My first pitbull, IB-5 five string bass.

[Brendan]

Tindrrel - that's the one - I've consolidated it and put it in a separate thread to make it easier to find. I use it each time I build a hardtail.

[Tindrrel]

Tindrrel - that's the one - I've consolidated it and put it in a separate thread to make it easier to find. I use it each time I build a hardtail.

Funny that I found the original bits instead of the consolidated one though. Got a direct link?

[Brendan]

Predrill as many as you can before sanding, etc - minimises chances of damage to the finish later on. BTW - welcome along - I'm half way through sanding my IB-5 - have stopped to get some work done on a JBA-4M.

[Tindrrel]

Predrill as many as you can before sanding, etc - minimises chances of damage to the finish later on.

I guess that makes the decision about the bridge. The included one seems fairly high mass. I briefly thought about a Badass V, but they seem to be rare and expensive - and I don't want it to delay having fun building this thing.

BTW - welcome along - I'm half way through sanding my IB-5 - have stopped to get some work done on a JBA-4M.

Thanks!

[Brendan]

Yep as it should be - few things worse than being 10mm short on a wire...

[Brendan]

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=3048 - under my name - only because I cut it all out and put it in as a separate thread. DB's work.

[Tindrrel]

It also reminds me that I hoped to recess the control cavity cover. I should do that before I get into the sanding too.

And look into sourcing a replacement bit of perspex that doesn't have the edges already bevelled.

Which puts me back to sourcing parts, as I shouldn't route the recess until I have the replacement perspex, in case it's a different thickness.

[Brendan]

One thing to be careful about when changing bridges on the PitBull gear is that the guitars are built for the bridges that they come with. Generally not a major issue, but if you end up with a bridge that's lowest configuration is still higher than the kit one, you can end up with a horrible action - or needing to do some more work like recess the bridge or shim the neck to get the strings down. I swapped out a Jazz bass bridge for a high mass bridge (see it here http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=2174&page=3) - and needed to recess the bridge to get it playable.

[Brendan]

Agreed. Check out Tim's Cthulu build - from memory he ended up using some green see through perspex - end result was pretty cool...

[Tindrrel]

Remembered I had a sheet of black 2mm perspex stashed already.

Time to get out the off cuts and practice routing a recessed shape. Tomorrow, anyway.