MrFingers

Today was a busy day at the office, so I didn't do much when I got home. I sprayed the final coat of untinted clear lacquer, and that's now degassing in the shed (don't worry, it's locked ), and I prepared my paintstick contraption. 2 concentric tubes, one which stays in the workmate, the other the actual paintstick. In the paintstick I'll drill 3 holes: 2 at the flattened end, for the body to hang on to, and one just before the thicker tube. There I'll ram a long nail through it, so I can use that as a handle to turn around the body. That will (hopefully) allow me to work faster (better?). [IMG]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/williamsanders127/d404d374.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/williamsanders127/9926d461.jpg[/IMG]

Guess we all have to learn it the hard way anyway: Jerked some nitro today... Nitro is fun, it dries very quick (in half an hour you could handle it, as it is "dry" (but not cured), but it smells funky, and is just plain unheathy... Countersunk holes for the tuners, dowelled hole from the "template" (at the heel there's one as well, like it should) Just like the real thing! This is sketchy territory. For the sake of detail I did it, but just in pencil (for now), above the lacquer. It looks convincing from a feet away, but up close, you see it's a repro. This is in ink though

The bushings were just a tad too big/the holes just a tad too small: Collection of drills: Correct size + a plug which fits nicely in the already drilled hole: NICE Drilling on the benchdrill: Nice 'n snug: Trimmed, for an even better fit: Calculate the centre and wedged into place: Drilling: Done:

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1338668193' post='1677922'] Apart from the Fender V are there any other instruments they haven't re-released? The Fender Elite series...? [/quote] Coronado Series [url="http://cdn1.gbase.com/usercontent/gear/3016978/p3_uu1f05nmu_so.jpg"]Starcaster Bass[/url] (okay, with 3 known examples that wasn't really a series, but yet...) Fender Telecaster II Bass (not the squier one, but a real classic series/American Vintage from Fender)

Nitro is EXTREMELY hard to find here in Europe (it is banned for health and safety issues), and it's impossible to ship canisters from the USA (where it is more "easily" available)... Anyway, I found a company in Holland who sells nitro. Kinda expensive, at 20€ (~30$) a can, but there isn't an alternative... [IMG]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/williamsanders127/fde91bb0.jpg[/IMG]

Filled the holes from the template with a piece of wood, like the original has...

For the total package, I made up an "early 1960's" warranty card... Just because I can (still need to tweak the F-things a bit)

[quote name='stelios82k' timestamp='1337360385' post='1658874'] Home made Precision Bass! [/quote] Get rid of the jazz-cover, and place a real, wide, P-pickup cover... anyway, here's mine: [IMG]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/williamsanders127/1f5dcd69.jpg[/IMG]

It sounds indeed like a Fender Bass VI, but you can get in the same vibe with a P-bass, strung with flatwounds, use a thick pick, and mute the strings with a piece of foam. I do it all the time. Qua amps: amps weren't really used in the studio, the bass just went "straight in the wall", maybe via a tube compressor. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP4h39IxLDE Here you see a lipsynch from that song, and here a jazz-bass is used. Herbie Flowers, the British recording artist is known for it's tick-tack sound, and he uses a 1959 (yes, it's a prototype) jazz bass, strung with thick flatwounds, and a pick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Le8bH3Y8U

(edges are done after the bellycut is finished)

The cavity was a bit strangly formed (a bit too pronounced)... Routed it the vintage way:

Routed the cavities... Loeks naaiss:

The American Std. will come very close, having the same width at the nut, but I think the seventies neck is just a tad thicker (from fretboard to back), not much, just a little bit. The closest resemblance I can remember is the neck [url="http://www.allparts.com/Unfinished-Maple-Precision-Bass-Neck-p/pmo.htm"]allparts[/url] makes. You have to keep in mind that the neck of the AmStd is finished in a satin finish, silky soft, while the vintage neck is finished in rockhard thick glossy polyester.

