Jimothey

Im on the fence about the newer shaped dimension I really like the flow of the pickguard but not overly taken with the shape of the top horn But I've always liked the shape of the performer Bass 😀

Looking good mate! 😀

And if it goes wrong you could always turn it in to a seat 😁

I really like the look of the '72, I should have done mine with a humbucker instead of split coil then I would have probably kept it? I love the look of the 2 saddle bridge but I always wondered how to you set the intonation properly with only 2 screws? Great job mate! 😀

The frets have been levelled, crowned and polished (it was easier than I thought it was going to be!) Now the buzz has stopped!! Thanks for all the advice everyone Just got to sort the electrics out, do the refinish then do the shielding then it should be good to go 😀

Yeah it should be OK as the bridge is going to be quite far back it might look a bit like the corvette $$ where they are close together but if it doesn't look right I'll just put 1 in instead.........

That was my intention that I hoped it will look a bit quirky/weird/different It's going to have a maple/maple block neck I'm not a fan of the Jag style switches or the boat jacks so I'm probably going to stick with the side jack, also I'm considering a bridge cover but we'll have to see about that? I'm not a 100% sure on the pickup config as yet I'm still swaying towards a double MM style 😀

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.........