A TB-4 Build whilst a BG-46 dries.

[wazkelly]

Late night posting and completely missed that point.

On the EX-5 I ditched the 2 vol & 1 tone in favour of a 3 way switch and master volume instead. Made a heap of difference and sounds much better. Stuck with the traditional Jazz setup on my J Bass but prefer a switch as once you roll about 10% to 15% off a PUP the other one takes over and you may as well have used a switch.

[Simon Barden]

Late night posting and completely missed that point.

Get a good night's rest and wake up fully refreshed in the morning. It's late afternoon here now but I'm half-asleep already!

[wazkelly]

Hey Ozzie, on my J Bass installed the treble bleed mod on both volumes and if one was wound fully off, no noise at all from anything. Same deal if I reversed the process. Only seemed to be an issue if one was on 'zero'.

If they are both on full and one is wound back there is no treble bleed happening as the PUP on full is the one making most noise. If you were to then back that one off a bit (who knows why?) there might be some of the typical tone drop encountered without the mod. I have had better results without and it sounds great just backing one off a bit as a way of switching to one of the PUP's only. Generally I have Bass volume on full, adjust level of noise at the amp, and rarely play with it after that.

Different on a 6 stringer guitar as playing around 7 or 8 and then winding up to 10 has a better dynamic impact.

[ozzbike]

Today I decided to step forward rather than delving inside looking for bleed circuits.....later....or not.

Today I had three references for the shape of the headstock. One option is to just stain the headstock as is....some models I have seen have just the shape and an all black stain/paint. Second option is to bevel an even edge around the headstock and do two colours....black on top and the orange/brown on the edge of the headstock. Third option is to cut away wood so that it appears that a veneer has been adhered to the existing headstock surface.

I chose the bevel. I hit this with a rasp...file...dremel with a sanding wheel...then a sanding block with 240 grade paper.

My colouring intentions are now.....black on top of the headstock. The rest of the neck and the back of the headstock will be the orange/brown colour. (I think I may drag some black around the scarf joint as I have seen on some images.)

I then hit the body up twice with Baltic coloured body filler. I am really liking the shape and the grain of this body.

Hang both until tomorrow.....sand to 240 grit all over.....then the damp and sand the fluffies at 320 begins.

Knock knock...Aussie Post....Real Parts for the win again. Black U.S. thread T Caster style recessed jack socket and 4 x metric thread black bell knobs.

[ozzbike]

The headstock before I attacked. I think it is a little different and I actually like the look.

[wokkaboy]

good progress Ozz. The bevel on the headstock looks good. You could even make the bevel bigger would look cool.

[Simon Barden]

You could. If you are bevelling the back of the headstock as well, just keep in mind where the tuners will sit, as you don't want them overhanging any bevel.

[ozzbike]

Wok and Simon,

The bevel edge is only on the top. The tuner bushes are well clear of the bevel....and obviously the tuners will be fine.

Wok, I measured 3mm back from the edge on the face and top edge for the bevel. I was tempted to do 5mm but the amount of wood to go was a little concerning.....may have to draw a 1mm extra line on the top and the front tomorrow and see how it looks.

It was hard to keep things even and smooth though....the rasp and file just rip the wood off....the dremel sanding drum worked great.

[wazkelly]

Hi Ozzie, nice subtle shaping has made a world of difference and should look good with planned colour scheme.

[ozzbike]

Hi Ozzie, nice subtle shaping has made a world of difference and should look good with planned colour scheme.

Thanks. It was stressful....not a lot of margin of error.

I am actually tempted to leave it as is. I do worry that trying to make it bigger will undo the good I have achieved.

Stuck on this choice.