Wokka's JBA-4 build diary

[wokkaboy]

sounds good Ponch, the east coast has had terrible painting weather by the sounds

[Hobastard]

Good stuff Woks, the tuners do feel nice and solid! I completed the fret work during recent high humidity days and yes, they were rather uneven to say the least.... all sorted now. The humidity dropped to 60% yesterday - good enough for me to get the primer on. No dramas, piccies later. I will wait for a lower humidity day for the actual paint.

Went looking for a set of these Tuners for myself..... Only come in 4 string sets, it seems, and don't appear to be available individually to make up a 5.......

[wokkaboy]

Hoby send Realparts an email or give them a call. Sure they can supply a 5 string set if you ask them to add 25% to the 4 tuner set price

[Hobastard]

Hoby send Realparts an email or give them a call. Sure they can supply a 5 string set if you ask them to add 25% to the 4 tuner set price

Will do, Thanks Wokka.

( gotta stop spending on this Bass, trying to save for a Strat Kit).....

[Simon Barden]

It's looking really nice. Well done, Woks.

[wokkaboy]

cheers Simon. I've disassembled it and hanging for a few days for final curing before I polish and assemble it this weekend

[Andy40]

looking great wokks makes me want to play it! bet you're chomping at the bit...

[wokkaboy]

cheers Andy, yes pretty keen to hear how the toneriders and active system sound. I've got enough other bass's to play in the meantime haha

[Andy40]

I'm thinking of getting some toneriders for my JBA....if its not too much trouble can you post a vid when you get it finished?

[wokkaboy]

no worries Andy will do. A cheaper option is to get the $20 active system and use the stock pups. I think it will sound fine.

You will need to do some routing mods for the battery and PCB box and drill a jack hole on the side as you need all 4 holes in the control plate for pots