Jimothey

Is the neck from Twin--cam on ebay if so I won one of his banana headstock maple/maple neck and it was classed as a 'second' but the quality was really good would definitely buy off him again!....... 👍🏻

Yeah I'm really impressed with it as it only cost £25 delivered the fret ends are nicely finished and the grain is nice too well worth a punt if you ask me! 😁

Thanks In some ways its a good change as I HATE my job and I've got some ideas on how to fill my days and try and recoup a bit? The idea of surgery is being floated round but it will be very a invasive procedure so it comes with a 6/12 month recovery period which I'm hoping will be the last resort as it only has a 60% chance that it will work at all? Thanks..... 👍🏻

Well my pickups turned up a month earlier than estimated so thats a result! Still havent managed to do a lot to it as I've been really struggling with my back at the moment after suffering with chronic back for the last 15years its now at the point that my back is spasming and more often than not my legs give way from underneath me and its making working very difficult so mrs Jimothey is going to go back to work full time and I'll stay at home looking after the kids so tgis build is probably going to stall for a while whilst I sort out a workshop But here's a quick mockup I thought maybe add a pickguard it will be made out of ply and stained black to keep the rugged/rustic look? I didn't fancy a standard Tbird shape one? The pickup is part of a pair that I'm going to use the other one on a 5 string 51p build in the future.... 👍🏻

I really like that!! Hmmmm maybe a new build coming soon! 🤔

While I was waiting for the neck to arrive I decided to refinish one of my Corvette copies in the 'barncaster' style aswell...... 👍🏻

No not yet! I decided to make it a 5er in the end, I've got the neck for it now just waiting for the pickup which is on a slow boat from china!........ 👍🏻

Oh well stinky poo happens!! 😁

Its a brand of Kentucky bourbon..... 👍🏻

Heres a quick mock up of the body its going to be a 5er and the MM pickup I've got coming is a sealed one and the neck is going to be all Matte Black, Oh yeah and I thought it looked a bit too plain so I added some fake branding forgood measure..... 👍🏻

I'm thinking that it might look better with black hardware so it will tie in the pickup aswell?.... 👍🏻 And I think I'm going to bin off the pickguard it doesn't look right to me with not having the raised middle section?

It all depends on what look your going for, I have used them on my jaguar build which was a painted finish so it needed a lot of filing and sanding and on my fenderbird build which I've embraced the knackered/rustic look..... 👍🏻

I'm going to tarnish the pickguard so it will probably end up having a lot of different colours in it but I don't know if I should make the control plate out of galv aswell of have it tarnished chrome?? 🤔

I've sanded it back a bit because it was a bit too dark for my liking, tiday I thought I'd make a galv pickguard to see how it would look?...... 👍🏻

Quite a few of my builds I've used reclaimed scaff boards the only problem with them is they are very prone to tear out but its nothing a bit of sanding can't sort!...... 👍🏻

I am toying with the idea of headless as I haven't got one as yet? 🤔

Heres some pics of the kinda distressed look The top has had a wipe of danish oil on it but the back hasn't yet Opinions please..... 👍🏻

For some reason you don't really see alot of barncaster basses and I like to use reclaimed timber so it seems a natural style for me to do, I did think about a MM pickup at first and did a mockup of it originally.....👍🏻 (That is just a neck off another build) I didnt know if I should go all out barncaster and have a number plate pickguard?

I had a thought maybe even an epiphany of sorts why go to the hassle of trying to make an reclaimed damaged old scaffold board look half decent ready for painting by filing and sanding and more filing and sanding etc instead I'm going to embrace the rustic charm of the timber and finish the body in a kinda barn wood (as I really like the barncaster look!!) style with slightly relic'd hardware bit like the fake barrel top guitar builds I've done. I've started doing the body I'll take some pics tomorrow for your opinions....... 👍🏻

Thanks any input or idea's are always welcomed! I'm not sure whether to do a tune o matic Bridge or just a standard fender type? The headstock is probably going to be Tele style This is the pickup I'm thinking of going for? Yeah using old scaffold boards is great for playing sole!! 😁

I feel the same way as you the headstock is awful! I'm thinking with a tele style headstock the weight will be reduced so it might not want to neck dive as much?..... 👍🏻

Started a new build today its going to be a slab body fenderbird Again the body is made out of a reclaimed scaffold board (I can't remember who posted the pic?) but its going to be like Taka Hirose from feeder's bass but I'm thinking of doing it Matte White instead of black with a maple/maple neck probably not matching headstock tho But without the bridge cover and I cant decide if I'm going to go for a MM or a Mudbucker style pickup?....... 👍🏻

Virtually finished now just the soldering, string up, headstock logo and a set up to do...... 👍🏻

Just a quick mockup inbetween coats...... 👍🏻

I get what your saying re the lower horn but I like the slightly longer lower horn on this design, where as on my neck thru build a stubby lower horn does look better so I think I'm going to stick with the design at present but once I've cut the body if I decide to I can always shorten it? P. S 🖕🏻to Ernie ball and any other company (especially them that shall not be named!!) that gets irritated by hobby builders borrowing their designs to build an instrument for themselves!! But fair enough if you start commercially building guitars..... 👍🏻