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I finished my PB-4 kit, with ToneRider. some months ago but finally got 'round to having a couple of capable players play it. This was the first time I had heard the Black Dog, while being away from...

Ahhh...Now I get it! :rolleyes:

Can anyone tell me why the 1950s-60s P-Bass had a cover over the pickups? I can understand the ashtray over the bridge - to improve the looks and very fashionable in those days, but the pickup cover...

Looking most excellent! Which/What pickups & electrics are you going to install?

Can anyone tell me why the 1950s-60s P-Bass had a cover over the pickups? I can understand the ashtray over the bridge - to improve the looks, but the pickup cover is a mystery. :confused:

Greetings Fellow Kitters.
The Black Dog Exactitude Bass was given a voice a couple of weeks ago, thanks to the soldering skills of my PhD Electronics Engineer friend. (He still has difficulty...

Thanks Chrissy. I was never going to use the kit supplied lead (prefer a 'real' one) so I never got to open the plastic bag. :rolleyes:

Thanks Wokka. Don't recall seeing a truss nut key in the kit (but I wasn't particularly looking). The 4m/m feels right but I though it best to ask first. I do remember reading Gavin1393's comment...

Greetings all,
The build has progressed to the truss rod adjustment stage.
Question is, what size allen key to use. 3/16" isn't right but 4m/m feels right. Because it's dark in there I can't tell...

Just had to share this!
As per my first post, where I was thinking of a rather special neck plate design based on the logo for the Black Dog Institute (www.blackdoginstitute.org.au). I intend to get...

Time for a status update. Neck and bridge placement.
The neck is now properly located and the neck screws inserted - enough to hold it all together. The neck pocket needed a shim pack (0.75 m/m...

Ahhh.... Now I understand!
Thanks for the enlightenment Simon!

Hello Fellow Kitters,
The PB4 build continues apace.....I suppose the weather will improve and allow the DB Nullarbor Ochre to fully cure...eventually...
Question is, why did the early Fender P...

Thanks Wokka!. Just gave it a try, probably 40/60 Ochre/Acacia. Sanded off a fair bit of the Acacia, but the wood had a distinctly yellow effect however, I'm getting closer to the amber that I...

The project is PB4-A (ash body) finished in Nullarbor Ochre with Acacia neck. I am attempting to emulate a '50s Precision Bass. I had assumed that Bloodwood would be a red finish, so went for...

Thanks dave.king1! Is there an emoticon for a self inflicted smack on the head?:o

Correct Andy. The decal instructions (Rothko & Frost) say it will not work on bare wood and a lacquer substrate is needed. So, Plan 'B' is to D/T the whole thing, clear lacquer over that and then...

Hello Fellow Kitters,
Will a clear lacquer work over a Dingotone finish? Reason for query - I realised that the headstock decals would not work on an oil finish but I now see that the instructions...

Ahh....now I see the problem! The plastic nut is the white one!
Sorry, but I had assumed that all would recognise the yellow one as being bone.
Note to self, don't assume. Assumption - the mother...

Hi Simon, As a Mancunian (of many years' absence) let me try to explain. With the plastic/kit nut the strings would run from the tuners and ascend the nut's taper/ramp until reaching the highest...

Yes, sure. In my original post when I said the taper faces to the headstock I was attempting to describe that the high side is on the headstock side and the low side is to the fretboard. (Note to...

Hi Wokka, the packet says "R/H", but clearly, this is left hander. Perhaps Clarence the cocky (re. the DB bone nut fitting vid) needs to do some performance management with his worker? :D

Hi Wokka. Yes, E string closest to camera.

Thanks Simon. But the photo doesn't show the bone nut too clearly. Assuming that the widest groove is for the E string (what else?) these two nuts are mirror images, so with the bone nut the...

Hello DB. Query on the bone nut, received with my PB4-A kit. Is this reversed? Assuming that the widest groove is for the E string, the top surface ramp/taper faces to the headstock and not to the...