mrbacco

On 04/05/2024 at 16:03, kodiakblair said:

Know exactly what you mean.

 

 

Baby bass with a Warman Drivetrain. If your green quad coil is the one from Amazon, 17.8K DCR and 8.25H, the Drivetrain is near 2X; 28k DCR with alleged 20 H. One thing though; should you be looking for 'Mudbucker', neither will get you there 😒  Stick it up by the neck , you'd have mud 😎 Sadly not in roughly the P-bass position, I learned that after installing a 29.9k hum cancelling 51 footprint in my slab body.

 

Yeah ... The warman drivetrain is a beast. I have in the second P51 style bass I assembled and it sounds a lot nicer compared to the green one, which is, as you correctly stated, less powerful. But good enough for the money and for this project. 

I remember this baby bass, and at the time I said ... This is LOVELY! It stuck in my head probably when I was building this one. Love the color of yours too!

16 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Looks awesome!

 

How are you going to wire the pickup?

 

I'd suggest 2 x series in parallel with 2 x series.

 

So you get two series humbucking halves in parallel with each other.

 

 

not sure ... at the beginning I wanted a very minimal design with just one knob for the volume, but now I got to two (V+T), and I would like to have the full power of the 4 in series if you know what I mean?

4 hours ago, kodiakblair said:

It's a Peavey neck, T-40 to be precise 🙂

 

Been broken then repaired but seeing as it was drilled to accept the Schaller tuning pegs, it's a sound repair 👍

 

Timely talk of Schaller tuning pegs, was hunting through boxes over the weekend and found 3 complete sets 😄 

If you decide to skip plugging holes and drilling new ones, drop me a line.

thanks! appreciated the clarification on the head and the offer!! thanks! 🙂 

now, as usual, the first OSB floor picture of the bass, which is almost finished. I miss the strings and the machine heads that are arriving soon. 

Control plate modified to shar edges rather than rounded, plus installation of the pickup. I wanted to place a chrome ring around the pickup, but saince I am satisfied with the routing, this time, I think I leave it as it is. 

wonderful bass and project, this one.

42 minutes ago, Si600 said:

Or.... put a side jack on it, then you don't even need to fill the hole!

 

Though looking at your angles I think you will have trouble making the holes line up.

Yeah. Exactly. I wanted to put the jack on the side, but I "engineered" (hahahahah, big word for me) a P51 style plate to host 3 holes and modified it to suit the shape of the bass. I'll show yousss soon! 

15 minutes ago, Si600 said:

Alternatively.......  as you're painting it you could go through the right side of the body, through the control cavity and into the pickup cavity in the same plane and then just plug the hole in the side.

I like this one more, thanks! 

Now the pickup has arrived, so I finished routing the cavities for it and for the control plate. I modified the P51 standard plate into a sharp edges one, and ready now to solder the controls to the pickup. I'm happy with both cavities, finally I think I did a better job than with the other basses. I used a home made template made of pine sticks to route the edges. 

One quick question: what is the best way to drill the holes from the pickup cavity to the control cavity in your experience? And what drill bit to use? Thanks! 

bit of an update here.

I had lowered the neck to a more comfortable spot in order to minimize the possibilities of wood bending (thanks @Doctor J for the suggestion).

Also, cust a bit the waist (no dieat has ever been that fast in my experience) cutting a bit of wood on the two sides. 

Colored the body with a couple of coats of green. Basic glossy green. The color is still draft, in the sense that I will have to spray it another wee coat to make it more even, but I think I like the combo of colors in this bass.

I still have to finish the back, but I think I like keeping the two different colors in the back side of the body. Yes, I started coating without having routed the pickup area yet (pickup is arriving, but it's late), I know: I could not wait, I had some more time available so I wanted to go ahead, but since it is the first layer of paint, I think it might not be a big problem.

On 23/06/2022 at 12:58, Jimothey said:

Like a dumb a**e I routed the pickup cavity in the wrong place so I had to remake the body so here’s the new “Krysa ‘51” just waiting for the pickup to turn up now!!

 

 

I’m not sure about the control plate on an angle or whether to have it straight?…….👍🏻

no control plate and only knobs would be lovely too!

wow ... what a lovely collection there! May I ask: have you built the necks too? lot to learn here!! 

Beautifully beautiful!

1 hour ago, MartinB said:

 

 

The thing I really like about it is the way the edges of the two horns form a V, with the body being thicker in that part and the two "wings" being thinner. So something like this...

