kodiakblair

I went the opposite way last time Stew. Felt the bridge on was too close to the pickup on this build. 30" scale length 24 frets. For my take on the Mosrite, I still used a 30" scale 24 fret neck but chopped it down to 20 frets. Forced me to move the bridge to a better position.

I second @neepheid's suggestion.

Any chance the neck has a 21st fret overhang ? Sticking a block arse end of the pocket would shift the nut further from the bridge. Course you'd need to plug and re-drill the neck screws but the bridge can remain in place and the overhang will hide the eyesore.

If the finish was to be relic'd, why not.

I just made one from scrap timber, took about 10 minutes all in 👍

Bought a set of TruBass for £5 in a closing down sale. Loved them, they were on my P-bass from 1984 to when I sold the bass late 1989 🙂

I'd rather buy an Alpine. Made in France so cost about the same. https://www.alpineguitar.fr/work/50s-cat/ No "world-leading pickups", instead you get Hepcats which I'm familiar with 🙂

Nope, they can weigh more than some T-40s 😮 Good shout putting tapes on it, I always kept one strung with tapes myself 👍

Fact that the back of an axe head can be seen in the photo is just pure coincidence 😄

Could this have something to do with "Sorry, no photos." ? Warehouse could be miles away, not to mention the folks working there are likely way too busy shipping out orders.

If that's the case, expect to see one build diary a month throughout 2024 😁

This abstinence thing, does it cover building basses from parts you already own ?

Still to do. Matching black peghead veneer. Swap the W/B/W scratchplate for tort. Hide the TOM threaded inserts with a sticker, probably this one 😀 I'll likely have some 4 pole P-90s made but things are pretty good as is👍

Not a bad afternoon's work 🙂

Early Mosrite basses had 20 frets and the baritone had 24. Solution, remove the excess neck. You'll note, removing this much from the heel exposed the TR channel. Had scrap maple from the peghead reshape, handy material for a plug 🙂 Next thing was that massive bridge. Spotting a Guyker copy of the Gretsch Space bridge gave me hope 🙂 Only issue with that bridge is position, mess that up and you're stuffed 🙁 One way round this would be use a floating bridge so I made a cradle from scrap rosewood. Sorry, no photos; I was on a roll this afternoon 😁 Tail piece or string anchor was up next. Grabbed an old base plate and cut it down to size. Part 2 was shaping a block. The 4 screws hold it in position while drilling the mounting screw holes.

Set up was OK, intonation easy to do, balance was fine. Major problem. It didn't look very Mosrite 🤣

Had some teething problems with it. Heel was wider than the pocket, not a huge problem. Finding a bridge as tall as the TOM and with narrow spacing , that was a bigger problem. Bought this big chunky Sung Il, it was tall enough and I could shave the sides of the saddles for a tighter spacing. Wound up with this.

Continuing my trend for slightly off-kilter basses 🙂 No idea why Mosrites appeal to me but that appeal does not run to £1100+ for an original, £600 for an Eastwood copy nor £400 for the Aria 😄 Was very disappointed with Thomann last year when they launched the MR-60 but ignored us bass players 👎 To spite them I started a build though never got passed the rough cut 😔 Rough cut taunted me for months then I thought about the Retrovibe short scales David Konig was doing, guitar bodies/bass necks 👍 Trial run using a cheap Fazley with a baritone paddle neck went OK so Thomann got cash from me after all 😁 MR-60 guitar. Baritone neck from eBay.

Not a betting man but reading negative reviews sometimes makes me wish I was 😄 A recent belter was for a 3mm thick granite effect hearth panel, 1 star genius was complaining it wasn't very high 🤣

I'd go with them over the other type, mainly due to the female sockets dangling loose; one snag and you'll be unplugged. If you're worried they might break, buy spares. Only 97p each from Kenable 👍 https://www.kenable.co.uk/en/audio-/audio-connectors/audio-adapters/3272-635mm-mono-jack-plug-to-twin-635mm-mono-jack-socket-splitter-adapter-003272-5055383432721.html

Most of the complaints I read were folk opting to blame Overlord instead of their ham-fisted attempts at installation. Have had no problems with mine, installation was a POP compared to the ABM mono saddles 👍

The Warman split coil Ps have ceramic magnets. Now I'm by no means a magnet snob, Josi's Jazzbar and Drivetrain both use ceramic mags and I'm happy with those in a couple of basses; it's just I find ceramic a bit too bright for my taste in a P-bass. Alnico Toneriders fit my idea of a P-bass better 👍

Big fan of Warman pickups but here I'll say Tonerider 👍

Spectacular looking bass. There was a huge amount of work went into the design and manufacture yet they still remembered the little touches like magnetic battery box lids 🙂 Gut feeling is that'll be a wonderful player, you'll have one hell of a merry Christmas when it comes. Congratulations.

I pm'd Stew last week with a couple of 51 templates, completely forgot about the Dirnt one. If I get a chance over the weekend I'll compare them, see what the differences are.