SpondonBassed

That's lovely. Thanks for documenting it. I didn't see any strap buttons but I am wondering how it balances.

It looks like someone left grope marks on a large woman with underboobs.

PMd.

I had another play on it this evening. It sustains as long as any of my other basses, including the neck through ones.

Yes. I forget where I got this from but it details several makes: PickupPositionsForManyMakesOfBass.xlsx

No photos this time, sorry. There isn't much to see. All I've done is to connect the controls and loom and tape them up to the body in the absence of a pickguard upon which to mount them. The solderless loom gives me the option of trying a couple of different pickups with relatively little hassle although I don't find soldering a problem. It plays! @Shepster8316 had dressed the frets on the Yamaha neck already. This must have helped because I only had a little bit of setting up to do. The neck was fine under tension. I got the action low enough to play easily and then all that was needed was a slight adjustment to the intonation. When I connected the controls and plugged in I got an immediate response. Nice. The output with its original pickup is low as you might expect. It's a little lacking in top end too. It does however give a nice fat tone. The B is okay but not great. I may well restring it to the standard EADG yet. I t might be more to do with the pickup though. I ran through a couple of numbers off my set the other evening and found I was enjoying it despite having to be careful with half its guts hanging out. I need a suitable sheet of material from which to make a pickguard. Prices are prohibitive for what is essential a bass made from donated spares. Hopefully, I will find something soon. More then.

Welcome Laurent.

I seem to recall that noise reduction was frowned upon in some circles. Tape noise was reckoned to be less of a handicap to the music than the head-under-a-blanket sound of NR.

Reminds me of Mezzoforte.

The belts are knackered. They can usually be replaced.

Grand.

Aw.

Bang on! (I like your signature file now too... or do I?)

The pickup screws? I have no idea. I wouldn't be able to compare it to anything anyway as the only other bass I built also had screws.

I drilled the pilot holes for the pickups. I measured and tried to get a good position for the pole pieces several times and when I was satisfied, I went for it. Measuring up after... nailed it! 295mm on the knob. Next task, shielding. As if there hasn't been 'nuff of that this year!!! I am still using some self adhesive tape that my late mum bought to keep slugs away from her plant pots. It's good stuff for shielding too. Doing it all now means I wont have to worry about it again. Pickup mounting springs and screws. I've restrung it and it's looking good. Pole pieces are aligned as best they can be and the copper shielding hides my chiselling marks. Controls and loom ready to fit tomorrow, all being well. I think it's one of @KiOgon's that a fellow member donated to me.

The Fostex X15 runs at normal speed. What machine have you got? Chances are that all it needs is a new set of belts. The rubber perishes over time.

Everything below the underscore beneath the word "Quote" is your signature file. It appears at the end of each post you make to those members who select the option to see signature files. The bit I've circled in red is called a spoiler box. It hides its contents until the reader reveals them. In this case, yours is empty. To edit: Click on your user name at the top right of the page. Go to Account Settings and on the left of the page select Signature. From there you can edit your signature file.

Welcome David.

That's not dancing so much as trying to cope with a severe wedgie! Somebody pass her the talc.

You have my undying respect for what you're doing even if you do keep catching me out with that empty spoiler box in your signature file, you scamp you! I wish you every success with the venture.

Welcome (back) Greg.

I downloaded a spreadsheet from somewhere that detailed the positions for pickups on a variety of bass guitars. For the split P it specifies 295mm from the twelfth fret. As the Yamaha neck appears to be about three quarters of an inch longer than the Encore's, I expected to run out of room to move the pickup by the same amount. This was confirmed when I got the measurement of 295mm. I could almost get there but not quite. I really wanted to get the best from the pickup placement so I decided to remove sufficient wood for clearance at the correct position. I used a Dremel to hog out the worst of the job and finished by hand with a chisel. I am very happy with the result. I can now put the pickup where it is supposed to be with the centreline at 295mm from the twelfth fret. Time for a cuppa.

Time to fit the bridge in the new position dictated by the Yamaha neck. I wind out the G saddle to its max and then measure 34 inches to the nut from the saddle centreline. I mark the distance with a pencil line on the body. Then I centre the bridge using twine. I mark that off with pencil. Having centre punched the hole positions directly from the bridge, I drill out pilot holes. Mustn't forget the bridge needs an earth connection. Best done now. Again, using candle wax as a thread lubricant, I fit Posidrive screws and tighten the bridge down. I used four strings out of a crap set of five that came with my Pit Bull kit a couple of years ago. For a laugh, I've strung it BEAD. It has tuned up with zero setting up already. I'm well chuffed with the acoustic sound so far. There is tweakage to be done however and I shall work out where the new sweet spot for the P pickup is going to be another day.

I nearly fell over watching that... and I was sitting down to start with!

I find myself moving or foot shuffling unconsciously sometimes when I play. It's not what you'd call dancing like somebody has said already. I suppose it is a sign that I could perhaps learn to do both together. I don't see think it's anything that people would want to see though.