Neck fits nice and tight. The bridge holes where already drilled. I placed the bridge over the holes and measured from the nut to the G string saddle was exactly 34 inches.
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Neck fits nice and tight. The bridge holes where already drilled. I placed the bridge over the holes and measured from the nut to the G string saddle was exactly 34 inches.
Traced the headstock from my jazz bass onto the back of the neck. Might have a look online for a template as well.
that shape looks fine Big Mike, go for it start cutting and sanding !
Nice looking Jazz bass too, what year is it and where was it made ?
P Basses are great - never thought I'd like it, but it turns out I love it!
Bundy Rum towel...nice
Err umm, yes, Bundy Rum, I haven't touched the stuff since that party in 1985 :p, great towel though!
My Jazz Bass is a Squire Vintage Modified '77 with a Fender Modern Player neck and a Baddass bridge. All done by the previous owner. I changed the pick guard from black to the red tortoise.
So I took a weeks leave to do some painting around the house. Well you got to do something waiting for the coats to dry right? It's going to need a fair bit of sanding. I wasn't game to cut the bit near the neck :o
Don't let the Triton bench fool you, it was a gift from a mate, I only ever used it as a bench.
Looking good, Mike. Just leave the bit near the fret board, it'll blend right in.
shape looks good Big Mike, plenty of cleaning up to do. Love your jazz bass looks great !
+1, the work you've already done is great and it flows quite nicely from the neck to your mods. I'd leave that section near the neck alone, less is more as they say.Quote:
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Cheers thanks. I think I will leave it alone, I agree it looks fine, I'm happy to have got that far without stuffing anything up :p
You're going fine Mike, the cutting and the routing/drilling are the most nerve wracking bits, because those are the ooopsies that are pretty hard to come back from. Even with the veneer tops, if you stuff the veneer you can go a solid colour over the top and still get a result. If you accidentally cut the head off your P Bass though, thats a little tougher to recover.Quote:
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I reckon the shape's looking nice as it is! I was terrified about cutting the headstock, and the feeling of relief when I got the last cuts in without messing up was amazing.Quote:
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Your jazz bass looks neat too. I keep meaning to replace the white scratch plate on my black p-bass with tortoiseshell, but I never quite seem to get around to it.
Well here is the final result. Used the mouse sander to tidy it up, and then by hand with the 240, 600 & 1200. I took a little too much off the top of the ball end but pretty happy.
Looking good!
I did the same thing with the top of the curve on my tele.
I like that headstock shape Big Mike
Good job, getting there mate
Always a nervous experience doing your first headstock and you should be proud of yourself as that come out looking really good.
Great work on the headstock. Love the simple Fender shapes myself. Should be a really nice build.
cheers,
Gav.
Thanks guys. Finished sanding with 1200. Gave her 3 coats of nitro sanding sealer clear from a spray can. Glad I had a good mask on cause this stuff really is potent! Will leave it overnight before wet sand tomorrow. Loving the build so far!
Sprayed 4 coats of nitro Fiesta Red. Thinking I might do the fender custom shop relic thing where they do white over red and then expose the red. I have a can of Olympic White so might give it a go.
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Looking good! I'd be interested to hear exactly how you did the relicing once you've finished the process, I was thinking of doing a flat khaki-ish green exposing rust-red exposing silverish metallic at some future point and trying to make a bass look like an old tank.