Yes, I did look at them *before* my first postOriginally Posted by Cliff Rogers
. Helpful yes, but not all was explained because the focus tended to be one one model. Not all instruments are the same, or we'd all be playing either a Gibson Les Paul or a Fender P bass
. A re-read of some of those did make a bit more sense.
Yeh, while exploring strings I came across a video titled "Hofner Ignition violin bass upgrade". It gave me a good look at the Hof, both Chinese made and German. The strap button was indeed on the body, just below the heel. I have also seen a pic of a non-Hof with it on an angle on the side of the neck in the heel aria. The vid also gave me a good look at the pick guard. The German made Hof had it floating more than 5mm off the deck! The Chinese one had spacers under the guard where it screws to the body in addition to that bracket.Starting with the plastic box...
The other thing is a pickguard bracket, mounted like in the pic. It's common if you add the pickguard on an archtop.
3. Strap buttons, yes. The front one goes roughly where this fellow has his. Usually on or just behind the heel.
Your dry fit looks reasonably good, so this many not be an issue, but really the most important thing before drilling holes is to make sure that the strings align well with the bridge--or in this case the tailpiece. Since this has a floating tailpiece, a mm one way or the other should not make too much difference.
My screw up with the pickup alignment is no biggie fortunately. I was never intending on using the pick guard that came with the kit. Whilst I don't use a pick, one day I might. I have some black pearl material coming. It's actually a guard for a strat, so I'm hoping there is enough material for both the guard and the control plate.
During dry fit, the end of the neck was square with the pickups. I'll do another dry fit before gluing the neck, with the outer strings to see if it naturally sits where it should. I can tweak it if needs be and give the end a quick touch up on the disk sander to fit flush with the pickup.
So... progress. I gave the body and neck a sanding and stained them with Color Tone Cherry Red stain. This was purchased pre-mixed. I put on two coats with 24 hours between coats (probably unnessisary), The second coat realy didn't look any different to the first upon drying.
I'll give it a week before the next stage.
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