Well... I guess no guts, no glory.
Well... I guess no guts, no glory.
Thank you FrankenLab!
Well... the deed is done. Glued in the neck. Cleaned up all seepage as she sat all clamped up. Once the nut is filed and set up, I think the action will be good. The MusicMan Humbucker bridge pup is a bit wider than the string spacing. Maybe been placed too far off the bridge. I positioned center, and shimmied the pup towards the E string. The G string sits a bit off center of the pole. 24 hour wait. Then clear coat when the weather allows.
Cool! Update pics?Originally Posted by OctoberBassRCA-4
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Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
I still used a laser level. Found that it confirmed my indecision's. I did go thru and mount my E and G tuners, measured 34 inches from inside nut to 3/4 FORWARD bridge travel on the G string saddle. I strung line down across the neck, bridge. I'll add I purchased the KSM Full Contact Foundation bridge, clamped down, and measured, measured and measured. Clamps move, strings pull stuff out of line to be sure. My hope is I'm good.
I did drill my bridge saddle screws in today.
Is it me or is the hook on the neck upside down or is it a pseudo lefty?
Last edited by stuzl873213; 10-08-2019 at 08:04 PM.
For info you can see my history with a RC4 build by searching "RC-4 Stuarts project"
The only really annoying thing is that the pitbull RC4 wiring is wrong and can cause no output, history is in the thread.
So I received my kit Oct.2018. My intentions was as a Winter Project. Lol!
Good Lord. I admire you all who complete these builds in the fantastic manner and creativity you do, but, Oh man. I had No Idea.
This is my first build.
Without the dedicated time, tools and knowledge, it's all I think of Finishing this, I gotta wait. Life gets in the way. Lots of variables keep me from THIS! I'm as far as I am, with a lot of mistakes, and a lot to go. I love and hate it at the same time.
Is this normal?
Its completely normal OBRCA-4. I am on build 8 and they all progress very slowly. Unless you have great big blocks of time to do things, it gets done bit at a time, a coat here, a sanding there and eventually you get there.
My experiment number 2 in the Non PBG section has taken over 2 years, My reso is approaching that as well. Don’t sweat the speed, it only leads to rushing and rushing leads to unhappy results.
Nothing good ever gets done quickly!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
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