Jimothey

If you buy a dowel jig and generally they have dowel locator pins in the set which works on the same principal as you use firstly drill the hole out for the dowel then put the locator pin in, line up the pieces and push them together and hey presto you have a indent to drill out the other piece in the perfect place

I had good results with powder pigment stain that I got off EBay much better than premixed stain That was 2 coats of stain then it went blacker when I put 3 coats danish oil on it............😀

Looking good!!..........👍

The body I think is Gear4Music because the pickup placement on them is a lot closer to the neck than on a Fender??

That’s what I thought if it was a starcaster it would be a hollow body not a Jag

Yeah your probably right I think I’ll leave it!!👍

That would make life easier 😁

I’ve always wanted a Jag Bass and spotted this and thought hmmmmmm interesting?? Then I looked again and there seems to be lots of things wrong with it like the veneer on the front and back of the headstock, the tuners seem wrong style and the neck plate says “starcaster”???? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163831228219 I’m thinking its a gear4music body with a random neck but for £20 I might still be interested.........🤔

Oooohhhh that is more than pretty!! Is that Royal Ebony or is that some more Bocote??............😀

After watching a video about Tim Commerford on YouTube I’ve just started listening to Wakrat

I’ve been listening to Those Damn Crows recently Might be seeing them live next month @ Tivoli (near Wrexham)..........🤘

This build sounds really interesting can’t wait to see how it progresses!!..............😀

It definitely does this is my 8th build in 18 months and I’ve got loads more in my head ready to go...........😀

I wouldn’t go as far as I know what I’m doing most of the time I just wing it!! This is one of the few basses that I’ve stuck to my original plan!! But thanks anyway mate.......👍

Almost finished!! I’ve still got to respray the neck...............😀

The body is all sprayed now (I forgot to take any pics tho!) I’ll drill out the pickguard tomorrow and take some pics then...............😀

All the routing is now done just got to tidy the J pickup cavity up a little bit then it’s ready to sand and spray..................😀

Just a quick mock-up, I’m not sure if the MM pickup is too big and looks a bit too much if you know what I mean??..............🤔

Yeah me too!! Must be deja vu from my failed 5 string conversion attempt..........😀

No apology needed mate and sorry again for your loss

Oh I almost forgot and I’ve still got to reshape the headstock..............😀

Just a quick update the pickups turned up today so I can start the routing out tomorrow when I get back to work Just got to order the stacked pots and knobs and a set of Rotosound 88’s so I think my yellow 72ish P bass will probably be finished first..............😀

Just a quick update the pickups arrived today so it’s all systems go when I get back to work tomorrow!! As both my P builds are almost done I’ve started thinking about the my next project I’m thinking that I need a Duff Sig bass ...........😀

Is the bitsa p bass still available?

Just a quick mock-up it’s still missing the J pup but you get the idea...........😀