Hi all,
Kit arrived over here in sunny blighty, l got stuck in building the 'Bradenbacker' ultimate bass!
Hi all,
Kit arrived over here in sunny blighty, l got stuck in building the 'Bradenbacker' ultimate bass!
welcome to the forum Tom. Kit looks great. What are the plans for the build, stain or paint ? what colour you got in mind ? Any hardware upgrades ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Always loved the Rickenbacker basses! Welcome and enjoy the build
Nr 1: Red Widow LP-1MQ (Finished) ->Diary<-
Hi Tom and welcome. I've got family just a bit south of you in Cramlington. Good luck with your build.
Last edited by Simon Barden; 09-03-2017 at 06:05 PM.
Hi Tom, welcome.
From you profile pic it looks like you may have a little helper to give you a hand putting this together?
Cheers, Waz
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
Thanks all for the welcome. To reply to all, yes Crammy is just down the road Simon, going to build and upgrade bridge and I've always wanted an ashtray bridge cover and see how things sound before upgrading wok about and unfortunately that was a bit since and josh is 15 now wazkelly! Done a loooottt of sanding staining and piling so far but loving every minute!!
Hi Tom, glad to have you on the forum. Can't wait to see how this turns out.
Build #1 - ST-1 - Completed
Build #2 - LP-1SS - Completed
Build #3 - TLA-1R - Completed
Build #4 - SGD-612 - Completed
Build #5 - ES-1G - Completed
Build #6 - STA-1HT | Completed
Build #7 - ST1JR - Completed
Current Build #8 - JBA-4
Build #9 - Semi-scratch build Tele x 2 - Completed
Current Build #10 - PRS-1H
Current Build #11 - AGJR-1 - Completed
Current Build #12 - ATL-1SB
Current Build #13 - GST-1
Current Build #14 - FBM-1
put ashtray bridge cover on, stained, sanded, oiled, sanded, stained, oiled, sanded, sanded and got a lovely finish. Also stained and waxed the finger board - now for buffing!
Looks good in a natural finish.
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
Necks looking nice - can't wait for everything to be dry to start assembling!
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