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    Hmmm, I have one, and it doesn't neck dive.... I'd like to build a fiver bass with that shape, and use the explorer head stock.
    The gumby headstock gives tuning issues when the rollers get sticky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneralKaos View Post
    Hmmm, I have one, and it doesn't neck dive.... I'd like to build a fiver bass with that shape, and use the explorer head stock.
    The gumby headstock gives tuning issues when the rollers get sticky.
    Some pictures would be nice to see as never seen one up close and personal in this far flung part of the planet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GeneralKaos View Post
    Hmmm, I have one, and it doesn't neck dive.... I'd like to build a fiver bass with that shape, and use the explorer head stock.
    The gumby headstock gives tuning issues when the rollers get sticky.
    Hey General, just had an idea.....grab another EX-5 kit and use your Moderne as a patern to draw an outline to cut down the Explorer. You already have both and at a glance it looks like there would be enough meat in the EX shape in all the right places to make it work.

    When I built the EX-5 & EX-1 both bodies were exact same measurements except for neck pockets due to one being a 6 string guitar set neck & the other a bolt on 5 stringer bass neck.
    Last edited by wazkelly; 17-06-2016 at 07:27 PM.

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