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not a bad idea, and not too expensive. Id get the dremel sander bit and a tiny router bit

A harley benton fiver?

Fretless though. Otherwise id be in there.

Well i wired nother bass up, and i was getting the same popping sound. I've rubbed the pickguard and metal parts with a microfiber cloth, to remove any static, and its had a noticeable effect. The pop is still there, but much much quieter. I may just need to shield the cavities too, but that'll be at a later date now.

I thought the thunderbirds were slightly shorter scale, not 30 1/2 but like 33 or something.

On my own, i can write easier as i know myself and i can flow. In the band, its hard to make myself heard, so i tend to just play generic crap. HAd a talk with the guitarist, and i think we're going to work on the issue. Theory used to be okay, on violin, about 15 years ago. Not much exists these days.

@ikay, yeah, thats going straight to the bridge earth. And @meddle, thats also been suggested to me too. But ive had basses without shielding that have been popping free, so this confounds the matter for me.

Seems like someone else is making them out of skateboards these days. I came across a guy on instagram doing it a few years ago, and modelled my travel guitar on one. looks like more and more people are doingt he same. https://www.instagram.com/skateguitars/?hl=en how a "proper" one looks

As per the title. The stagg version usually goes for £100-150, whereas this guy is asking £500. A search brings up an auction which it was estimated for between £60-100, but sold for £220. Unless i'm mistaken, someone has overpayed after misinterpreting the headstock name. link [url="https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/fenderman-bass-guitar/1255648239"]https://www.gumtree....itar/1255648239[/url]

I've just put some new components into my bass (ricky 4001) and soldered them all in. Now, ive been working on guitars for years, and wiring them up isnt a problem. But i almost always seem to get a popping sound when touching the bridge with my finger. I'm aware that this normally means its not earthed properly, but ive tried a few methods of wiring up the pots, but i don't think i've found the correct method yet. For this bass, ive wired the earth leads pot to pot, joining them all to one of the tone pots. Ie, switch-neck vol-neck tone, bridge vol-bridge tone-neck tone. The neck tone then goes to the jack earth. What method of joining these points up do you use to get rid of the pop. Its haunting me.