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Hi Nige and welcome from another old git, like you my mind is around 18 but my body feels (and probably looks) about 118!

Nice!

Welcome Cholly. this is a great place to be, you'll have fun!! Who are the UK bass players you admire? Tony

Thanks for all your kind comments guys, I'm well chuffed with the end result. [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1398248221' post='2431977'] Looks great. I suspect the 58 logo was applied over a clear coat - so you could see the edges of the decal. This would make your bass more authentic, if so... [/quote] What a great idea, I never thought of that, So I will alone with the edges slightly visible Cheers

Got everything finished over the bank holiday The vintage tuners installed. The headstock The finished article Quite please with the outcome, plays wonderfully, weighs in at 4Kg , I have a high action set as I prefer the sound better. When I get a moment I'll do some samples of how it sounds.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][quote name='gary mac' timestamp='1397891372' post='2428216'] If you don't go down the DIY route, you certainly can't go wrong with one of Kiogons kits. I've had a few over the years. Quality components, quality workmanship and nice and easy to install. Plus he is a fine fellow to deal with [/quote] Huge +1 for this,, I too have bought a number of his harnesses of the past couple of years.

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1397938806' post='2428920'] Watching with interest! For lacquering over decals I always do the base, leave it for at least a week to cure/offgas, apply decals, then leave another week in a dry warm place before top coating. In the past I've had decal edges lift and wrinkle by getting too over eager so time is your friend. Cheers, Rich [/quote] I think you are right done a few base layers added decal waited a day then a couple of mist coats then left for a day then done about 4-5 layers over 2 days. Looks okay but as you say, needs time to dry a bit more, so probably next week I'll give is another rub down to get those edges out. Cheers Tony

Welcome Allie Playing bass at home or on stage is all about having fun and enjoyment. yes BC is a great place.

Decal rubbed down with a bit of 2000 wet & dry and then buffed up. Bushes installed along with string tree. I may revisit the decal as I'm not 100% happy with the look, think it may need a little more rubbing down so the edges are completely invisible, I can faintly see a edge or 2 but it's probably me being over critical. Next was to chisel out a couple of holes for the vintage tuners, vintage tuners don't fit flush with the neck and you have to make some relief holes to take the stem bracket, This problem was corrected in 64+ basses. Also, had to fill the old tuner mounting holes with tooth picks as they could been see.

Bought a copy of this and at £5 worth every penny - thanks Simon

Welcome Fred - have fun

Made a start on the body, the VM body is not cosmetically in the best condition but I think it adds to the Vintage look. It's quite a heavy body and I also needed to sand down the neck pocket by half a MM for the Neck to fit. A problem I did not expect was the bridge alignment. Even though the VM has a Fender High mass bridge, the holes do not match up with the traditional Fender BBOD bridges. So out came the string and I quickly re-attached the neck, I had to fill in 2 holes (with matchsticks and drill 2 new ones but all looks okay and aligned. I then added the vintage style barrels to the bridge. After this, I installed the vintage loom, Pickups, scratch plate, Thumb Rest and Knobs all of which went on smoothly. I then drilled the holes for the Chrome Covers. Next up is installing the vintage Machine Heads, this is an awkward bit as it involves a bit of chiselling on the neck.

Decal applied and just need to wait until tomorrow before adding a couple of mist layers.

Hi and welcome, your GAS will more than be satisfied on this site

Welcome S1ngle have fun

Love that finish, what a cracking job, well done!

Cheers JPJ, might give that a go. Thanks

I've wanted a P bass from my year of birth for a while now, but short of winning the lottery it isn't going to happen, so thought I’d create my own to compliment my 62ish build I did last year([url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/202190-62ish-precision-build/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.u...__fromsearch__1[/url]). Hopefully it will be reasonably accurate build apart from the neck as to get one with the trust rod adjustment at the heel would cost a fortune so it will be an “ish” build plus I need to keep the cost down as much as possible. So over the past month or so I’ve been busy in the Basschat market place and also bought from new at various places around the UK I have amassed the following; [b][u]Used[/u][/b] Fender 57 RI Gold anodized scratch plate. Mighty Mite All maple neck (Fender Licensed) Fender Vintage reverse tuners Fender P bass Control knobs Squire VM P bass body Fender 57 RI Bridge [b][u]new[/u][/b] Fender thumb rest and Fender neck plate KiOgon Vintage wiring harness Custom wound P bass pickups (Alnico 5, 42 AWG enamel wire, 10.7k output). All parts Vintage bridge barrels (grooved). Total cost so far for all the above is about £320 First up is the neck, it’s a Mighty Mite P bass neck with a Jazz decal on it, so need to get rid of the logo and replace it with a fender 50s style spaghetti logo. Also the tuner holes need widening to accommodate the vintage reverse tuners. Headstock sanded and Logo removed. next up is to widen the tuner holes, last time this was a real PIA and not learning from before I didn't have the proper tool for the job, It's improvisation time, so a quick visit to the kids drawing pencil cache and I found a dry tapered Felt tip pen that will do the job! A couple of hours or so later and 4 layers of skin missing along with a few blisters, the holes are widened enough to take the vintage bushes and a couple of base lacquer layers added. just a little fine sanding and perhaps another thin layer, then I will apply the new decal. This is the bit I hate as it's quite easy to screw up and at £13 a go, I need to get it right.

Wonderful!! really enjoyed that, thanks for sharing.

No Advise, but all sounds good that they seem to know what the cause is and once sorted you should be back to playing and hopefully pain free. You'll probably need to do a lot of stretching and warm ups before playing but at least you'll be playing. I wish you good luck.