mrbacco

Hey all. This is the first draft of the bass, I will have to work on the electrics as the stereo jack is making me mad cause it does not work with my mono cable unless I plug the cable half way and not fully in. Then I can start intonation and action (which is still pretty high for my standards)

yeah some glue and a bit of ash dust from previous drilling to cover better? whaddaya think?

Early monday morning update: Neck and pickup fitted. Pickup work was a bit tedious due to hand rotary tool broken last week. Back to chisel and patience. I extended the cavity, but, as you can see, I made a little mistake in the bottom left corner of the pickup ring, where I went mad with the chisel and extended the cut a few millimiters that were NOT required. The ring does not cover it unfortunately, so my OCD will have to live with that and with the fact that there is a tiny gap between te neck bottom and the picket bottom, but it seems straight enough (will have to string her up thou to check). Now we are ready for soldering the control plate and the pickup. Will have to work separately on the output jack, as this body has it at the side and not as a third hole in the control area .... (sigh!)

Thanks, that is a nice bass you have made there, congratulations! 🙂

wow that is a nice bass, how is the sound of the pickup? is is full fat low ?

I have exactly done what you guys suggested, measured a few times to be sure the standard fender like plate on the front of the neck to match exactly the already drilled holes in the neck which corresponds, then I have drilled a samll cavity in the back to host the bolts. And screwed it in! It seems more or less failry and decently straight. Will see when we string her up! I kinda like the bare back with no plate. And also I like the dual color of the body: mohogany and ash, so I want to see as much wood as I can! 🙂

I had to read these messages a couple of time, but I think I got you now, yes thanks! I will be using neck joints and bolts so I think I will screw the back with the bolts and then the screws through the body to the neck

Sunday update: Did not much over the weekend as I was busy for some other wifey familiy stuff, so I got back to it only this late afternoon. Sanded the body: I have a 62mm old squared heel neck that I used as tool to sand both sides with double sided paper. Sanded bit by bit each side, till I found the almost perfect fit. The bottom, thou, seems slightly different in the corners. See the attached pictures for better explanation: Also: quick question: this is the firsat time that I have a body not drilled with a neck drilled, I have the telecaster 1:1 drawings that I am checking as we speack to find where exactly to drill the holes in the body. What is the best way here to drill the holes? What diameter of bit should I use on the body and which side should I drill from? Back or front? Thanks!

interesting, I have worked on the heels so far, I might give it a go to work on the body now, thanks for the good insight here! I might have to work less if I shave the body!

you are right, sorry, I meant Omega bridge not pickup, sorry .... My hand router has broken down this afternoon while I was working on the pickup cavity ... mamma mia .. I am going back to chisel and hammer, 1921! Also I forgot to mention: the neck heel will need a bit of filing, as the pocket is 63mm wide and the neck heel is 64mm so a bit of hand work also there, as the router is out now!!

Thanks Paul ... Bit more info here Pickup: https://www.warmanguitars.co.uk/product/drivetrain-quad-coil-29-87-kohm-ultra-output-pickup-4-wire-our-highest-output-dual-humbucker/ Bridge: https://www.thomann.de/ie/allparts_omega_bass_bridge_bk.htm?glp=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAxreqBhAxEiwAfGfndMBggb05aNzfiBll51MyFZTI0ryhdgnvWLCsCnQ9W2QavB4duG_9IhoCtXkQAvD_BwE The pickup ring is from amazon The finish ... not sure yet ... I would love a satin color similar to the one on the other P bass I made, not glossy .... will have to do a bit of research here. ...

Hey there! Same floor (OSB 18 not plywood 🙂 ) different project ... but not that different! Mohogany Body with ash top, with rounded contourns (different from the first one, i.e. the red one). Slab body (no cavities for belly and arm). Telecaster like second hand maple + maple fretboard in more than decent conditions. Warman Drivetrain. Quad Coil 28+ kOhm ultra output pickup. 4 wire dual humbucker. Will require a modification of the pickup slot that is P51 standard, will get this done with router and chisels (maybe). All hardware will be black. Omega Pickup second hand (thanks for @walshy 🙂) Black pickup ring (need to conceal the good bad job I will do to extend the pickup cavity) Won't be colored, only oiled and will keep the mohogany color in the back vs the ash on the front! I hope I won't let you down! Thanks for looking!

ohh, you should try the 'Lavazza crema e gusto' ! 🙂

nice job, I like the low low low action ... I am a fan of low action ... welcome to BBB club ! (Beginners Bass Builders) 🙂

ok then I apologize for the "fake news" I gave ... sorry

folks, as promised I am attaching here the picture of the finished work. A few words for your perusal: I tried the solution suggested by @PaulThePlug, which was to cut around the P bass shape of a pickguard: I did that, and, OMG, I am not posting the picture of the failure and the millions of bits of plastic ( @Richard R you were 110% right 🙂!!! ) following the smashed of it due to my heavy cutting I used a small hand rotor, but unfortunately it slipped away in the last bit causing the break of the part). I then moved to plan B. I bought these rings, on amazon, for a 10eur pack of 2. Steel and chromed. Same as the control and the bridge. Then I measured and measured, and measured and then cut the extra parts lined up with the bottom of the upper pickup and the top of the bottom pickup, and then I screw the 2 things around the pickups. As I said before, it is a cheap bass this one, because I am experimenting, but at least it does what I wanted and also it covers a bit the different wood that I used to fill the cable cavity. Sounds also quite well (even if I play it 🙂 ). I had to increase a bit the action for the G strings as the strings buzz was persistent and now it's a lot better and close to 0%. Thanks everyone for the support and all the suggestions!

I thought about the thin headstock reason, but I was not sure, I did not think about neck dive, thanks for the answer!

Why not 3R+3L pegs+tuners on the head? Any tech reason behind your choice?

I like the idea of combining the different "brands" under the same umbrella 🙂 !