that is looking sweet Ozz, real pretty.
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that is looking sweet Ozz, real pretty.
I really liked your original finish, but the revamp has come up a real treat!
Six coats are done on the body of the Fine Buffing Oil.....applied with 0000 steel wool. I am loving the finish.
Six coats are done on the neck and headstock with the ever reliable Tru-Oil.....loving it as well....even like the vintage amber colour.
The neck and headstock in their glory.
That body is looking like a clear toffee. Great job.
I'm not a bass guy (hell i'm barely even a guitar guy!) but i really like this one Ozz, nice clean and even look to both neck and body. Very Nice!
Thanks guys. I am liking it very much....so simple....just easy does it as I go....no hassles with colours sanding or buffing off.
Nice...so far.
This morning I have done one steel wool applied and then twice buffed...once with a coarse cloth and once with a fine cloth...coat of Gilly Stephensons Cabinet Makers Wax.
Liking the finish. Let her hang overnight now and another coat tomorrow.
The headstock and neck are getting daily wipes with Tru Oil and should be hanging to cure from Saturday 20th January.
That is looking wonderful Oz, almost makes me want to build a bass.
Do it FW! It's a worthy pursuit!Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
LOL BG! No more new axe projects until I have cleared the decks. That is the adamant position for this new year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Guy
Hee hee... when you're good and ready...
Check back in a couple of years....🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass Guy
Making good progress on this one Ozzie. Finish looks great and has really brought out a lot of the grain, particularly end grain on the bottom edge that is devine.
As the French kerniggit says:
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Minus the pickups, I have rewired and added my components to the Jazz Bass scratch plate thingy.
3 x CTS dishback 250k A curve solid shaft USA thread pots.
3 x All Parts Jazz Bass knobs with grub screw to suit USA solid shaft pots.
1 x huge orange drop 473uf cap.
1 x switchcraft jack socket.
All earth wiring is now Black push back vintage wire...except the the bridge earth wire....I have found it easier to spread out the wire under a bridge from a plastic sheath.
White wires are also all vintage push back wire.
Only the leads from the pickups to go now....Jazz Bass is so easy to wire.
One query from the wiring....I even checked out Seymour Duncan site....same diagrams.....This will cut all output if I roll off one of the voume pots to zero. Each pickups volume is individually adjustable...but one at zero is a cut for all output. I cannot see a provision for a pass through and with no pickup selector switch this is what I believe will happen. Is this correct? (This is like the wiring setup on the BG-46 I made.) If this is correct I have no hassle with it...but it would be nice to know before I pull my hair out when I get no sound with one pot rolled off.
Second Query:- The mark on the knobs is opposite the grub screw hole.....where is "10" or fully on supposed to be......I have it facing up towards the player as you can see the line and dot marking full on...and you can access the grub screw from underneath. Is there a correct orientation for the knobs?
Nearly a successful thread jack there you two...BG and FW.....BG try harder....FW you need a Bass in your life...have you seen the grain on the new P Bass bodies on the pitbull website.....2 piece high figure bodies....of drool.....you really need one mate....gotta get it on...Bass is life brother. :)
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/
The only low end weapon on the site that piques my interest is this one:Quote:
Originally Posted by ozzbike
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ss-guitar-kit/
I gotta admit...that if I was to venture over to the five string side of things.....that one has always given me the fizz.Quote:
Originally Posted by FrankenWashie
Ash body again and five strings of low thumping joy.
After building my TB-4.....I have taken a shine to the body shape...very much in fact....and the idea of doing that again but in five string has me itching too.
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ss-guitar-kit/
Hard to choose.....what is next of course....hmmmm....maybe do both. :)
I found this on a fender page.....mmmm.....maybe I can start at the neck end of the metal thing and put that knob on first and then work my way down towards the jack socket.....get at the grub screws around the pot shaft that way.
Re: wiring
Yes, that will mute all sound if you zero either volume.
For a JB style you typically wire the pickups to the middle lug of the volume and the 'out' (your white) on the left lug (closest to camera). That way you can zero either pickup's volume without affecting the other.
Thanks weirdy. I have wired the white wires to the outer lugs...and do intend for the hot wire from each pickup to go to the middle lug.....the wiring diagram had the white wire going to the middle lug on the Tone pot and the cap between the pot case and the furtherest away lug...nothing to the left lug.....which I have done.Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdBits
The middle lug on the Tone pot also has the hot wire to the tip connector of the jack socket.
I hope all that is good.
Sounds about right.
Thank you for the advice....yet again. 😎🎶Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdBits
I have done four coats now....24 hour hanging in between and several buffings by hand with varying softness rags.
As you can see on the end grain pic of the bottom I am starting to get build up of the wax in a few places.
I know that Keith Walters has done 7 coats....but I think four is enough for me.
I think I shall let her hang for a week now and harden and then some serious buffing and dressing.
I love the grain....the colour is a little washed out...but not a bad result considering it comes only from the timbermate pore filler....no stain at all.
Gotta love Ash....it has some awesome grain patterns happening.
That grain is great!
I have done all the neck and body finish....hung for over a week and now all the bits are going on.
