
Dan_Q
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Not real progress, but progress none the less........ i've picked up a bridge (many thanks @Reggaebass ) a pair of pickup covers and some screws, and I've even dug out some old bass strings I should be able to use for alignment etc. First I'll see if the bridge pickup (longer one?) will fit in the route, then tackle opening it up if I need to. Then it'll be things like opening the neck pocket- quite nervous about that!!! For reference, does anyone know off the top of their heads what a fender p / j bass neck heel width usually is? π€ Thanks for reading, hope to make some progress next week all being well!
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Dan_Q started following SOLD - Midnight Oil Diesel & Dust and Blue Sky Mining guitar tan books, Got a geeetar??? What you got??, Basschat Straplocks - pre-sale! and and 7 others
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Couple of lockdown projects to share, first I re-finished my hh Strat (this was actually my first guitar, not many original parts left after 27 years of idiot ownership) and I put together a partsmaster too. π planning to ruin a bass next π some nice instruments on this thread, very pleasant read indeed π
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late to the party as ever- i'll take two sets please will it stop the world spinning and melt the internet if i put a pair on a guitar? π
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Great tip thanks man π
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Sir, youβre a gent- PM incoming π
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That I shall do sir- thanks again for the tips. I have a couple of ideas about finish, but i'l very far away from that yet! I do have plenty of car paint to try with hi-build primers etc, and some lovely old shades of british leyland I think i could rock on an instrument, It'll be a fun (if not frustrating!) experiment! And I do appreciate the guidance chap I did find a control plate on another forum, but alas, missed out by a few hours. That's kinda sh!tt!n before my knickers are down anyways, first thing I need to do is open up the neck pocket to accept the neck I guess. Is it advisable to do this with pickup, even if it's just a cover, a bridge, and high and low strings on, to ensure good alignment? Anyone know what a stock heel width is for a fender bass? π€ Cheers!
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Most excellent! Just had a good read of that, many thanks for taking the time to share it, I've learned a lot! And i think it looked great at the end fella π if my one ends up remotely as good at that i'll be happy- will take it all on board
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Thanks man! and cheers for the encoragement. I think i'll be reading a lot in here to see how other have tackled it π It is indeed- that's what it was advertised as π is that a good thing or a bad thing? I honestly don't know! maybe i should have researched first
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Hi All, Quick introduction- I'm more a lurker on here than a chatter- GREAT forum folks keep up the hard work, it's rare I don't find an answer just on a search! Says a lot π During lockdown, one of my jobs was to go through all my instrument parts. I'll be honest- i'm self taught and in the lower realms of ability, so i'm prob more of a modder / collector than a player! So one of my covid jobs was to build something from all the bits, and sort out / tidy the rest. One of the parts I came across on my clearout was a cheap P neck (i think it's from a P style as its a wide-ish nut) which I had bought for my beloved old encore. My encore P was my only bass for many years, until it developed a rod buzz at a jam. First knee jerk was to buy a cheap neck to replace on ebay, but I ended up getting GAS (don't we all!) and treated myself to a fender! Here is said neck: Wind forward to last week, and I see an ad for a pedal I've been after for a while on this very forum. I'm doing the deal then I spot another part for sale on the sellers other threads- an "ebay" J bass body- thanks to @WarPig on this one I've never played a J bass, and I don't have a bass with a neck J pickup, so I thought what the hell- lets try and put together a bass with these parts. I thought I'd start a thread to record my progress / parts collecting etc, should be fun! π never done a "new" body before either, so i probably have a lot to learn. Progress is never usually quick on these projects but i'll try and update as I go. Any comments / ideas welcomed, good bad or ugly! π
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Recently bought a pedal and a body off Sean, great guy to deal with, even politely put up with my mistakes and was honest when I sent too much money across!! Items exactly as described. Thank you chap, it was a pleasure to deal with you π
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Hi Bud, I'll take the VD400 if you still have it, been thinking about one for a while, rather the dosh went to someone on here than a random ebayer PM incoming!
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Thanks SO much for sharing the info about burns, i've been after a bass 6 of some sort for a while so following this thread and other sources, but I've also got a strat project and they do trisonic AND rezomatic pickups- something i'll more than likely be using, so I really appreciate you sharing folks π I wonder why there hasn't been much advertising about bringing the brand back? Either way, i'll be dipping my toe with at least a set of guitar pickups, and maybe a bass 6 if folks say they're good value- i do like quirk! π TBH the marquee bass looks pretty goddamn rad also. Back on topic- i'm enjoying reading about the OP's journey, I hope you find a great solution soon π time to crawl back under my rock π€
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Some manufacturers aim to stop this from happening- for example since only using hercules stands on my nitro instruments, i've never had a problem. I have had the "fusion" type thing on a cheap stand in the past, where it's eaten into teh finish. I dont think they (hercules) advertise this just incase for liability reasons- but it's worked for me. For teh record I've had fender, gibson and rickenbacker (if they are nitro? ). I'm sure there are other manufacturers out there who do similar.
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cool man thanks- looks lovely and clean!
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agreed- i play it an awful lot at the moment! any pics of yours? sorry about the stickers by the way. I know that offends some folk. they probably won't be there forever.