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This is fascinating reading, very best of luck with your 'quest' I can totally understand your reasons for starting this project and admire your tenacity Have you seen any of the builds which Gail Yarron has shown on the TDPRI site, he has a similar obsessive nature, particularly in his Les Paul build, but he is a bass player foremost with a particular soft spot for Precisions Here is a link to a list of his build diaries [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/search.php?searchid=7145695"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/search.php?searchid=7145695[/url] thanks for posting this Rick Harry

Forgive me if this has already been done but I don't recall ever seeing it before now. I've just posted this link in another section for someone who was looking for templates for a bass build There are lots of them on this site along with loads of other interesting stuff, it's been updated since the last time I looked at it and consequently I'm now daydreaming about a Jag bass build Hope it helps someone out Harry [url="http://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6&start=0"]http://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6&start=0[/url]

Try this site, there's allkinds of stuff here [url="http://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6&start=0"]http://www.gitarrebassbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=6&start=0[/url] the bass plans are further down towards the bottom, I've used the P bass plans which are named "comparison" and the headstock one too. Just print them off, piece it together like a jigsaw and then stick it to some mdf or ply and sand it to shape good luck Harry

I hate to get back to the point, but.......the poles on the Duncan MM pickup I put in my Blingray build were like that. They cleaned up fine with a bit of careful rubbing with wet and dry (used dry) try to follow the grinding marks on the top of the pole

Hi Jez, this will be scratch build #2 I presume?...............very nice job sir! I have read about and used superglue, not sure how good Titbond(?) fnar fnar,(Titebond) or epoxy is, but like yourself I did a fair bit of reading up on it beforehand and ended up just as confused. It seems everyone has their favourite method and they all seem to hold the frets in well enough. I decided in my case that as it was my first fret job I would use superglue and do just a few frets at a time. It worked out quite well and the only thing I will do differently next time (and there WILL be a next time) is to try the pre-bent fretwire which comes ready cut.......I found it a right pain bending it to a consistent radius. While I'm on, the build I'm just about to start on features a lot of wenge.......a wenge neck and fingerboard.....did you cut the fret slots on your neck yourself, if so how did it work out....any tips as I've read that wenge is quite splintery but worth the effort in the end good luck with yours Harry

That's bang tidy

Nice one Tom Will you be using one of your tasty pre-amps in there?

I wonder how many other well known sessioneers couldn't/can't read notation......Jamerson,Dunn? I should think in Pino's case his reputation precedes him to some extent and people employ him for his sound and style or feel and therefore give him a reasonably free hand at what he does, in the way they would if they had someone like David Gilmour playing on their track

Best of luck sir

The bloke in these threads is very resourceful, he makes tort pickup covers and just about everything else on his builds [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2010-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/202233-2010-tdpri-%24210-challenge-koelcaster-3.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2010-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/202233-2010-tdpri-%24210-challenge-koelcaster-3.html[/url] [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263848-oiguns-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread-4.html"]http://www.tdpri.com/forum/2011-tdpri-tele-build-challenge/263848-oiguns-2011-tdpri-build-challenge-thread-4.html[/url] intersting reading even if you don't feel like having a go at it, you may be able to get someone else to do it for you good luck Harry

I PM'd Spencer yesterday soon after WWcringe and just missed the GK but you might still be lucky with the cab Good luck Sharkfinger

This is getting serious

I've never owned a Warwick, sadly, but I do still have have a mint 20 year old Korean Fender Dg41s dreadnought and would highly recommend it It is as good as any American Fender instrument I have owned or tried and would hold its own In every way the with lower priced Martin acoustics Don't mistake Korean made guitars for poorer relatives, in my experience this is just not the case I would say try each one you come across on it's own merits but keep an eye out for the German ones which seem to represent a second hand bargain

Sounds like a cool project, didn't NIle Rogers use a plexiglas strat at one point? I think Goldfrapp's bassist used a plexiglas precision Did you read all of Scatterlee's thread on building his plexiglas Telecaster? He even made thebridge and neck, all from a skip! This should look awesome when you're done

Search eBay for truss rod wrench, a shop in Wigan are selling some, 6mm and 6.35mm

Very slick

You might be able to save some elbow grease by steaming those last scratches out. Nice looking body by the way, when it comes to grain filling,Rustins is quite good and cheap too Good luck Harry

If you are interested in aftermarket pickups and electronics cloned on the Wal innards, try a search on Talkbass in the "pickups and electronics" section for a thread called "I won the Wal pickup on e-bay" At the end of the thread an American pickup maker called SGD Lutherie is making quad coil pickups and filter pre's emulating the Wal design