First Build IB-5

[Fretworn]

Attachment 4510
Is this a glue spot?

Definitely looks like it. You can see a bit of glue on the other side of the join and it doesn't conform with the grain pattern so I doubt it is a grain anomaly.

[asarge]

Well, it's been a while. But with daylight savings I'm getting a bit of time with my bass.
I'm attempting to get all the holes drilled and routing the control cavity before I start sanding.
I attempted to rout around the control cavity so the cover will sit flush with the body.
It's routed, but in my head it was going to be neater tha what I ended up with lol. Oh well, live and learn.
I have the neck on at the moment (I hope everything is square).
Now I want to mount the bridge. What is the best method to work out the correct position?
The 12th fret being the half way point makes sense to me, but there is a video clip saying that it's not always the case.
Now I'm not sure what to do. What about centering the bridge? Is it just by stringing it up with some string or the bass strings and doing it by eye or is there a way to measure it?

[asarge]

Well, after quite some time I have finally got a little bit of time to work on this.
I decided to do it a bit different. After sanding I used some brown filler and sanded some more. I quite enjoyed the sanding.
Today I have waxed the body. I hope it works. I just need to remember to keep the wax up to it.
Next is fitting the tuners.
Any tips on getting them all lined up. I think I would like to have them angled back a bit like the Warwicks. It just feels right when tuning lol.

[Simon Barden]

I'd run a thin bit of tape down the centreline of the headstock to act as a baseline. Then cut a bit of card into a triangular shape, with one of the angles (highlight this corner) matching the angle you want the tuners to be at. Then fit and tighten the tuners so that they can still move a bit, angle them so that they line up with the edge of the triangle when the other edge is placed along the baseline. Then tighten up the tuner nuts fully. Check again (in case the tightening moved them), and when happy, mark and drill (or simply drill) through the anti-rotation screw hole, fit the screws and there you are.

[asarge]

Good idea, I'll give it a try.

The wiring diagram for the pickups show 2 wires, my pickups have 3 groups of wires.
Black, green with braid and red with white.
Any ideas ow to wire these up?

[WeirdBits]

The kits used to come with two wire pickups hence the diagram, but now are being shipped with four wire versions. Black should be your 'hot', the green & bare is your 'ground/shield' and the joined red and white is the series link connecting the two coils inside the pickup.

If you're not going to be doing any fancy coil splitting then insulate the ends of the red/white wires so they can't short with anything, then just connect the black as hot and green/bare are ground/shield as per the diagram.

[asarge]

Awesome, thanks for that.