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[quote name='OldGit' post='146594' date='Feb 25 2008, 02:15 PM']That looks great .. I've just got an Artec SE2A for my Project SX P bass. No room for the battery so I need to fit a rear battery box. Is it hard to do with a basic hand router?[/quote] Virtually foolproof if you make a template first. It's all in the template. Get a piece of MDF most of the size of the body. The trick is to make sure that you've got template material over the neck pocket and the control cavity for easy clamping points that won't mar the finish in any way. Measure your battery box. Now comes the maths. Decide what router bit you're using. Needs to be deep (I used a 50mm deep cutter) and you're unlikely to get one thinner than 12mm at that length. Most routers come with a guide bush that screws into the router base. It's usually 30mm wide. Assuming you use these figures (12mm cutter, 30mm guide bush), then you'll need to make your template 9mm bigger all round (from the centre of the cutter, the bush is 15mm away and half the cutter's diameter is 6mm, so 15-6 = 9mm difference). Cut out your template. I use the router to do this too. Measure from the extremity of the cutter you're using to the flat edge of the base plate. Clamp a straight edge the required distance away from your template hole and use this to guide the router along the edge of the hole, one side at a time. Do a test first! Fit the guide bush to the router. Clamp the template to some scrap wood block and do a test rout. Let the guide bush ride along the edge of the template. Check that your battery box will fit. Also, don't strain the router or the bit by trying to be a hero and doing the hole all in one. I do it in 10mm steps using the depth gauge on the router. For a battery box like the one above, you have to go down about 33mm if memory serves, the side on boxes are shallower, but require a bigger template. Your other option is to make the template the exact size you need and use a router bit with a roller guide at the top of the cutter. The roller will follow the edge of the guide. As you plunge further down the roller will follow the hole itself. Practice makes perfect. I remember the first rout I did took hours, I was so nervous.

[quote name='SJA' post='146582' date='Feb 25 2008, 02:02 PM']aren't the Musicmaster machineheads non-standard? I'm pretty sure you can't get a Hipshot detuner in the exact style of the ones on the bass in the bass porn forum.[/quote] Depends on the age. Later ones used normal fender branded 1/2" post tuners. '71 MM later MM

Ha, I just got rid of one of those sets of drinking chess on freecycle - someone gave me it years ago and I never used it. Got a taker within 15 minutes. Sounds about right for Aberdeen. Never saw the point in it personally - chess is a thinking game of skill, strategy and judgement - you can't play it drunk.

Very Gibson-esque cherry red finish - very nice indeed

[quote name='Mcgiver69' post='145696' date='Feb 23 2008, 06:54 PM']Hey how do those Artec SE2A sound? I'm really tempted to buy one for a project I putting together.[/quote] Pretty good range of sounds available, depending of course on what kind of pickups you're using. I used an Artec SE-2 in my first self build in conjunction with an MM humbucker and a Jazz single coil. That can do anything from mud to twang. I'll try and put some sound clips together.

[quote name='pete.young' post='145389' date='Feb 22 2008, 10:54 PM']Very neat job. Where did you get your Artec and the stacked pot from?[/quote] Thanks for the kind words. I got my Artec from an eBay seller in Singapore, and the knob came from axesrus. Edit: I misread you - the stacked pot comes with the SE-2A - it's attached to a small circuit board. Also you can get Artec gear from Thomann.

I thought I caught a glimpse of the 3 pickups of a G3... [url="http://www.gibsonbass.com/grabberG3.php"]http://www.gibsonbass.com/grabberG3.php[/url]

You may recall a while ago that I added a string hold down bar to my OLP MM3. Well, it pinged out under the stress of the strings. Oops. Never mind, it spurred me on to make more improvements! 1. Accursed break angle at the nut, remixed: got myself a Hipshot 3 string retainer. Covered up the mess left by the failed string hold down bar. Looks really neat too 2. Active 2 band EQ: Hated the standard wiring (2 volume (1 for each coil of the humbucker) and 1 passive tone) so installed an Artec SE-2A. New config: 1 blend pot (all rear coil > both full > all front coil), master volume, stacked treble/bass. 3. Battery box: for testing I found a space underneath the pickguard and wedged the battery in with foam, but for the permanent fixture I had to get the router out. It's a much more useful instrument now. Incidentally, I discovered that OLP used linear pots for that wonderful "all or nothing" feel. Joy.

OK, done. I'm not going to make any more changes to it right now. If you have spotted something that needs improving, go into the wiki and change it yourself. That's the whole point of it being a wiki!

[quote name='queenofthedepths' post='145043' date='Feb 22 2008, 01:50 PM']I take it you're referring to this bit: I believe it should read:[/quote] Doh, cheers for that. At some point in the calculation, I made the shipping costs disappear. If only I could perform that trick outside a wiki article

[quote name='Toasted' post='145045' date='Feb 22 2008, 01:51 PM']Also, VAT is charged on goods and shipping. [b]Import duty is only charged on the goods.[/b][/quote] [quote name='HMRC']Customs duty - this is usually charged as a percentage of the value. The percentage varies depending on the type of goods and their country of origin. Duty is charged on the price paid for the goods including any local sales taxes plus postage, packing and insurance costs. However, postage is excluded from the calculation for duty on gifts sent by post except for Express Mail Service (EMS).[/quote] Reading that, what you say is only true if it's a gift (and not sent EMS). Am I reading it wrong?

To all the wiki detractors: try doing something positive about it. [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:buying:importing_gear"]http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:buying:importing_gear[/url] There - an article about duty on importing goods. Feel free to correct it, edit it, add to it. Maths? Ha, I've heard of it. In response to QOTD - no, I'm not precious at all about my contribution. I will not be offended if someone who knows better than me comes along and sorts out my mistakes.

I dunno, it's like any other group of people - I've liked some of the bass players I've met, and disliked others.

Just thought I'd post here to let you know that I haven't forgotten about this one. It's been cold up here for the past few months - too cold to do spray finishing in my opinion - I have no access to proper heated indoor facilities. But I have found a few more potential suppliers of spares, so I've made some enquiries and hopefully I'll be able to locate the items I need.

Alternatively, I've used lighter fluid to clean up rosewood fingerboard before. Lifts dirt then evaporates. Before and after:

Welcome (back) to the forum

My Epi EB-3 has lacquer cracks around the jack socket. Why? Because I was playing sitting down a few weeks after I got it. My foot happened to be on the cable. I stood up. Oops.

Welcome to the forum. Nice wall

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='143657' date='Feb 20 2008, 01:20 PM']I find it maddening when eBay sellers (selling regularly) don't get proof of postage or worse claim that they don't have proof of postage, after all it is a free service provided by the Post Office counters![/quote] I find it maddening that the post office do not issue proof of postage as a matter of course. Shops don't wait for you to ask for your receipt when you buy something!

I think your poll needs more flexibility - I have occasionally had a look through the wiki so I wouldn't say any of the three options are applicable.

It's still annoying me. I think I'm going to epoxy them in place.