Brilliant... Thanks for this ... I can't say it was by design because it was not, but I tried to make the two wings similar degree angle, never thought of a V shape. Yesterday I was redesigning it with pencil and paper to cut a bit the waist ( it's chubby like mine !!!) and make it a bit more lean ... Thanks for this insight!!! 

5 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Also, you might want to invest in a neck plate to prevent the screws gradually sinking into the pocket wood over time from the tension, potentially causing the neck to loosen in the pocket, and to help distribute the tension of the neck screws more, giving an overall more tight and study neck/body connection. 

  

yes thanks, this is a good point also ... As I will have to move the neck a bit further down the bottom of the body to make sure it sits on a bigger slab of wood and have a bit more wood around the neck as suggester by @Doctor J (maintaining as well my 34inches scale) I will put a chrome plate for that, after the body is fully painted without the neck, of course!

35 minutes ago, LeftyJ said:

 

Any idea about the origins of that neck? The glue joint down the length makes me think of a pre-2007 G&L neck, when American models had the "Bi-cut neck" that featured a compression-style truss rod that was put in from the side. I would expect the two pieces to match more closely in colour and grain though, as those started off as one-piece necks that were cut down the middle and then rejoined after installing the truss rod. 

Thanks @LeftyJ, no idea where it comes from. I bought it on an auction from a charity shop, loooong time ago. But it seems solid and, even if it is very very pre loved, seems in good conditions: straight enough. Yes it seems to be made by attaching 2 sides together, the grains and colour are slightly different between the two sides and also you can clearly see a piece attached in the headstock. 

2 hours ago, Baloney Balderdash said:

Definitely paint the bass green.

 

Not enough basses in green finish, which is the greatest finish ever for a bass (even if I sadly own non myself).

 

Red would look great with the green pickup too though.

 

Cool project. 

 

I like the rough look.

 

cheers!! torn between the colors myself too ... wanna something a bit different this time from the wood looking colour of my my first 2 bass ... pastel and not glossy thou ... 

6 hours ago, MartinB said:

Cool! Puts me in mind of these:

this is a nice design for a body ... well picked!! I'll try to keep mine a bit more even on the two sides as much s I can, as I like the balanced between the two sides and the even bottom 100% oarallel with pickup and bridge ... (I know ... booooriiing!!!)

2 hours ago, Doctor J said:

If you're using pine and MDF, removing so much wood from around the neck pocket might not be the best idea. I would expect that to flex quite a bit, as is.

That's a very good point, I was thinking, since I have room in the bottom of the bass body, to move the neck a bit lower so the pickup and the bridge in order to have more body wood for the neck?

I might have to cut some extra wood from the sides, I guess the body is still too chubby on the sides! 

I found the gentleman and the topic on the bass body I mentioned above, here it is ... 

Hello again and again, from your favourite (hahahaha) OSB_floor_mrbacco maniac fellow 🙂 

I have another project in mind. I have basically sold all the other basses I made/assembled (except for the red and the carbon looking which is still on adverts.ie) so I was thinking of something a bit different this time.

A custom bass with sharp edges like the one in the pictures.

Pine wood, with a small back layer of MDF ( the upper half of the back of the body). Attached a semi glossy pre-pre-loved neck 34 inches scale with 21 frets (if I remember correctly) which is maple + maple.

I might add a quad could humbucker green pickup that I found very cheap on ebay and I might paint it green too, not sure yet.

The half of the body has a layer of veneer that was applied before, and I thought to make it a bit more aggressive by sanding it and giving some personality, I kinda like the result, but I am not sure how it fits with the overall idea, I'll have to brainstorm a bit more.

I know it is not an original idea, a lot of basses like this have been made, there was a nice person here, from Ireland too, if I am not wrong, who had one, and that where the idea come from. I don't remeber the brand now. .. apology

Hardware wise I was thinking chrome all around, and contols cavity on the back (if I succeed this time). I might try the aerodyne style jack , but I cannot guarnatee anything to myslef now ... haha ... 

Also, I will upload some more picture in the future with the OSB floor for sure, thanks.

too much beauty in each post and overall in this thread ... fantastic basses all of them guys! 

20 hours ago, Aliwobble said:

Love my model t.

me too ... and I love your coat too!! 🙂 

that is a wonderful sum of pieces of wood made into a magnificent bass! GLWTS!!! 😉 

On 06/03/2024 at 13:49, Skillabill said:

Gemdids :

Yes definitely has that early 80's vibe. It's top quality and I love the look of it.

one good thing from the 80s this time! 🙂