Jimothey

Thats a bonus then! I'll just be using them as tops anyway and I've got a half decent scrap merchant just down the road so I'll be able to scrap the metal parts and hoprfully get a few quid towards the build!? I have been looking on marketplace but I haven't seen any local as yet but I'll kerp looking I'm no eco warrior or anything but I think by the likes of us using reclaimed timber it helps do our bit to reduce climate change and not buy exotic timber thats been shipped half way round the world also is a plus....... 👍🏻

Like you I've started making all my basses and guitars out of reclaimed timber or furniture that I've managed to salvage out of a skip or free on facebook, my next project is going to be made from mahogany snooker table sides and my little boys old bed, I've been trying to keep my eye out for old pianos but I can't seem to find them anywhere? Where do you get yours from and do you get yours free or do you buy them? 👍🏻

I'm not planning to this time!! 😁 Well I suppose anything with me can happen! Black stain with yellow grain fill could work?...........👍🏻

I'm hopefully going to have my new workshop up and running by the end of next week so I thought I'd print off the template for the new body I'm going to be using this neck as a reference but make the new one out of Mahogany, I'm trying to be more sustainable with my builds so I might use some Oak I've got for the fretboard? The body is going to have a Mahogany back but I'm not sure of the top as yet I'm going to have to see what I've got/can get? Possibly Black stained Oak with the grain filled White?? Its still going to have a MM style pickup in a ramp style cover, not sure of the hardware colour as yet more than likely will be black?

My choice would be the one on the far right, I think that's a really nice shorter Dolphin-esque shape!!....... 👍🏻

NBD: It's a Tiger (??) bass I'm pleasantly surprised with the tone, build quality and playability! I went for it cos its kinda got a fortress-ish vibe to it! Its immaculate the old fella who I got it off only played it twice after trying bass for the first time and decided its not for him, it was only £40 aswell! Bargain!!......... 👍🏻

I didn't get it to start off with as I thought it said "Flendar" but then realised it said "Ffendar" 😂😂

This is one weird shaped body!! I wonder what was going through their mind when they designed it!! 🤔 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Guitar-project-for-spares-body-custom-pineapple-shaped-can-be-Bass-or-Guitar-/203637477239?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

I did look at a few 'kids' short scale basses but I didn't want to spend too much incase he doesn't stick with it! I think I'll try and convert/make one for him as I did make a electric guitar for his sister! I might try and use a 4 string cigar box bridge to get round the string spacing issue? ..... 👍🏻

Hi all My little boy (he's only 7) really wants to start learning bass but obviously my 34" are way to long for him to play and a 3/4 size is too long aswell so my idea is to convert a spare 24.75" guitar neck into a bass by changing the nut and build him a body for it A problem I can see it having is the string spacing, I would have to get a nut blank and do the string spacing myself but I think the strings wouldn't fit right on the fret board at the heel as the spacing on a standard width bridge will be too wide for a standard guitar neck also would short scale strings work on it or would they not tune properly and be too floppy? 👍🏻

Its a lot easier than you think all you need is a laser jet printer, pva glue, rag/paintbrush, water and danish oil Firstly get the design you want then print it off mirrored so the design is the right way round when you lay it face down Next coat the paper with pva glue and stick it down and leave it over night to dry Once it's completely dry get a bowl of water and with a rag/paintbrush dampen the paper and start rubbing off the paper if your doing it right the paper should come off and leave the ink on the body once all the paper is removed leave to dry again it will look all white when its dry but as soon as you put danish oil on it the white disappears if you want a worn look then just use some sandpaper and sand to your desired finish Next time I do it I'll take some pics of the process...... 👍🏻

I've acquired some nice Mahogany type timber that was the sides of a snooker table that should make 4/5 bodies but there will be some wastage that should be big enough to make some neck blanks out of? I was thinking of trying to make some one piece fender style necks. I know that its softer than maple, ebony, rosewood etc but was wondering peoples opinions on using Mahogany as a fretboard?....... 👍🏻

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?