SpondonBassed

Do you slacken off the strings before you adjust the truss rods?

I wish you every success with this. You'll get great satisfaction from this build if my experience of cab builds is anything to go by.

Welcome GhettoShred.

Welcome Basselfman. You should find everything you need in the Basschat Marketplace.

Welcome Horrorhiker.

Welcome Musicbass-man.

Welcome Hazza, I'd recommend you look at @Jabba_the_gut's build. I saw it at a Bass Bash last year and it's a beaut! Old Front Door and a Shelf... Your budget should allow you get a decent starter kit though. I echo the suggestion that you modify a kit body rather than make one from ply. I spent about £350 building my Ibanez tribute bass. The link is in my signature. I liked it so much I had to buy the real thing after so beware. Well done for jumping right in though. Respect.

You'll only know then. The initial report sounds promising

Yup. It looks fine with the strings on. How's it sounding?

Well done. It is odd to see an ibby headstock on a warwick shaped body. Well worth the effort just to see that.

Be thankful that it is the only place it lodged.

Not quite the same as a neon pink G string so, pass. Sorry. It's completely the wrong gauge for my cleft.

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Clean and simple. It's a beaut.

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Welcome Yaumegui.

Welcome back Dave

Welcome Sara.

I set the intonation for the new strings yesterday. Two strings needed minor adjustment. My fat fingers aren't sensitive enough to sound tuneful with guitar strings, especially finer strings like these but I was still getting a sweeter sound with chords above the twelfth. I didn't touch the nut. @OldG's advice sounds fine. I just don't want to cut the nut until the lad has tried these strings. He might want to go back to the 10s. In either case, I will keep that in mind for further down the line. His granddad has bought him a stand. He had a wall hanger at the old house but I think that was partly why he dropped the instrument in the first place. It was too much of a stretch for him when he was little. If nothing else comes of this refurb, it's got his granddad talking about having a another go on his 3/4 classical guitar so I am glad I made the effort.

Cool. (Hello again)

Welcome Patrick.

I've just bought a used Ibby SR605. Fastest neck I've ever owned. I haven't particularly short fingers but I haven't had years of stretching exercise to help span the first four frets equally well with each finger either. It's easier on this neck somehow. I think the string spacing is about right for me. I am happy to recommend you try one for yourself.

I'm looking forward to it. It'll be interesting to see how good the body is beneath all of that

I'm pretty sure it was a set of tens he had on before. They were getting badly tarnished and the first string was missing so without digging out my micrometer I am not sure. I am interested to see what he thinks of the nines by comparison to the old set regardless. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. As the suggestions have consistently been for tens I am quite prepared to replace the string set accordingly once the lad has tried them out and decided for himself that he preferred the older strings.

Thanks yet again. I'll add that to the check-list for later today.