She is together and sounds way different to the P Basses and P and J Basses, and even my PBH bass, I have. What a nice tone.
The neck, bridge, and strings will be adjusted until they settle and then a final setup will begin.
The TUSQ nut will go on at that stage.
She has:-
Body is timbermate walnut fill only....no stain....7 coats of Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil. 4 coats of Gilly Stephensons Cabinetmakers Wax....about 4 coats of Bowdens own Auto Carnuaba Wax.
Neck is colortone vintage amber water based stain. About ten coats of tru oil with one only light steel wooling. Four goes over with Meguiars Ultimate Compound and 2 with Meguiars Scratch X 2.0, then one coat of Bowdens Own Body Prep, then 4 coats of Bowdens own Auto Carnuaba Wax.
The fretboard was flattened out then all frets levelled and recrowned and then polished to a nice shine. Fretboard was cleaned with lemon oil...left overnight....then microwaved DT wax all over....lot of rubbing to clean that up. Final step was a light coat of Dr Ducks Axe Wax all over the guitar and neck.
Electronics are 3 x A curve CTS dishback american spline pots. 3 x black plastic Fender Jazz Bass American Spline Knobs from All Parts. 1 x Orange Drop Cap of the .473uf style. Switchcraft jack socket. Wiring is all vintage push back wire, except the plastic coated soft multi strand wire for the bridge earth lead. (The bridge earth lead open end is pushed through a small square of copper tape and stuck down to the surface of the body under the bridge with the copper side up. Read that somewhere....and thought wow no doubt about a circuit then.)
The volume controls do not kill the output if I roll one completely off. They work individually and I get sound until I roll both off. That was not the plan, but okay. The CTS pots are so smooth and the ones I got are the ones designed to fit scratchplates and control plates. They have a shorter shaft. (I had to pack the tone pot a little as the smaller tone knob does not have the height to match the other two bigger knobs.....but it works great.)
Pickups are PBG supplied Tone Rider Jazz Bass pickups. They sat too high on the foam and screws only. So after a number of combinations from springs, to foam and springs.....cut the foam into half height and use the springs on the screws from the original chinese pickups. Now I can get down low enough.
The pickup routes for both had to be massaged with a small leatherwork chisel and smoothed with a sanding drum on my dremel styled tool.
The cavities are all covered in copper tape....and the back of the pickguard in the area of the neck pickup and route to the control cavity is covered as well. (Not the back of the control plate itself though. mmmmmm.)
The tuners are Gotoh elephant ears.
The bridge is a Wilkinson Brass Saddle bridge. Quite cheap, but looks great and a step up from the Chinese number. So smooth with its adjustments too.
The nut...to be installed....is a PBG supplied TUSQ nut.
At this stage, until she is completely done, she carries the supplied strings.
So a couple of weeks of settling and adjusting time and then she will be done. Maybe a wax or two in between.
That has come up a treat.
Great job Ozz, that looks top shelf.
you have some greta upgrades going on there.
been thinking about getting a Wilkinson bridge myself. looks great
Gorgeous! Can't wait to hear Jazzmine in full voice!
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I have ordered a chrome bridge ashtray style cover, and a chrome neck pickup cover, a thumb rest and a push pull pot to change between parallel and series.
This will be her done.
So whilst she settles into tune and shape I will rip the pickguard off and plan out the mounting holes for the thumb rest and pickup cover, and change the nut out and file and massage it to height.
I love the wiring diagram guide at Seymour Duncan. I will use this for the series/parallel switching.
OOOOhh she will be fine then. :)
Sounds like a plan.
Note: when you're in 'series mode' with the push/pull up the neck volume acts as a master volume and the bridge volume is disconnected and has no effect (just in case).
Aaah...thank you...that answers a question I had. 😎Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdBits
I knew it would be coming eventually, hence the 'just in case'.
I also do fortunes ;)
Cookies too?
Very kind of you. I'd like a large one please. I'll send you my bank details. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by WeirdBits
She all arrived and she is all on.
The push pull pot filled up the control cavity....... very deep pot.
Final List:-
PBG Jazz Bass Ash Body with Blackwood neck.
Body:-
Walnut Timbermate ONLY then Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil then Gilly Stephensons cabinetmakers wax then Bowdens Own Carnauba Wax
Neck:-
Vintage Amber Colortone stain....about ten coats of Tru Oil and then Bowdens Own Carnauba Wax.
Hardware:-
Gotoh elephant ear tuners
Tusq nut
Wilkinson Bridge
All parts bridge and neck pickup chrome ashtray covers
All parts thumb rest
Strap Locks
Electronics:-
1 x Bourns Premium 250K push pull series/parrallel pot, 1 x dishback CTS 250K A curve volume pot, 1 x dishback CTS 250K A curve tone pot
Orange Drop .473uf cap
Switchcraft jack socket
Tone Rider Jazz Bass neck and bridge pickups
Vintage push back wiring everywhere except for bridge earth wire.
She is done now....gave her a whirl on the headphones...too late for the AMP...much smiling. :)
More piccies......I like this one a lot.