TLB4M - Finally getting around to building this one

[Danglez]

Hi,

I've probably had this kit for over a year trying to decide what I wanted to do with it. It came to me one night recently in a flash of (drunken) inspiration and a few mouse clicks later the build was underway.

Biggest decision was the pickup as routes have to be done from scratch with this kit. Went with a Nordstrand MM humbucker with the matching 3 band active pre. Next came the Babicz full contact bridge. Hipshot ultralite tuners and a blank tele control plate to take the 3 knobs. Olympic white Nitro to finish.

Have already Tru-Oiled the neck.

A mate is helping me with the pickup route, we should be done with that this week.

A few mockup shots.

Cheers,

Dan

[Danglez]

OK so the body routing is done. Ready for finishing.

[Dan_B]

I like the idea of this. Looks really cool.

[FrankenWashie]

That’s a CHUNKY pickup! I like where this is going.


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[Fretworn]

OK so the body routing is done. Ready for finishing.

Are you going to stick with the pick guard? If you do would you consider reshaping it to remove the unnecessary bridge cut?

[aido78]

What is that pickup...it looks like one from a musicman bass?

[Danglez]

https://nordstrandaudio.com/collecti...s/the-bigman-4

I am contemplating the pickguard question. I have a sheet of 3 ply wbw that I thought of using. Still not 100% sure if I want a pickguard at all. Will see how it looks once I've got some finish on it.