[IMG]http://i528.photobucket.com/albums/dd324/williamsanders127/ec216c2e.jpg[/IMG] I've got the same scribling... Probably the guy who painted/assembled the bass.

Nono, this one stays Shoreline, the paint is already ordered, so... But there is a secret rule: "you can never have your GASbuildlist empty". Maybe something for after this, for myself

In my case it's curable... -ish Anyway, I've been looking on "teh interwebz", and I shouldn't have done that! Pfoe

Telecaster Discussion Pages Re-Issue For the hotlinkers among us 1956P: [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bass-place/129433-56-precision-bass-build-help-needed.html"]click[/url] 1957P: [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/bass-place/139356-57-precision-bass-build.html"]click[/url] 1960J: [url="http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/169606-1960-jazzbass-build.html"]click[/url]

I know Gil (and his work) and the efforts he makes in making authentic replica's... I wish I could mill a trussrod to exact vintage specifications, but I have neither the knowledge nor the tools for it, so I have to make some concessions...

When I saw the pictures first, I was thinking the same thing, but in the flesh, the frets are top-notch. The rosewood was very dry, I gave it a lick of lemonoi, and now it's a lot darker and smoother, and the dark edge at the frets disappeared.

they don't have to be pressed in the wood, Fender didn't countersink the holes until 1963/64, so from 1951 onwards, the tuners were just mounted on the headstock, with as a result a little gap between the tuner and the headstock. Doesn't affect the tuning ability nor the stability, it's just... "not tidy" And you don't need a countersink drillbit, just use a 3/8" (9mm) drill bit for metal (with the conical point) and give it a spin or 2 in the drillpress (holes should be about 2 à 3mm deep)

the 62RI comes with a G&G hardcase which is like 150£, has better hardware, nitro finish, and the wages in the US are just a bit higher than those in Asia. But is it worth the 1500£ difference? I really dig the new squiers (vintage modified, classic vibe), which are perfectly built. The Mexican Standard series from Fender is... well "meh"... You pay a lot for the name on the headstock.

I'm William, 24 years old, and playing bass since I was 17-ish (after a brief career on the trombone and the g**t*r). I own a '62 Precision bass (oly. white, tortoise guard, neck the size of a small canoe, slab fretboard) and a '73 Rickenbacker 4001JG. Had a brief collection of other basses when I was younger (Musicmaster Bass, SG bass, some Jazz-Basses (those were a dark era in my life)). A lot of people say I know a lot of totally useless trivia about (vintage) Fenders, so guess they are right. Funny fact. The bassplayer in my band really digged my 4001JG, so he was looking around for an old 4001 for him as well. I found one here on BC, sold by [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/174974-back-up-my-old-73-4001-need-to-shift-this/"]Stacker[/url] for a more than decent price, so I told my friend to jump on it... Which he did. Then we started comparing serial numbers... Turns out that both our 4001's were probably made the same day, as his is just 9 digits "older" than mine (but mine is in pristine, original condition). Anyway, I'm also working on a 1964RI P-bass for him, which can be followed [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176706-64ri-precision-bass-build"]here[/url]. The Gear The Driver (with a rebuilt 1974 Gibson L9-S The Ripper, from the same guy who bought the Rick and for whom I'm building the P. It's one of the most amazing basses I've ever played, especially with the upgraded electronics in it (I added a 6-way rotaryswitch from an L6-S guitar in it, to give me 2 extra pickup combinations, one being the neck pickup solo, which is an AWESOME sound).) And this is how I sound, and what I play: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzwr-ByiVWA[/media] Apart from basses, I also like guitars (own a couple of nice examples, like a Rick 370/12, a sixties telecaster, D35,...) and... Reed organs, and in particular the foldable ones

@Toasted: "you can NEVER have enough P-basses"... @Ricks: thanks, I'm also looking forward to it. The parts used are top-notch, so it should be an amazing bass in the end. Anyway, some progress today: Routed and contoured. One small tearout, but the bits need some sharpening.

The alder blank Bandsawing it up roughly done