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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='84634' date='Nov 6 2007, 10:06 PM']What are good things to make for practicing using a router? I just bought one from Aldi, Gonna practice with the bits that come with it on scrap wood, and get some quality bits for anything real. I'm looking for the equivalent of making candlesticks when learning to use a lathe.[/quote]

Practice routing out pickup holes, neck pockets or control cavities?

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='84452' date='Nov 6 2007, 03:26 PM']I'd be inclined to use that bit in a hand powered tool rather than a powertool... you just know you'll give it a bit too much pressure [/quote]

I've got a vertical drill press, so all the control is in the wheel on the side. I don't think I'd be too keen on using one in a standalone power drill either. To be fair though, they don't cut that fast. You shouldn't be applying too much pressure anyway - let the bit do most of the work.

Does this neck seem a bit thin for a 5?

Nut - 43mm
Heel - 64mm wide at fret 19, 67mm wide at fret 24

866mm (34.1") scale.

Thoughts?

[quote name='machinehead' post='83949' date='Nov 5 2007, 01:11 PM']I've been looking at a USA jazz deluxe 5 string and I'm thinking of buying. It's a bit knackered. jack is cutting out, pots noisy but the main worry is that one of the pair of mother of pearl dot markers on the 12th fret is missing.

Can these be bought anywhere? All help appreciated.

Frank[/quote]

Generally only available in whole sets:

[url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts/Inlays"]http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/category/Hardware___Parts/Inlays[/url]
[url="http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/index.php?cPath=91007_91072"]http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/index...ath=91007_91072[/url]

And probably lots of other places.

[quote name='rapscallion' post='83119' date='Nov 3 2007, 01:09 PM']And won't make my guitar flammable!? [/quote]

No, it evaporates pretty quickly.

Welcome to the forum

[quote name='cai!' post='82016' date='Nov 1 2007, 12:21 AM']sh*t MAN I LOOK THAT!!! seriously it came out better than i was expecting! (no offence but homebuilds are v hard:))


youve done wel mate! i seriously love the finish, its just right

i bet that thing sounds like a beast! very unusual pickup positions [/quote]

Thanks

Yup, quite pleased with the way it all turned out, considering it was my first bash at this building lark. It does sound good, wide range of sounds from the wildly different pickups through the 2EQ and blend. The only down side is that the jazz pickup does get drowned out in the mix quite quickly when you start to blend it with the mm, but apart from that I can't complain. It's comfortable to play, stays in tune, sustains well, can't really ask for much more.

Thanks again for the kind words.

PMed

[quote name='Pbassred' post='81243' date='Oct 30 2007, 01:37 PM']I need to mount an extra pot through the bass body. All of the others are resessed ( i.e counterbored) into the electrics bay. The pot has a 10 mm thread and the body of the pot needs 25mm. I will hand drill it with a big brace and bit, but what about the drill bit itself. What type do I need?

There is the flat type which I often see used on chipboard, and there is the old fashioned spiral kind. The spiral ones are the type I associate with hand drills but I'm a metal worker, not a woodman. I just know that I need to cut a clean hole with a clean, flat bottom.[/quote]

You need a Forstner bit of the appropriate diameter. They drill nice clean holes with flat bottoms. I used one to sink the bushings for a neck mount I'm about to do, and it ended up like this:



This is a forstner bit:



This is one in action:


That the kind of thing you mean?

I want to fix that

[quote name='OldGit' post='76349' date='Oct 19 2007, 09:37 AM']How about wooden knobs?
[url="http://www.thgknobs.com/"]http://www.thgknobs.com/[/url]

Rich has some other maker's ones on his Shuker Jazz. They were very reasonable ...
[url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=2541&view=findpost&p=27037"]Rich's Wooden Knobbie Thread[/url][/quote]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

Ach, I like the speed knobs. I had some gold ones, but I'm glad I went with amber. I didn't even think of wooden knobs at the time but I do think they're pretty. I might well go with them for a future project.

