Yep ... Allen keys to adjust height ...nice job 3bass that nut looks cool. Are those allen key screws to adjust the height ?
Yep ... Allen keys to adjust height ...nice job 3bass that nut looks cool. Are those allen key screws to adjust the height ?
ohhhh special nut
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Geez, that nut is a great idea. Where did you buy it as I may be interested in a couple in 4 and one in 5 string.
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I might need to get one of those Nuts for my Yamaha ERB300 Bass Guitar, the 1st fret action on it is a bit too low so that the A and D strings buzz against the first fret.
The nut is a Warwick Just-A-Nut ... found a guy on eBay who was selling them ...
Not being a native fretless instrument player I decided that I needed to be able to see where to put my fingers, but didn't want to put fretlines on the neck ...
I had a look around to see what others had done and found a couple of examples that I liked where the fret positions were marked on the side of the neck ...
Cool ... I decided to do something similar
1st thing was to work out exactly where the marks needed to be. I found a couple of different websites that had fret scale calculators (eg: http://www.stewmac.com/FretCalculator) and using the 34" scale got the same dimensions on all of them.
I compared this to another 34" scale bass that I have and the measurements were right (measure twice, cut once!)
I then marked up the neck and found that the guys in the factory had put the inlays in the side of the neck in the wrong places. I thought it must have been me, but after trying to re-calculate where the dots should be positioned using different scales (like 33.5" etc) and comparing with other instruments I'm pretty sure now that they're just in the wrong places.
Got my new Dremel out and using a fine tool I cut indentations along the neck and then filled them with Timbermate. Then sanded it all back to make it smooth.
Pretty happy with the result ... just have to decide what to do about the inlays that're still there - or just leave them. Wondering if the fix may end up being more trouble and look bad ... any suggestions welcome!!
If you can find some similarly dark wood and make very fine sawdust, you could drill those fret markers out and fill the holes with the sawdust and thin superglue. It might also be a good idea to use superglue on the timbermate lines (which look tremendous btw) to harden them up and make sure they don't chip out over time.
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thanks for the advice papblopepper ... I'll give it a try.Originally Posted by pablopepper
Presume he is the guy at Cherrybrook NSW? Just ordered a 5 string one.
Thanks for the tip.
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# 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
yup ... that's the guy ...
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