Well done El. Way beyond my abilities. I think I've done well after I've sanded a flat piece of wood!
rob
Well done El. Way beyond my abilities. I think I've done well after I've sanded a flat piece of wood!
rob
Pest- If it's finished in time....which it might not be. We will see.
Robin- thanks muchly, old bean! I am pretty pleased with how it's turning out. Hope the birthday boy is too!
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
looks sick El, well done, I'm taking the ama coats real slow but love the colour.
MOP looks slick !
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This coming together rather well, me thinks!/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Bass Guy on July 13, 2013, 14:29
Second coat of top coat. Starting to come together.
Gavmeister
Does the angle of the bridge posts look correct? To my eye it would seem the bass post is too far forward.
Has the factory drilled right-handed holes on a left-handed body?
And does it really matter too much?
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
It does look a little off. But it could just be a trick to the eye from the angles of the bridge and the body shape. Well that's what you can tell people anyway, lol.
I don't think it would affect anything, just the looks. Not that it looks that far out. You could always check it with for square off the pickups.
Just measured an 8mm difference- the top post-hole is 8mm forward of the the bottom one.
I am going to rely on the adjustability of the bridge to correct the majority of any intonation errors...plus I might be able to cheat the neck angle when I glue it in pace...
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
Ouch... I think that may indeed be the case, although I can hardly believe it. The bass side bridge post should be around 1.5-3mm further back than the treble post, so you may not have enough travel in the saddles to be able to get it intonated accurately. And, even if it can be intonated, it's certainly going to look even more 'unique' than it already did.Quote from Bass Guy on July 22, 2013, 18:13
Has the factory drilled right-handed holes on a left-handed body?
If you want to try intonating it, remember you can reverse the individual saddles so the 'slope' may gain you another mm or so of travel if you're desperate.
But, before you do anything... get some accurate measurements from the nut (or 12th fret) to each bridge post before deciding what to do.
(edit: ah, measurements already done)
Scott.
Crap. I was thinking you were talking about the tails stop. I didn't notice it was a lefty because of the angle of the bridge, I thought it was right handed.
The bridge is back to front. Usually the treble strings are closest to the nut.
Surely that would affect the intonation. You have got this far, you may as well throw the strings on and see if you can get proper intonation out of it.
I have measured from the 12th fret to the nut and got 313mm. Measuring from the 313mm to the brdge saddles there seems to be juuuuuuuuuuust enough play to intonate it. Phew.
"Music is in the air; it's my job to pull it out."- Jaco Pastorius
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