Bosch Colt Router

For hand routing on guitars, this is your router. Powerful enough to route solid hardwood and smooth enough to route delicate binding channels. The micro adjustment wheel gets stiff very fast and needs to be kept clean. Unlike other routers Ive used, it runs fairly cool and is light and easy to handle. With safety gloves on I find the on/off switch hard to use sometimes but its nearly impossible to accidentally turn on which is much more important. The base plate will get scratched up but you can get a replacement from Bosch.

I used this router for hollowing out a semi-hollow body and for initial steps of a carved top. Works great in conjunction with bearing bits.

This is an exciting router. Amazing production quality. No loose parts, high precision, durability and easy adjusting at the same time. It's small (one-hand working is possible too!) and powerful enough to do any small job like routing pickup cavities. It's small base plate makes possible to route precisely even on small spots (so, for example, you don't need to disassemble a guitar totally to make pickup cavity a little deeper) On europe markets this model is calles GKF-600, I own one for years and this is my primary router. I use heavy 1400W model only in big jobs (routing body contour etc.)

I'm from Singapore. Here, we only have power supply of 240V. I had to get a step down transformer to be able to use the tool.

Otherwise, the Colt router is a handy tool, it
does what its supposed to do and it does it well.

It would only be better if it comes with a case. :)

I have ordered this little wonder last month and I've just completly routed two guitar bodies and corrected pickup routes in two other with it (before I used to use a bigger columm router). It's amazingly easy: to adjust, to operate and to control the depth of passes. I loved it.

Although I purchased one of these a year or so ago from another source for a different type job (didn't know Stewmac sold them), these little things work great, easy to control for edging and routing. Go light and slow. However, don't use anything but an approved router bit. I attached a drum sander bit for a drill and hold on tight! It was like trying to latch on to a greased weasel!

Best thing made since swiss cheese