Fishman

1 minute ago, stingrayPete1977 said:

The obvious choice would be both! 

you beat me to it!

get both – i had the same dilemma and have both

Excellent!

@Bigwan - I have a 2012 MBP running Mojave perfectly – did your installation fail?

@MoonBassAlpha is right to recommend Tim Turan at Turan Audio in Oxford – he's just mastered my LP and it sounds great – I spent the day at the studio which wasn't really necessary as he know's what's what and will respond positively to any feedback or requests

I think bandcamp do the conversion from WAV to MP3, FLAC etc – although I may be wrong – will find out shortly as this is where my stuff will be going

If you don't me asking out of curiosity, who are you using for the manufacturing?

I've designed many CDs over the years in my job as a graphic designer and have just started using this outfit with great results: https://www.bandcds.co.uk

For once the text on the spine was perfectly centred – many big budget projects I've worked on haven't achieved that!

Who's John Hall?

Purely for your amusement… 😁

https://www.dhgate.com/product/flame-maple-top-natural-burlywood-basswood/412971610.html#cppd-10-5|null:103:r1437307129

Thanks everyone – full report to follow

Thanks @Grangur and @fleabag

would the cover itself have something metallic to be grabbed by the magnets, perhaps a thin metallic film?

Does anyone have any idea what kind of magnets and what size would be best for this kind of thing

Currently on my build project there is a conventional screw-on cover but I would like something like this for quick access to the battery etc…

http://alpher.co.uk/bass-gallery/

when I said early summer, I didn't say which year, did I? 😊

Well, the Hipshot Kickass bridge arrived, but unfortunately won't be kicking any donkey on this bass – it almost sticks off the end of the body with the E string meeting the saddle at approx 70mm from the lower edge of the pickup. See the new body next to Stingray 1 below.

I will be using a Schaller 2000 which has a much smaller footprint – I have one on a jazz bass and it does everything it should. 

@Unknown_User not sure if it will be oil – more likely to be dye or stain – I'm still doing lots of youtube research etc

@fleabag If I lose my nerve on the black dye thing, blonde would be the next option, tru-oil or similar

Weirdly, the basschat grammar police have substituted (a-s-s) for donkey above –  it can't be edited!

Day 2 etc? Sounds like a fun thing to do – ah, then it loaded, ta

@Cuzzie it's a deal!

I had a spare neck so rather than sell it I had a new body made – I have all the parts except a bridge which will probably be a Hipshot Kickass

Spec as follows:

Swamp Ash body will be oiled black – not sure how best to do this yet, will consult here and test on some scrap wood

Pickups: Delano MC 4 HE/M2 and Delano JC 4 HE/M2

Preamp: ACG 01 (John East)

Scratchplate: White Pearloid, with matching cavity control cover

Watch this space (but don't hold your breath!) – hopefully all done by early Summer

What's the best approach to accurately drilling and attaching a bridge into a new body – any advice appreciated

thanks @toneknob i always was about 7 years behind the times 🐌

I was lucky enough to see Ian Dury and The Blockheads in 1978 at the New Theatre in Oxford – as was normal for the times, they came onstage wearing brown paper bags on their heads – saw Wilko supporting the Stranglers around 2007 with Norman and Dylan – can't help thinking that the period since the 60s/70s has probably been the best – is the future going to be any good? discuss!

me neither!

I hear on the grapevine that Colin Greenwood from Radiohead bought Norman Watt-Roy's jazz bass from Andy Baxter – nice that it's gone to someone cool!

btw, where's rest of the Wal gone?

nice work going on at the unicorn workshop – i've got a Wal preamp and pickup knocking around, maybe Unicorn could be the choice for adding some wooden bits to the parts

Thanks everyone – I will just give it a quick rub down with some sand paper and hopefully that will satisfy me – there's obviously quite a lot to consider and as I have around 10 other basses to choose from this will be low on the priority list 😎

Thanks @Manton Customs and @mybass – in the words of David Bowie, I am an absolute beginner – if I can be bothered with this I will take the cautious, sand-paper-based approach

Interesting info about the depth of the truss rod in the middle – I didn't realise this, so thanks for that

I will certainly post here if this project takes off

Cheers!