Un-named_yet ex1-a

[Souhail]

Update:
neck unclamped.
And frets leveled

Waiting for the stain and oil to be delivered.

Ordered some crazy Seymour Duncan nazgul and sentinent pickups and a Seymour Duncan volume pot (less soldering)

Can't find replacement graphite nut this size doesn't exist anywhere

I have an old guitar with a similar bone nut. I'll try it.

Will update soon !!!

[wazkelly]

Should be a standard Gibson sized nut and therefore plenty of aftermarket options available.

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[Simon Barden]

43mm is the standard Gibson size, 41.7mm certainly isn't! I had/have a similar problem with my EX-1. The top of the nut that's fitted is slimmer than 43mm, and the string slots are closer together than on a standard 43mm nut. I've looked at using a 43mm nut and just filing the ends down (which you can do with some necks) but the strings would be too near the edges of the fretboard. So I've bought a 43mm bone blank, filed it down at the ends and need to cut slots in it using my nut files using the old nut as a template for the slot positions.

But I've temporarily lost the blank and the old nut, which doesn't help.

And you'll also need a set of nut files, which aren't cheap.

[wazkelly]

Pardon my ignorance as mine was ordered nearly 3 years ago and paid extra to have DB do a bone nut and full neck setup and assumed they would be a standard width.

[Simon Barden]

For some strange reason, they aren't. You'd think it would make sense for the factory to make the necks the same width and use a common nut size, but obviously not. (Which then leads to the question, why can't they make a proper thin Jazz Bass neck?)

[wazkelly]

Yeah, thin J Bass neck would be a winner and probably ordered by everyone doing a bolt on F style Bass.

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[Fretworn]

It’s probably how they avoid the attention of IP lawyers........

[Souhail]

http://www.warmoth.com/Guitar/Necks/NutWidth.aspx

it's a nut size that exists "Vintage" my very old Yamaha has the same nut size, not a PG custom nut size .
i'll double (quadruple) check the size to be sure that it's a 1-5/8 (41,??mm) length and it's exactly the same size from E to E.
it looks like fender also uses this size on some of their guitars.



one of those two should be the exact size.

[Souhail]

Should have been this shot...
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Hi wazkelly,

I'm struggling with something that i'cant find an answer for.

How did you manage direct mount the pickups ?? Did you used the provided screws ?? Normally I need to replace them with wood screws??


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[Simon Barden]

You don't really want to use ordinary wood screws, but look for guitar or bass pickup mounting screws form guitar parts suppliers. Precision and Jazz bass pickups are both screwed directly into the body and normally have an unthreaded section by the head.

So look for something like this. https://www.allparts.uk.com/products...crews-for-bass

You'll also need some stiff neoprene foam to put under the pickups to support them and get them the right height.

So something like this https://www.allparts.uk.com/products...r-bass-pickups

Though you can normally find larger sheets of that foam on eBay for a similar price. You'll just need to work out the depth of foam you need. Better to get something thicker than necessary as you can always cut it down, otherwise go a lot thinner and build it up using several layers.