Duarte

Quick update - After trying to replace the truss rod and breaking the fingerboard, we're back with a new fingerboard and a truss rod with a wheel.

No way! This is news to me

Knobs!

New tuners. Accidentally ordered a 2+2 configuration so only 2 are in at the moment.

Dilemma of the day: knobs. I'm having knobs custom made - I'm planning on purple metallic knobs to compliment the orange. Now, should I go the whole hog and do my pickup covers in the same purple? A full matching set! Knobs are going to be 3D printed by my friend and look like this:

It's so close to Torino Red in photos but it's really orange in person I swear!

Would be! I just didn't want to disturb that nice gold logo so ended up leaving the front of the headstock as is.

Gotoh bridge finally arrived!

Sorry for the lack of updates! The neck has been stripped and refinished - we left the headstock original and just retouched it, but the back has been refinished entirely to a kind of black burst. I'm really vibing it at the moment.

Just checkin' in with some funk for today!

Hi all - I just uploaded my first EP to YouTube. I actually finished this in 2018, but never gave it a proper release outside of the film it was part of. The documentary was all about the Congolese Sapeurs - a much larger story about filming in the Congo is for another time! The soundtrack is a collection of pop, rumba, afrobeat, swing and funk. It sounds like chaos on paper, and it was admittedly too ambitious, but I feel we managed to just about pull it off. Listening now, there's stuff I'd do differently, and mixing choices I'd change, but all the original files are long gone. Anyway, thanks for checking it out + Would love to hear feedback. Cheers!

You mean 12th fret isn't considered upper?!

Please go and check it out, for all our sakes! I still these basses so compelling so I'd love to know.

Bit of sparkle!

I didn't make it in time. The guy did manage to sell me a nice Tokai Hard Puncher though. It's cool, but I really wanted to try that Greco.

It's gonna be stunning!

Came here to say this. I always know if it's me playing if it is littered with mistakes, and not in a good way.

I made an executive decision... We are going firey orange with a hint of gold pearl. Looks like Fender's Torino Red in the picture but it's definitely orange!

I had good results up to 500 on the neck, with just 2 or 3 wiped coats of tru-oil. Never felt a slicker neck in my life.

I'm on it. The neck is in a bad way, need help replacing the truss rod and things, but I will be stripping it soon. May I ask for opinions on the headstock? My gut says to leave it original, but I could be talked into something else.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread about resurrecting an old bass! I did make a new thread forgetting I had this one already - I'll post updates in here from now on!

And we're off! Sanded and base coated. Undecided what colour to go for, I'm torn between metallic purple or some kind of firey orange. I have a great space at a friend's workshop, but tracking down paint isn't easy. I'll just end up using whatever I can get my hands on.

I wholeheartedly agree with your decision! My tru-oiled jazz neck is the best thing I ever did to that bass. I'm gonna do all my basses like that!

Apologies for possibly derailing the thread, but these are amazing. Are the pickguards stock or custom? Never seen anything like it.

Yamaha Pulser. Excellent bass!