Fishman

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?

or is that the back?

mains cable into the front panel – that's not weird 🙃

I may rename this as the slowest build ever, but I see that thread title has already been taken – I've been waiting for the return of my ACG-01 preamp from the repairman for ages now and have bought a replacement to get things moving – once that's arrived it's final sand and re-dye, then lift off. I snagged a minty, cheap used Schaller 2000 bridge from Reverb and have nicked the chrome bits and put them on the black bridge – idea stolen from the Simms Lionheart basses. Not long now!

I thought there would be a difference of preferences – my first fretless was a Wal that had them where the frets would be – I wasn't really good enough to play fretless then, but now it's all good – sadly the Wal is no longer mine (though they are over-rated and well over-priced in my opinion, having owned two). There, cat among the pigeons time now maybe…

glow in the dark = smart idea – no lines though = yikes!

Same position as on a fretted neck or in line with the frets? I have an ebony fretless neck that has dots between the fret lines and I find it a bit confusing when I move from fretted to fretless My preference for my new build will be for faint fret lines and dots on the 3rd, 5th line etc What do you fretless types prefer?

Bought a couple of MM pick guards from @Old Horse Murphy – perfect transaction – thanks Nick!

which one is best for bass - recommendations please

Thanks @Jabba_the_gut - pm sent to Mr Murphy

Thanks @AndyTravis for the suggestion, will pm him

Does anyone have one of these in .ai or .pdf form, or any digital format for that matter? Got to make a clear one for a custom pickup arrangement

Yes to Bowie at the MK Bowl – my first time there – got there at midday and waited for what seemed like an eternity for DB to come on!

This is great, especially at 14:11

Thanks everyone for your input – I think I will go for a flat board on my new build. I have a 70s Aria jazz with an almost flat board and I really like it compared to my Stingrays and Precisions. One thing that occurred to me is that a lot pickups have a raised D and A pole pieces – I have a Hausell Triplebucker going in which has level pole pieces so no problem there

Thanks chaps – anyone tried the low-tension LTF-4A La Bella strings?

Is it medium-scale I'm after, as it's string-through? I don't want to get it wrong what with the cost of good flats

Thanks @Twincam – I thought it might be a subjective thing – and no chance of using a bow either, not that I would do such a thing unless I came over all avant-garde like

What are the pros and cons of a flat board?

Your workshop is like mine! Good work!