JB-4L (Jazz Bass Left Handed)

[christodav]

Me too!!!

Chris

[Keith Walters]

Hi Colin,
I have some of the Scandinavian Oil as well, but nothing beats the Gilly Stephenson Cabinet Wax. You can get it in Bunnings, and it's not expensive. Also the tin I have is about 8 years old and it's still OK. If you scratch your guitar you can fix it in no time with that stuff.

I'll probably try putting the strings on tomorrow.
I'm not convinced intonation is so critical on a Bass, because you don't normally play it that far down the neck.
It's much more important on a 6-string, but I'd never try to build one of those; I've left that to the experts!

[Keith Walters]

Hi Keith
One thing I discovered when I put the kit together, the output jack was not tight. I had to unscrew the knob plate and tighten it after the first try into an amp. Might be worth a quick check before you screw the plate down.
And the intonation is important. Took me forever to get it right, but my hearing is not great.

Don't you normally use a guitar tuner?
I noticed the output socket is a bit ordinary-looking. Since I plan to add on-board electronics at some point I'll be replacing it with a stereo socket to do the battery switching. Cutting the hole for a mini-USB charging socket will be a challenge!

[Keith Walters]

Used a tuner.
Fine for tuning the strings but problematic for getting the intonation right.
Used an amp with a built in tuner and kept going until the intonation was right.

OK. I know there's a lot of to-ing and fro-ing involved, but I didn't think you needed particularly accurate hearing. Actually my old-fashioned Korg tuner with the mechanical meter is quite a bit easier to use than the more recent digital types.
Of course, the best was the old Conn stroboscope with the spinning disc and the neon light modulated by the guitar signal. You could see everything at once on those.