Jimothey

I was thinking of maybe trying to do a one piece pickguard only problem I can see with that idea is it might end up looking very similar to a P bass pickguard so it might look better with the contrast of chrome and black??.........

Just thinking about the control plate on this build I'm not sure whether a MM style control would look better as I might follow the shape of the body nicer Hmmmmmm I think I'll have a think about that?? 🤔

Yeah sorry mate I got inspired by your Jazz bass 🙂

I'm still hopefully going to do my take on a streamer but I've got quite a few other builds in the pipeline first but I'm really interested how this is going to turn out 😀

I think that's gonna look really good!! What are you going to make it out of? I was considering doing that style pickguard on my nod to a fortress build (5 string Ibanez new body thread) but I bottled it and did a Adam Clayton streamer style pickguard instead 😀

That's a fitting tribute to a legend! 👍

Looking forward to these builds as I don't quite agree with your statement (Ducks and takes cover!!) But you made a believer of me re the Les Paul twins so let's see what happens?!? 😀

I'm 38 and I've been asked if I wanted to join 3 different bands but I've found it's my ability thats the issue not my age 😁

I think if I do it again on another build I will paint the chequer on instead.........

That's exactly what I was thinking 😀

I keep looking at this bass and I can't get it out of my head that the chequered body is a bit too much!?! I really love it on the chequered pickguard on my other basses and also the vinyl is lifting in places and won't stay down when I stick them back down so I'm considering 1 final refinish. This is what I've got planned sorry the picture is a bit crappy but you get the general idea Also once I get the neck sorted I'm going to do self adhesive block inlays on it...........😀

Sounds like the way to go look forward to seeing them all 😀

IMO that is the only way to go and if you put black hardware on it as well I think it would look killer!!

I don't like red either my White P bass started off red and that was the first thing I changed! My favourite colours are White or Orange but I'm really feeling Yellow as well which I'm thinking of a re finish on my 5 string P and I'm considering changing the rosewood neck to maple so I'm really interested in seeing how the yellow one looks with the maple neck 😀

Noooooo Tort is wrong on so many levels!! The only place I like to see Tort is in the bin!! 😁

Looking good!! I've never really been a fan of the sky blue-ish colour but that looks really nice, but I'm a bit of a sucker for a maple block neck...... 😀

I suppose you've got a point but it's very noticeable when I'm trying to get the action where I want it the G string is really high around the 5th fret then goes OK again the further up the neck and I can't get the intonation anywhere near right on the D and G strings? Also I don't know if this is related but as soon as I tuned the D string up it sounded dead so I just thought it was a dead string so I put a brand new string on yesterday and that one sounds dead as well??

Just a quick update on the neck situation after a lot of checking and double checking it turns out that the neck is twisted (probably why I got the kit so cheap thanks Mr honest eBay seller!!! 😠) So my thinking is now is to buy a proper 5 string neck and do the pickups etc make it into a proper 5 string.........

Definitely go with the white!!

Normally that would be the case that the neck would straighten itself but because I had to put a back bow in the neck to compensate for the extra tension so once I remove the strings I will have to straighten the neck again I am going to make my own notched straight edge with an 600mm metal ruler I've got and I've got a rectangle box section of alu that I'm going to use as a fret levelling bar but I just need to dig out my needle files so I can crown the frets

Yeah me too what was the original title??

That is stunning!!

Yeah the 10th is definitely low because it rocks if I go from the 8 9 10 or 10 11 12 but not if 10 is in the middle but as @Andyjr1515 has said I'll check them all and will probably have to level all the frets which that part I'm fine with, its the crowning and polishing that I'm a bit concerned about doing but I'm sure there's some YouTube vids to help me on my way The main bit that's concerning me is that because I had to give the neck a bit of a back bow, am I right in thinking I will have to adjust the truss rod again to make the neck straight then do the work on the frets then adjust it back again before I string it back up?? The neck was brand new and I had only played on it for a couple of days before I did the conversion so I think it is probably not very good workmanship the kit was very cheap so I guess you get what you pay for But I still can't understand that the fret looks low the whole width of the fretboard but it's only the A string affected?? 🤯

Did you give your bass the last rites before you put it in the 'case'? 😋

@Andyjr1515 I just tried a credit card from the 9-12th fret and there was no high spots it didn't rock but the 10th fret is lower than the others, would a low fret cause fret buzz as well?