The JBA - 4 Begins.

[FrankenWashie]

Do it FW! It's a worthy pursuit!

LOL BG! No more new axe projects until I have cleared the decks. That is the adamant position for this new year.

[Bass Guy]

Hee hee... when you're good and ready...

[FrankenWashie]

Hee hee... when you're good and ready...

Check back in a couple of years....🤣

[wazkelly]

Making good progress on this one Ozzie. Finish looks great and has really brought out a lot of the grain, particularly end grain on the bottom edge that is devine.

[Simon Barden]

As the French kerniggit says:

[ozzbike]

Minus the pickups, I have rewired and added my components to the Jazz Bass scratch plate thingy.

3 x CTS dishback 250k A curve solid shaft USA thread pots.
3 x All Parts Jazz Bass knobs with grub screw to suit USA solid shaft pots.
1 x huge orange drop 473uf cap.
1 x switchcraft jack socket.

All earth wiring is now Black push back vintage wire...except the the bridge earth wire....I have found it easier to spread out the wire under a bridge from a plastic sheath.

White wires are also all vintage push back wire.

Only the leads from the pickups to go now....Jazz Bass is so easy to wire.

One query from the wiring....I even checked out Seymour Duncan site....same diagrams.....This will cut all output if I roll off one of the voume pots to zero. Each pickups volume is individually adjustable...but one at zero is a cut for all output. I cannot see a provision for a pass through and with no pickup selector switch this is what I believe will happen. Is this correct? (This is like the wiring setup on the BG-46 I made.) If this is correct I have no hassle with it...but it would be nice to know before I pull my hair out when I get no sound with one pot rolled off.

Second Query:- The mark on the knobs is opposite the grub screw hole.....where is "10" or fully on supposed to be......I have it facing up towards the player as you can see the line and dot marking full on...and you can access the grub screw from underneath. Is there a correct orientation for the knobs?

[ozzbike]

Nearly a successful thread jack there you two...BG and FW.....BG try harder....FW you need a Bass in your life...have you seen the grain on the new P Bass bodies on the pitbull website.....2 piece high figure bodies....of drool.....you really need one mate....gotta get it on...Bass is life brother.

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/

[FrankenWashie]

Nearly a successful thread jack there you two...BG and FW.....BG try harder....FW you need a Bass in your life...have you seen the grain on the new P Bass bodies on the pitbull website.....2 piece high figure bodies....of drool.....you really need one mate....gotta get it on...Bass is life brother.

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...-kit-ash-body/

The only low end weapon on the site that piques my interest is this one:

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ss-guitar-kit/

[ozzbike]

The only low end weapon on the site that piques my interest is this one:

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ss-guitar-kit/

I gotta admit...that if I was to venture over to the five string side of things.....that one has always given me the fizz.

Ash body again and five strings of low thumping joy.

After building my TB-4.....I have taken a shine to the body shape...very much in fact....and the idea of doing that again but in five string has me itching too.

https://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/...ss-guitar-kit/

Hard to choose.....what is next of course....hmmmm....maybe do both.

[ozzbike]

I found this on a fender page.....mmmm.....maybe I can start at the neck end of the metal thing and put that knob on first and then work my way down towards the jack socket.....get at the grub screws around the pot shaft that way.