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    Overlord of Music gavinturner's Avatar
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    Looking amazing andrew! Looking forward to seeing all the wiring in and the scratchplate on. If the neck feels half as good as it looks then it must be a dream to play.

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    Hi Andrew, I really wanted to run with no scratch plate on my non PBG J Bass but the neck PUP route was just so big and ugly that I had to hide it along with lots of grainy goodness too.

    Also contemplated a clear or mirror finished one and Pabs provided me with a quote that was quite reasonable for less than $30 bucks from memory.

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    Yes its a shame about the under pick guard route. Two things that would be awesome from the factory side - under pick guard pup routes correct size and machine head holes lined up correctly (although most kits I've had are more than passable and not noticeable).

    This maybe a pickguard job for Pabs!

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    How about a one piece mini aluminium plate pickguard, just big enough to cover the pickup rout that extends down covering the wire rout and becomes the control plate. A bit of effort to make, but may work. I'd try a few different style and colour pickguard mockups in Photoshop/Gimp and see what works.
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    It blows me away that the factory creates such big unnecessary routes for neck pickups on some models such as Telecaster and J Bass, both of which I would have preferred to go naked rather than cover up with a scratch plate due to the big ugly gaping holes underneath.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WeirdBits View Post
    How about a one piece mini aluminium plate pickguard, just big enough to cover the pickup rout that extends down covering the wire rout and becomes the control plate. A bit of effort to make, but may work. I'd try a few different style and colour pickguard mockups in Photoshop/Gimp and see what works.
    Thanks for the inspiration - this idea transcended me for a few seconds out of my conventional minds eye, I could see this working!

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    Finalising neck finish after a week of sanding to 400 grit. Not much going on on with the grain but it's lovely and smooth!

    One coat of DT clear neck applied and happily curing...





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    looking sweet as Ponch. I was lucky enough to have a quick play of DB's seafoam green tele bass Friday night, it was so nice to play !
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    Looking very nice Andrew, and with the hardware upgrades should sound great as well.

    I can't believe that for many, many, many years I have played speed-bump basses, now I have seen the light. No going back now. lol.

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    Thanks guys. Slow progress I'm being exceedingly pedantic with this one to see how good I can get it finished. Speed bumpless basses are the way to go!

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