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Afraid this is a slow burner, but progress will be posted
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Have been working on the Streamer, unfortunately it looks as if the broken off headstock will not work as a basis for the new headless. I will most likely build up from Wenge “left overs” I have. I have plenty to make a stable “graft”
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This one is now 100% complete and working well. So full attention to the Streamer. The key challenge will be routing the bridge and tuner knob recesses as the body is curved. But I have already sussed out how to do that without issues.
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Looks pretty good!
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Look what just arrived from the wonderful @Andre_Passini Soon I will have 2 basses sporting Nova hardware
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Just parking this one here…… if you followed my tandem build thread you will remember I took the Thunderbird pickups out of my Bogart. Tonight I routed the Bogart body to fit a PJ config and made a new pickguard. Just waiting on a new battery box to be delivered and will then add a Noll TCM4XM pre to the Geezer setup. I need this done so I can focus on the Streamer.
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Get it. I would very much have preferred it to not be the case, but the brake was pretty bad to start with so reglueing would have been far from ideal. This way I can keep the soul of the original, but fix it so that it is actually ready for the next 37 years…
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BTW, it was 3.7kg to start. I imagine we can knock it down to 3.6kg.
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Appreciate the suggestion. The old Streamer body is too slim to chamber anything realistically, but I do not think it will be any issue. The Nova bridge is very light, lighter than the Schaller roller bridge it originally had. Add to the the recess I will need to make (probably) in the body to create proper access to the tuning knobs and I am 99% sure balance will not be an issue.
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Slow beginnings…… Frets are almost dead, so will do a refret (assuming I can do the fix). Frets came out without too much fuss. Also made a small start in getting the neck ready for the new “head” to be glued on. Mainly to check there are not further hidden cracks. I will make the angle even shallower to ensure I have as much surface areas as I can for the glue up, but need to know how the hardware sits to get it spot on.
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Ordered a headless bridge/string clamp from Nova.
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So one of the really great features of a pre 1996 Wick is the removable trussrod. That means I can - very carefully - graft on what will be the headless “head” without taking the fretboard off.
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Not ready to give up on this one yet….. the plan should work
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So I came home today to this……. (See pics) My 1984, serial 067 Streamer headstock (it was a glued repair) has miraculously let go…. The body has a minor dent at the bottom from my guitar rack, and obviously the bass is beheaded. Like Gibsons, the early Streamers were prone to breakage due to not having a volute. The break was pretty ugly and repaired by a monkey, but the bass sounds wonderful and glue is stronger than wood. So I used it quite often, never an issue. But since it has let go and I will probable never be able to sell anyway, I have hatched a cunning plan….. I could replace a large part of the top of neck and headstock with new wood, add some splines ….. basic traditional Gibson-esque surgery. But I am going to do something else….. I am going to use the wood of the headstock, graft that in place (keeping serial number intact) and turn the bass into a (semi) headless! Will post the plan/design here soon. But the plan is to go from beheaded to headless, using mostly original wood.
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KISS kick Dave Lee Roth off the farewell tour
HazBeen replied to peteb's topic in General Discussion
I wish Kiss would just say farewell….. Kiss Off so to speak. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
HazBeen replied to HazBeen's topic in Build Diaries
I have to admit I had to look a Mako up, yeah I see what you are saying. Although this is more traditional/conventional (in my view) due to not having an offset body. The design was in part inspired by a G&L SB2, with a P bass meets modern Single Cut. 3.7kg, so pretty decent. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
HazBeen replied to HazBeen's topic in Build Diaries
Need to solder a few last bits and clean the chrome and we are done! -
CA glue, no brainer. Will solve it 100%.
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COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
HazBeen replied to HazBeen's topic in Build Diaries
6 on! Now we let it dry for a few days, then put it together. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
HazBeen replied to HazBeen's topic in Build Diaries
2 coats and counting -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
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I thought about doing it, but my magnets are all used up and since I do have screws I am going to fix in place with 1 screw. For the pic it was just placed in position, smoke and mirrors -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
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Pretty happy, neck attached to correctly place bridge. And just fit the tunes etc for fun. Going to be a sweet bass….. Put the strings and remaining hardware on top to weigh it = 3.6kg. Oil finish weighs nothing, so pretty close to end weight I’d say. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
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Shielding done and neck ferrules in too….! Basically just a shed load of sanding to do now and finishing with oil. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
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And 1 Bubinga headstock cap and trussrod cover …. Check! intentionally left the cap sit a little proud, I think it looks really cool that way. -
COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar
HazBeen replied to HazBeen's topic in Build Diaries
Consensus I think is natural, and also has me preference. Nice, saved myself some work there