neepheid

Weather permitting, I'm off to my folks place tonight to gouge out the hole for the battery box. In the meantime, everything else is in place. Only 2 more jobs to do before it's off for painting - battery box and initial priming.

[quote name='The Burpster' post='113261' date='Jan 3 2008, 11:16 PM']N, If it were me I'd make a sleeve to go around the shaft, (out of old credit card or similar) rather than leave a gap, but if thats not a go then the top of your 2 optiions is teh better as teh shaft will be supported along its length. As for your Grovers..... bad luck that one... Stay calm ring up and complain and send tham back.[/quote] It's less than a mm all round, but I'll experiment with some materials before I mount them. WD were sound as a pound about it, sending out a replacement today.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='113099' date='Jan 3 2008, 06:43 PM'][b]Neepheid[/b], you got a router? Nae the kind that gets yi on t'internet - the ither kind that maks holes in wid. [/quote] Aye, just got one for Xmas. Got a wee battery box job for it this weekend.

UNBELIEVABLE I just received my set of Grover Titans this morning and 3 of them have threaded shafts and one has not. This makes using a screw in bushing somewhat impossible. WTF? Yours frustratedly.

[quote name='Ou7shined' post='112354' date='Jan 2 2008, 03:35 PM']Building from scratch and the bridge I bought has both through body or standard options. I have no real preference which way to go. What are the pros/cons for either set-up?[/quote] I like the flexibility of having both, like a Hipshot A style (which I used on my first custom build). I don't have enough evidence to say one is better than the other. If you need any help with your build, give us a shout.

Taking it to a more generic level, with screw in bushings, is it true that it doesn't matter if the holes are a little bigger, as long as the washer has a good grip of the wood on the face of the headstock, everything will be fine when you tighten up? I have a neck with 15mm holes bored in when most of the small, light tuners (like Gotoh GB7s for instance) require a 14mm hole. I could bore bigger to 17mm for larger tuners, but I don't really want to - it's a rather small headed 5 string. Is it better to locate the tuners towards the nut in a slightly too big hole? Like this: rather than this: (black is the hole, red is the tuner+bushing - exaggerated for the purposes of illustration)

[quote name='The Burpster' post='111477' date='Dec 31 2007, 01:48 PM']Neeph, Screw in Tuner bodies are WAY better. My advice is sit them in the holes in your head stock- Lightly tighten them and then mark the locating screw holes on the flip side. Take e'm off clean the wood. Puthe them assembled back in the holes do up the screws on teh back and then finally tighten teh nuts on the string side of the body shank. Push-in anythings depend upon the hole being slighty undersize (interference fit) if it isnt it wont work hence your earlier Schaller experience. With a screw shank, you always have the option of using a (sligthly) larger washer and exerting sligthly more pressure to keep it all in line. Very secure set up.[/quote] Cool, I think I'll go with the Titans. [quote]PS Many Happy returns![/quote] Thank you

I fancy something a little different for one of my projects, so I'm eyeing up Grover Titan machine heads. However, I find their size to be variably reported online from 11/16" (basspartsresource) to 21/32" (grover themselves) to 5/8" (some canadian place). The holes I have are regular 11/16" (17-18mm) holes. I note that they're screw in bushings rather than push in ones. Does that render any small amount of play (according to these figures - worst case 1/16" and probably 1/32") in the holes irrelevant? I've decided that I dislike push in bushings. I got a set of Schallers once and the bushings just fell in the holes. No play as such, but no grip either. Had to get creative. Ach.

[quote name='bnt' post='110917' date='Dec 30 2007, 12:42 PM']Here's one that raised my hackles: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FENDER-62-FRETLESS-BASS-LIKE-JACO-BASS-NO-RESERVE-0-01_W0QQitemZ310011369196QQihZ021QQcategoryZ4713QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]link[/url]. Note the item location, yet the listing says "will not post to Asia". [/quote] His auctions are always beautifully illustrated and he takes the bass completely to bits and photographs everything. I look forward to his listings just for the eye candy. No scammer would ever take the time and effort that this guy does.

I only generally post here if I can help someone or to update my build diaries. I tried being amusing once and it bombed big time to the extent that I don't even look in the Off topic forum any more. I do like it here though. There are a lot of helpful, friendly and knowledgeable people here.

Nothing exciting, not worth photographing but I drilled the neck and mounted it. Tiny amount of progress, but progress nevertheless.

Welcome aboard

Not swindled as such, but agreed a price for something with someone here, only for them to go list it on eBay without telling me and not respond to any of my PMs. It's fair enough, it is the seller's prerogative to sell it to whoever (s)he likes, but a little comms wouldn't have gone amiss. "Sorry mate, but I've decided to see what I can get for it on eBay". Wouldn't have taken long to construct such a PM, would it? It's just good manners, isn't it?

Try a post in the Items Wanted forum?

Pickup only is so stupid, talk about alienating 90% of your potential buyers.

I'm willing to help out if it's in my neck of the woods.

+6 at the moment 321

It's cool, I've managed to snag one off ebay from the states for a reasonable price, it's more the Badass story that concerns me.

I have been trying to get my hands on a black Badass V for a project for a while now, was waiting for about a month for stock from one place in the states, they finally gave up waiting for stock and warned me that they had no idea when new stock would arrive. Cool enough, got my refund and toddled across the wibbly wobbly web to WD (UK) and ordered one there. Got a call today saying they only had them left in gold (yuck!) but would try to get one from WD (USA) and told me that Badass (I presume he meant Leo Quan) were stopping making bridges! I raised an eyebrow at that one. Anyone heard anything similar, or is it a case of chinese whispers (probably on my part)?

[quote name='BeLow' post='104144' date='Dec 14 2007, 12:08 AM']Be careful it is not going to nose dive on a strap due to short upper horn[/quote] I think (hope) it'll be OK, the horn extends to between the 15th and 16th frets, it's only 32.5" scale and I'll use Hipshot Ultralites. Whatever happens, it can't neck dive worse than my EB-3

[quote name='Brave Sir Robin' post='104007' date='Dec 13 2007, 06:58 PM']nice shape. Reminds me of a Gibson Les Paul, with a upper horn and contours. Maple/walnut neck, mahogany body, walnut top and back, black accent, pau ferro fretboard... [/quote] Goddamn it, I've basically gone and recreated the Les Paul Money Bass, haven't I? Except for the top cutaway isn't as deep and the curve at the top is more elongated. Plus I've made it ever so slightly oblique. Ach. Well, I guess it just goes to show how hard it is to create anything original these days, maybe we're all subconsciously influenced by existing designs. I still like the shape and I'm going to go with it though.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='103715' date='Dec 13 2007, 09:24 AM'] Yes I sometimes come across feeling aggrieved about eBay and having a personal grudge. Hmmm maybe I have... nah even if I wasn't banned [b]I'd still think they were selective with their policing and terms & conditions[/b]. [/quote] +1 They don't give a toss and have done nothing about any of the scam auctions I've reported. Watch RIC or someone else corporate snap their fingers and *whoof* auction disappears. Idiots. All they care about is collecting their fees.

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