I still haven't done anything about that godawful plywood control cavity cover yet

[quote name='beerdragon' post='75578' date='Oct 17 2007, 02:20 PM']Like he said, its rare, The Esquire turned into the Telecaster i think. maybe he has other bits and can get more selling them that way. mind you, you need an Esquire to put the pickguard on![/quote]

Kinda. I think the story goes that the 2 pickup Esquire became the Broadcaster (then the "No-caster" then the Telecaster), and the Esquire name was retained for the single pickup version. Hence this pickguard has no hole in it for a neck pickup.

What happened to the instruments they came off, that's what I'd like to know.

[quote name='dangerboy' post='75279' date='Oct 16 2007, 09:44 PM']Indeed it is.

Some previous owner has carefully removed the words 'Epiphone' and 'Gibson' from it though. I can't imagine why.[/quote]

Snobbery springs to mind.

Things are what they are. I have no problem with Epiphones - I think my EB-3 is gorgeous. In fact, in my youth on my LP Special II g**tar (horrible piece of plywood in the shape of a Les Paul), I took the "GIBSON" truss rod cover off, flipped it round and painted a big Epiphone E on it

The only reason I'd want a Gibson EB-3L is if I could get one with the slotted headstock. Now that is something my Epi will never have. But I doubt I'll ever be in a position to justify spending that much on a bass.

[quote name='dangerboy' post='75275' date='Oct 16 2007, 09:36 PM']Yep - my Epi Flying V bass has a set neck and two pickups. It's also up for sale dead cheap if any of you GASsed up guys fancy getting rid of those feeling for approx. 2% of what a vintage Gibson would cost...[/quote]

Is it short scale (30.5")? The info I was looking at suggested it was.

[quote name='steve-soar' post='75228' date='Oct 16 2007, 07:48 PM']Don't forget the solder sucker, to git rid if the old stuff if need be.[/quote]

+1

One of the best things I've ever got my hands on.

On a side note, anyone know where you get replacement tips for them, mine's getting a little burned away now.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='75214' date='Oct 16 2007, 07:07 PM']Neeph, is the body an Epiphone Korina? Then maybe a grabber neck?[/quote]

From all the info I can gather, the Epiphone Korina Flying Vs (bass or guitar) had set necks. Again, it was a dual pickup job.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='75072' date='Oct 16 2007, 02:24 PM']Its not really right to compare Squier to custom builds like Status or Shuker. Squier seem to be nice basses for the money and very popular amongst the financially constrained but I doubt anyone with the budget for a Shuker would buy a Squier instead.[/quote]

[i]There are certain basses that i just think look pretty sexy whoever is playing them. Here are some I've noticed[/i]

Cost isn't the criteria being discussed here.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='74765' date='Oct 15 2007, 08:10 PM']WOW, just checked out the real thing in the blue book.......... Holy Sh11te....... its gorgeous!

Neeph, you ever played one?[/quote]

No, never played one. I dunno about them or Explorers for that matter; I get a real 80's hair metal feeling from them. Now if you offered me a go on an RD Artist... mmmm

And that's it binned. Good.

[quote name='BassManKev' post='74082' date='Oct 14 2007, 10:44 AM']whats wrong with it?[/quote]

OK

1) Flying Vs have set necks, not bolt on.
2) The neck plate is from a Grabber
3) The neck is probably from a Grabber - if it's genuine at all
4) The pickup looks like the Grabber one - besides, a proper Flying V bass has 2 pickups
5.1) According to all the info I can find, the Flying V bass first came about in 1981
5.2) According to shipping records there were 2 Flying Vs total shipped in 1965, and they would have been guitars, not basses
5.3) The serial number quoted, if indeed it is right more likely belongs to a 1974/5 Grabber [i]if accompanied by a "MADE IN USA" stamp[/i], although God only knows where he dug that number up from - a genuine Grabber would have had the number embossed on the rear of the headstock. I see no sign of it in the supplied photo.

All in all, it looks like a butchered Grabber, and it stinks. Unless you want some Grabber spares, then get in there.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='74048' date='Oct 14 2007, 08:56 AM']I'm afraid I can't see the point.[/quote]

I'd file it under "because I can".

I nearly bust a gut laughing at this one:

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130163118071"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=130163118071[/url]

Do I need to go into the discrepancies?

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110179731093"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=110179731093[/url]

Anyone else smell guano? Especially nice touch is the stuff about Bonehead lifted links and all from Wikipedia

(link corrected - cheers Musky)

Woof!