxe Tele.

[DANOCASTER]

generally about $30-50 - depending on whether he's routing your guard also

[arothamel6360]

Thanks Dan! My brother owns one of your Tele builds and he swears that he wants to be buried with it. :aok

[DANOCASTER]

Nice :)

but let's pray that he won't be buried for a very very long time

[Mike9]

Take the time to make a template - doesn't take long and it's well worth the time. If you use 1/4" material get a short, top bearing template bit and use a plunge router. If you make it from 1/2" and use a long bit you'll be removing a lot of material on the first pass.