Just a quick update.
The cost of this ‘putting basses together’ business sure racks up if you don’t keep an eye on it doesn’t it? To be fair, rather than trawling web sites like some insomniac skip rat, I’ve taken the easy route and bought a few bits new rather than used, so I only have myself to blame really.
Most of the pieces have either arrived or are now en route. Full list as follows:
Squier CV Jazz bass body colour white (to be re-finished)
MIM Fender Flea ‘61 Jazz bass neck
@KiOgon stack pot control plate and harness (knobs to follow)
Lindy Fralin Jazz bass pick-up’s
Fender Vintage Bass Bridge (en route)
Fender big ‘F’ neck plate
Vintage White 10 hole scratchplate/pickguard
Fender scratchplate/pickguard screws (en route - old ones were mank)
Shielding tape/wire/pickup foam (foam en route)
La Bella 760FS Deep Talkin’ Flat Wound Strings (en route)
I have yet to tackle the routing issue. The control plate does actually fit in the body, but it’s very snug. I’m not kidding myself, I know I will need to make the cavity bigger, but as there is no soldering involved, I’m thinking I could put it together so it makes some noise first and see where we go from there. I’m ahead of schedule in respect of the body going to paint, so why not?
I’m 99.9% sure what the final colour will be, but we’ll save that for another day.
No spoilers please. You know who you are 😎.