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The QUICK 2 piece Ash body P Bass build.
Build Thread is here:-
https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...ead.php?t=9529
With working away getting in the way, this still only took 01 May 2019 place order....today 16 June 2019 completely finished.
Pitbull Guitars 2 piece ash body maple neck and maple fretboard precision bass kit. (GPB-4M)
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/
Body, neck, fingerboard all finished with Feast Watson Fine Buffing Oil, followed by Gillys Cabinetmakers Wax, and finished with Gillys Carnauba Polish.
Body has three different shades of timbermate. Outside edge is walnut.....next inside that is Cedar/Blackwood...and then in the middle is a neutral timbermate coloured with vintage amber colortone dye.
None of the colouring is really obvious. The neck was just done front to back with the Cedar/Blackwood colour.
Upgrades:-
From Pitbull with the original kit purchase:-
1 x (Set) Entwistle PBXN pickups
1 x Tusq nut
1 x Sprague Orange Drop 0.047mf capacitor
1 x Switchcraft 1/4inch jack socket
1 x Bourns Mini Audio taper 250k pot (Used in Tone position.)
From Real Parts:-
1 x Chrome Bridge Cover
1 x Chrome Pickup Cover
1 x Wilkinson 4 string Bass bridge.
1 x Bourns Push Pull 250k pot (Volume and push-pull for series and parallel.)
1 x set GOTOH Elephant Ear Bass Tuners.
1 x (Set) Schaller style strap lock buttons (Chrome.)
2 x Metal Dome knobs (Chrome.)
Ordered online at PBG on 01 May 2019. All complete at the end of the day today 16 June 2019.
That is so much quicker than paint or Tru-Oil finishes.
I used sandpaper...but only through to 240grit...I used 00, 000, 0000 grade steel wool...and I used a fine sandpaper foam block to roll the edges of the fretboard. I did a complete taping up of the fretboard...marking of the frets...flattening the truss road and neck checked flat.....frets all levelled.....then sanded, steel wool and finally AutoSol polished. The ends of the frets were filed smooth and then with the freetboard rolled as the sanding foam block passed over.
I covered the control cavity with strips of copper tape from a 50metre roll I have, and also used the same on the complete underside of the pickguard. I also used two x nylon washers from the Green shed on the shafts of the two pots under the pickguard.
My wiring harness was made by me. I used White and Black vintage push back wire. I extended the pickup wires to reach both sides of the push-pull pot with this wire also.
I used 60/40 lead solder at 400 degrees whenever any soldering was needed. I used the leads (legs) from the capacitor to make jumper connectors for the push pull pot. (The external wires are all soldered on....but I used the leads to create the cross pot connections and the earth connections.)
I love that the wood is not perfect. The top edge has marks that look like cracks....but are scratches that cross the grain....the front back and sides have some wicked growth marks, knots and even a ding or two. The bottom edge is not as nearly clearly defined with growth rings as other bodies I have....but still feels and looks great.
This tree has lived a life before it became a Bass Guitar....and I love listening to the stories it continues to tell.
