PaulThePlug

@Jean-Luc Pickguard... sorting me out with a template for a... Pickguard! - It's the simple things that make me smile! Thankyouz.

No one?.. Or a link to a full size teplate on A4? Don't want to be buying a scratch plate just to mark for 2 holes...

Yep 15uf.. but dunno about Butch, David, Jack or any of the Casady's

How do... Anyone with a normal P Bass Scratch plate sitting about. I'm after a bit of a template to locate the V and T pot holes... So need full size on A4, an out line from back of neck pocket and pickup hole to locate template properly, then V and T holes... thats it, dont need front horns, or right to the back / bottom Can anyone draw, scan, maybe pdf and or just post image? On line pics i have found are scaled down to fit the whole plate on a A4 page... or for 8.5 x 11. Ta...

After enjoying a bit of faffing with the Harley B Acoustic that came out nice, gonna go up a level. Budget P Build... so searching the 'bay of eastern dreams' - P'Bay... machine heads, string tree, neck plate, bridge, strap buttons, jack knobs all in the basket and through the check out, strings are gonna be Adagio Flats again, I've PM'd @KiOgon about pots n wire... and even sorted a decal... Got to finalise the body details, and choose a cheapish neck... Style will be simple... Finish is gonna be plain Danish... Chrome won the Hardware coin toss over Black... Oh lord what have i done... gonna be back here for advice, but promise to use the search first... Gonna Stand me in more than a Harley B, but will be what i want and some fun, and hopefully not to much pain and frustration to do... Wish me luck...

Obviously gonna be Headstock Heavy, so Neck Dive, but thats largely overcome by the simple action of having ya right arm resting over it... and a little slippy on the knee, might hunt out a bit of grip tape, will only need a couple of inchz or so in the curve... quite shallow at about 110mm at the deepest point... and comfy slouched on the sofa! Although i'm now thinking of patenting an inverse bowl back design - bowl forward back, bowl back forward... you get the idea... gonna call it a 'Beer-Belly-Bass'... With no pickup, I'm a bit 'thumb on the end of the fret board', might go small stick on thumb rest while i try n master this floating thumb thing... which feels weired as i put fender style thumb rests on the 2 Ibby GSR200's and the SR600 has a flat top pickup.

@danny-79 Got some Dunlop 'Lemmy' 50-105, Stainless Steels - Had em up in the FS some time ago, No Box, but little used on a Ibby GSR200... Cut 2/2, so no good for a Fender 4 in line etc. but will post out @ £15 if they might get you out of trouble till ya Elixir are back in stock?

From my recent experiance with my Harley Benton Acoustic Bass... and ya happy to do a bit of fettling... Go Harley Benton for half ya budget! Quite a few yo choose from P's PJ's J's... plus other model bassed shapes. Just remember reading some of the Delux range may be a little heavy, or that may just be some older models... They do have some more expensive models, have you seen the £250ish Marquess https://harleybenton.com/product/marquess-4-black-stain/

toothpaste is a fine abrasive?

From the Inside - Alice Cooper

what did they draw... not a knob?

WD40?..

So, after sorting the nut slots yesterday... I slackened off the strings and took out the bridge blade, and there was a shim between the bridge body and the piezo bar. It was lightly glued in so hooked that out with a pin and pair of tweezers, shim measured 1.6mm. Bridge blade back in, a better fit with no 'bridge roll' due to the increase in fitting depth... and a lower action by about 1mm at the 12th fret... E now 3mm and G now 2.5mm... Just about bloody spot on! Get a slight buzz when 'plucked hard' (Don't we all! 😉)... Intonation is also now just about spot-on... shows a couple of cent sharp on the tuner, but less than with the shim in. Real happy with the Bass and the outcome of the tweaks... Yet to try it 'plugged-in'... but i don't think it will be 'Any Good For Metal'...

You been listening to my playing? I resemble that comment!..

With a Five string.... '...Out to Lunch... and a Pudding!'

Capo on fret three and 10-20 thou between fret one and string is a good start... When freting 3, there is small light tap gap to the top of the 1st fret on all strings, so seems fine. 'Doing My Nut' has given me a bit more confidance, so may have a go at sanding the bridge blade down 1mm - 1.5mm to get the action down to about 3mmish E side and 2.5 mmish G side... something to think about and easier to replace than the nut if it goes wrong... I should check for a shim under the piezo bar first... that would be handy. EDIT: Took out the bridge blade and there was a shim between the bridge and the piezo bar. Was lightly glued in so hooked that out with a pin a and pair of tweezers, shim measured 1.6mm, bridge blade back in, a better fit with no bridge roll due to the increase on fitting depth... This resulted in a lower action by about 1mm at the 12th fret across all 4 strings. E now 3mm, G now 2.5mm.

Don't ya just love Basschat!..

Very Nice.... It's great when a new one lands!

SORTED!.. I 'penciled' the bottom of the nut slot, an mic'ed up the needle file, electrical tape either side of a 'nut width' wide section at 0.1" for the E Check the slot angle with a 6" steel rule to get an idea, held the needle file to the slot and twisted, rather than back and forth, until the needle scuffed the pencil line at the bottom of the groove, same with the A at a smidge under 0.08... D and G were OK, and then 'penciled' all the slots with a bit of graphite to act as lube to reduce binding in the nut.

I'll do some searching... see if i can come up with simething SR500? What year is yours? year/month from serial number?

Nut slots on my new HBO-850 Acoustic need widening to take the Adagio Flats. I never payed much attention to the OE Phospher Bronze strings before taking them off but don't think they were a great fit. Never done 'My Nut' before... but got some needle files... not going to purchase special tools for a one-off. Any pointers? or anyone 'Know Their Onions' and lurking in the Orpington / Bromley manor willing to have a look or lend their hand? Don't want to ar$e it up! Ta Muchly...

LOL... I'll use it as a bat for his ar$e! The different black hews from the different grains as the light catches the laurel pieces reminds me a little of his black coat, may engrave Diesel in the new truss rod cover and name the bass after him... I'll have to use the excuse that my Wife's name is too long! I'm a soft sod really... Got a 'Diesel' decal made in the Harley Benton Font... (Xtreem)...