Hi Muxorama, sorry for the late reply, mines the basswood body, had no issues with it apart from disguising some very small wood knots, all in all its turned out well, the bassist in one of my bands...
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Hi Muxorama, sorry for the late reply, mines the basswood body, had no issues with it apart from disguising some very small wood knots, all in all its turned out well, the bassist in one of my bands...
Gibson style guitars i already have, Jay Turser Les Paul, Chibson Slash replica.
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Looks amazing.
Greetings people, just another quick update, wired and working, managed to drop a blob of hot solder onto the finish :(
Things left to do, i need the truss rod cover engraving, gonna take off the...
Greetings Wokka, yes i fitted them turned slightly to avoid the broken screws but it put the thumb plates a little too close to each other, i took them all off again and spent a little time to alter...
Unhappy with the angle of the tuners i removed them and refitted, i won't show the back as it is something of a dogs dinner with holes and scar marks, i will address them in time, adjusted the tail...
Greetings all,
Right new screws arrived, not totally happy with the line of the tuners as i had to rotate slightly to avoid screws still stuck that i could extract, put the strings on to check for...
Cheers guys, struck on the option of just sinking whats left of the snapped screw into the head stock and rotating the tuner slightly to secure into fresh timber, i've also ordered some new screws...
Well totally pi$$ed off, attempt to secure the machine heads even with pilot holes 2 screw heads have snapped off, talk about cheap garbage steel. Gonna have to work out how to extract whats left of...
Greetings, spent the day with the buffer and various polishes working on the finish, it is taking shape and i will have another look in light of day before i make my mind up.
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Hi, i am building the same bass at the moment, i have set the neck right into the cavity to give it more stability, the scratch plate can be trimmed /shaped to fit around the neck.
Paul
Hello Geoff from a fellow Brit, one trick it to use wood dye then clean off the binding with fine wet and dry or a blade, i'm working on a Rick style bass and have done this, you can then use clear...
Sat here rather bored and looked in my desk drawer where i keep "some" of the spare parts for my projects, contents includes; replica Kluson tuners off a Gibson style guitar, spare Zebra pickups, 2...
Tru-oil is something you have to know when to leave alone, i do light coats and leave for 24 hours to cure before adding the next, after around 10 coats i level the surface with a used piece of P400...
Glossing up really nice, taken without flash, so a little bit of shake glitches
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I dropped on a Squire strat last week with electrical faults, picked it up for £19, now a while ago i bought a damaged scratch plate for a strat, loaded with twin humbuckers, so with nothing to...
Greetings all, well time to update and as i had my birthday recently i am in possession of a mighty fine new camera, its a Nikon L330, courtesy of my lovely wife. So a few snaps of my progress, which...
Look forward to seeing pictures i'm well under-weigh with my Rick replica.
Cheers Arzi, yeah i'm leveling it with P1500 or P2000 between coats, i will work it down to P2500, each time it gets a better gloss, few more passes and it should be good to leave to cure before...
3rd coat, but only really had one good coat as the first two got rubbed down to flat off, should take around 5 then try a buff to see how it polishes up.
The action was good, there is scope for raising the action on the tail unit, as soon as i get chance i'll do another mock up and get some shots, its had another coat of tru-oil tonight and i've hung...
Greetings, Quick update, couldn't find my chisels to scoop out the space for the tail, so used a Stanley knife cutting into small cubes and chipping out got through it with still all fingers intact,...
The whole tail unit sits on the top of the body, the only part that is to be carved out is the hatch marked area.
Greetings people.
Prepping up ready to fit tail unit, after applying masking tape i set location using clamp, steel straight edge and measure. checked with top and bottom string before tracing round...
Greetings Wokkaboy, your not the first to comment on my photo, i use the same one on facebook, i always add "when you see the horns your in serious sh!t" :)