Jabba_the_gut

Mike, I'll take a shirt from you. Will pm you later. Was a great event and wouldn't want to see you out of pocket after all your and the other scrumpies hard work. Will have to be a large shirt after all that great food and cake..... Was a great day and I hope there is a similar event next year. Cheers

[quote name='derreybass' timestamp='1491173465' post='3271048'] Thanks to all involved, it was a splendid day all round. Thanks again to the ladies for the lovely food and great to be able to put faces to names. Some excellent work from Jabba, great to see someone putting doors and bits of furniture to Sound use! Jabba if you remember where you got the piezo from can you let me know? Put me down for the next year so nice to meet so many great people. Brilliant! Hope the recording came out alright Phil. [/quote] Pm'd

I'd just like to add my thanks to Mike and the Scrumpys for a really enjoyable day. The atmosphere was really welcoming and the food was lovely - a very big thanks for that!! My wife and kids really enjoyed the cup cakes given to me for them to eat on the way home - a lovely touch and much appreciated. Both the venue and weather were perfect. If there's one next year then put my name on the list.... It was great to be able to put faces to names I've seen on here before and to get to try out some different gear (I really would like an RH450 now - great piece of kit!). It was also very interesting talking to the guys from Gillett, Chowny and Retrovibe guitars. Everybody at the bash was friendly and chatty, made for a great day. Thanks again!

Unfortunately, work has prevented me getting quite as much done as I wanted...... Shaped the nut end of the fretboard and head - no the best picture but you get an idea of the shape.

This is the first time I have ever had to leave negative feedback on Basschat for anyone. I paid Steve for an EMG MM pickup four weeks ago and paid for next day delivery. Long and the short is that after the first week or so there have been no replies, no parcel tracking number, no pickup and no refund. Be very careful. Update 01 July 2017. The pickup finally arrived today four months after originally paying for it and after many sent e-mails. No further messages or explanation were ever received from Steve.

Just sorting out what stuff to bring. I'll bring a few home made basses, a Markbass Blackline 250 head and either an Eden EX110 or TC RS112. Looking forward to it!!

Schaller did a Bridge model number 460 which still appear on eBay from time to time. It's a 2 point mounting but not sure of the width.

Be interested in watching this and what headless system / approach you use - I bought a headless Moses neck for a project I'm planning soon. That cross section may be a challenge!! Good luck!!

I've some fairly light shaping for arm and belly - I think this is enough so 'just' and overall sand required........ You can see the hole for the pickup wire quite easily on this picture. Where possible, I try to drill these in the wings before I glue them on. I find this easier then trying to aim a long drill later on. Takes a little more planning at first but when you have drilled through the body before in the wrong place with a long drill, you don't want to do it again!!

Andy, I think that hits the nail on the head. There are some items that are discussed that [i]assume[/i] certain background knowledge / experience, or follow on from other threads and could be read out of that context. We all fall in to this trap when we discuss ideas or try to problem solve! Jez

First pass at edge rounding done...I'm starting to like the look of this! I add a block to the neck pocket to save anything from splitting whilst I'm doing this And the back has had the first bit of rounding done. Need to decide on shaping now back and front for arm and belly.

Neck ferrule holes routed and control cover template cut.... And spalted cover made.

Cover pocket cut - just need to make the cover now.... [url=http://imgur.com/b7lnB4p][/url]

That looks like a pretty clean break - are you going to get it repaired?? The Greeks Spector looked worse than than but turned out a treat.

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1489917067' post='3260720'] Lovely work as usual Jabba. Will this one make it to the Mids Bass Bash? [/quote] Yep - even if it isn't complete I'll be bringing it along. Hopefully it will be working even if I haven't completed the finish. Looking forward to the bash - be interested in seeing how you Tele is coming along. Cheers

Keep an eye on Freecycle or similar for unwanted wooden things or possibly pay a visit to your local recycling place. Potentially places for free or cheap wood - good to practice on if nothing else. There are also wood recycling places that have all sorts of hardwood - have a look online and see if there is one near you. Cheers

Just looked a the drawing from that link an it reckons 29mm long. If you do need to use a drill to make a larger hole, fill in the old one with a wooden dowel first so the drill doesn't wander. If you do use one of these sockets with a bigger diameter hole, you could move the position by a few mm which may give you a little more room i.e. The new hole doesn't need to be centred over the old one so long as it includes the old one (if that makes sense).

You could increase the hole diameter and use something like a Neutrik latching socket which are about 27mm long including pins. http://www.neutrik.com/en/audio/plugs-and-jacks/locking-1-4-chassis-jacks/

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1489878271' post='3260577'] +1 on David Dyke.... the good thing is when your finished and your not [i]quite[/i] happy.....just build another And so its starts [/quote] 'And so it starts ' made me laugh out loud!!

[quote name='Norris' timestamp='1489604833' post='3258351'] It does seem like there will be an awful lot of kit there if everyone brings what they have mentioned. I won't be bringing anything except hopefully be thinline Telecaster guitar I've been building as I know it's of particular interest to some of the other builders that are attending. I live in the village though and can quickly pop home to fetch anything else that people may want to try. I'll also try to sort a suitable raffle prize and maybe a cake too [/quote] I'm looking forward to seeing your Telecaster, even though it has too many, thin strings...!!

Next job is to cut the control cavity cover - I'll use an offcut of the spalted beech for this - and to make the pocket on the back of the bass for this. After that will come the rounding over of the edges of the body, then neck shaping......

I used a rough template to make a neater one for cutting the control cavity. The pocket has been cut to the depth of the wenge veneer. The neck pocket has been cut and the neck sits quit nicely - I'm pleased with this. Just need to cut access to the truss rod.

Managed to spend a few more hours on this so have completed a few routing jobs. First up was to tidy up the outline using the body template and a template cutter on the router. Then I made a simple template for the pickup and routed the pocket for that. Then I needed to make templates for each one of the remaining cuts so I started making these from 8mm MDF. I need templates for the neck pocket, control cavity and for the cavity cover. Stating the obvious, but the neck pocket needs to be accurate and aligned with the centre line of the bass so this aligns with the bridge. This really is the step where you measure twice and cut once!! I find it useful to have two rulers that lie down each edge of the neck in order to determine the alignment. The template needed a little repair as the bearing on the cutter worked loose during this and took off a little more than I wanted. MDF template can easily have strips of cardboard or veneer superglued and sanded to make small differences to the pocket sizes to get an accurate fit - you can see both on this neck pocket template.

I've bought some nice light(ish) swamp and from Tonetech before. David Dyke is another place to try. Both of these suppliers have been really helpful, especially David Dyke, even though I've only buying one of two pieces at a time. I would think both of these would look through what they have to select you a lighter weight piece. I recently bought two neck blanks from David Dyke over the phone - the two pieces that arrived were really nice and generously sized. One of the neck blanks might even be big enough to get a second neck from... Timber yards have nice selection but might only sell you an entire board which may be 6 feet long minimum. Or you could use a front door....

That is looking really nice so far - that top has a lovely grain.