Wazkelly's EX-5

[blinddrew]

That's really quite a difference.
28mm on my upright.

[wazkelly]

That's really quite a difference.
28mm on my upright.

My hands and fingers are too small to play an upright but it would be cool to have a go one day.

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[blinddrew]

I think you just have to adapt your style. I'm not much of a bass player, but a friend who is (as well as being a good drummer, guitarist, keyboardist and everything else - i hate those people!) reckons It's more like playing a drum than an electric bass.

[michnet76]

Fairly pricey bridge and not sure you would achieve much as the diagram showed string saddles were a combined 14 mm high? On the stock bridge I was 15 mm and found the action too high.

Grinding down the saddles solves part of the problem but the bigger one is the ridiculously high point the adjustment screws come in at, and as you lower the saddles that angle increases. The massive diameter of the saddles is also part of the problem too and had me looking at Fender style 5 string bridges to see if there was anything better. Unfortunately not much out there in black hardware.

At first glance and quick play the one just fitted looks like it might do the job. Hope to do intonation and tweak the action tomorrow night to get a better indication.

G'day wazkelly... The new bridge looks good!

Thanks for reporting back with your findings so far. The string height looks more manageable now with the new bridge and the 16mm works well on the EX-5.

I've done some more work on the IB-5 with some neck adjustments but I'll post it over on my thread when I get the chance so I don't keep hijacking yours!

[wazkelly]

All good mate.
Haven't touched this one for a few days as waiting for neck to settle after truss rod adjustment. A few frets buzzing here and there that may require slight saddle height adjustment.
Will have another look at it over next few days.

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[MusicStudent1]

Ok, that finish is beautiful. You know what you’re doing!

[wazkelly]

Does an EX5 fit into any hard case?

Looks like a few Explorer Basses being built which is great to see and suppose some of you may be wondering if it will fit into any hard cases available here in Australia?

For my EX1 I bought an Epiphone Explorer Hard Case and I should say the case is quite heavy on it's own, even more so once fully loaded with a guitar. All the measurements suggest an EX5 is just a fraction too long.....let me show you how close it really is....
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Sitting on top it looks quite tight.

[wazkelly]

This is how it looks on the inside...


The headstock has squashed down all the padding and is rubbing up against the timber ply shell underneath and similar thing happening at upper rear wing too.

Overall length is about 120 cm - 121 cm as it sits in the case, longer if you measure along the diagonal from extreme tip to tip which ends up at 125 cm.

This is how it looks with just an EX1...



Almost too much room to flop about all over the place.

[Kick]

The upper rear wing can take a little collision but that headstock can't. I would be extremely cautious when carrying around that case with the bass inside.

[wazkelly]

The upper rear wing can take a little collision but that headstock can't. I would be extremely cautious when carrying around that case with the bass inside.

You are right Kick, that's why I use a gig bag for it instead.