Fishman

spot the bird's face 😃

ace work all round - the j retro is the business!

i'm gonna go with the router – scary, but I have confidence 😉 Thanks for all the replies and sound advice

it's just a smidgen to accommodate the Haussell MM pickup – the body is a new one and the short edge is not quite right, just a couple of mm nearer the bridge I will experiment with a chisel on some scrap, but although I'm a novice, I have done a few bits and pieces that have been better with the router It's part of a slooooooow build thread so I'll update there soon

one more question… what cutting depth do I need on the router bit? It's for running along the edge of my Stingray pup cavity

no Status logo on headstock or is it hidden in a reflection or whatever?

Alas, no longer mine, but thought I'd better record my ownership here, for no particular reason. I bought the fretless in 1988 from ABC Music in Oxford – it started life as a fretless and was fretted in the first year – Pete confirmed this to me when I took it over for some fettling of the electronics back in 2007. I had it returned to it's original fretless state by Paul Herman via Charlie Chandler's just after Pete passed away. I wonder where they are now? Fretted is W2446 and the fretless is W2516 😥

Thanks chaps – tungsten carbide it is then

I need a 1/4 inch diameter router bit for enlarging an existing pickup cavity – what type and brand should I buy? All advice appreciated

no screws

and another – I got mine from here: https://www.facebook.com/TONE5PARTS/

another neck plate supplier if you need it: https://tlcguitargoods.com/en/neck-plate-bass-6-hole-music-man-style-stainless-steel.html

I have this template too – bought from The Netherlands – you're right, it's out on every measurement

Have you got a link for this please? David Dyke's Instagram

I know what you mean! I'm working from home and can't help but pick up a bass in my office several times day 😀

I'm nearing the end of the slowest build ever and I'm thinking of what to put on top of the Fiebings black leather dye I've applied to the swamp ash – my question is, what are the best options for a durable satin finish over the dye? Will the solvents in wax, tru-oil, etc reactivate the dye and lift it, or is there something better out there – advice please!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Custom-luthier-built-Hanlon-Musicman-stingray-fender-jazz-hybrid-bass-guitar/124174692298?hash=item1ce9636fca:g:GHsAAOSw0BVeru4r

Wow! As a photographer who does lots of professional retouching, albeit in Photoshop, I take my hat off to this chap – watched at x2 speed

Tidy routing!

Thanks @Happy Jack – I knew there would be good reason as soon as I posted 🤐

how did this work out?

ah yes, I have some of that and will try it and report back, thanks @BassBunny

sanded out – what am I saying?! The guard has a kind of rough surface

Anyone know how to get rid of these? Can they be sanded out or polished out?