PaulThePlug

'Rickenfakers' over on Facebook...

Ibanez SR300-a-like with a single Split P and Passive. 

Guilty - Alice Cooper

They sieze or the nut / allen key hole gets rounded...

A fettle with good fitting tools when things go as they should is one thing...

A fix when they don't - mainly truss rod - is another...

Well done for sorting yours and ya mates basses... as you say bit of research and the correct tools and an appreciation of how things should react... engineering background, sorted!

Maybe get a cheapy or an old broken neck of the bay and try fret leveling how it feels etc, nut file etc.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DpE4G-_7dYb8&ved=2ahUKEwinm-i7_bX7AhUKZsAKHcQPACAQo7QBegQIBxAE&usg=AOvVaw0qzufo03G1lMzKag-gFEXa

Or try passive...

but, it doesn't need a pick guard...

The wood has enough of a finish as a protective layer...

Furniture Type Wax... I use Rust-o-lium

Prolly give a satin sheen rather than shine with a light coat, but give a little protection.

I change the little bridge saddle screws for stainless dog point in more suitable length to stop the amount of protrusion... 8, 10, 12... SPALDINGS FASTNERS

Don't like Tort... but a Jazz looks sweet with a Pearl, a little flamboyants

Not blue but...

Pics Please...

Down to the wood, or just the shine off?

Rustolium Furniture Wax...

On 24/10/2022 at 21:58, Bart Funk Bass said:

Do strings move or pop out of grooves when hard slapping?

Easy Fix... Stop Bloody Slapping!

Bah-bara Ann : Beach Boys...

Burlimy... thats super long scale!

Zoom B1on Marshall Super Bass Amp Sim...

Most Distortion pedals will do a reasonable Job... cut the Bass, boost the Mids and Treble.

So much new stuff is about scooping the mids...

^ I know what ya mean.. the Hydro Dip experiment ended up with a lot of re-work.

Tuck the body away and have another look in a couple of weeks.

That metaflake looked good, so you know how to paint. Just have a re-think on the finish... nice bit of wood, i likes natural.

Hows the neck? Any pics?

Yep... @Stub Mandreland @Maude earler, just a bit late thats all...

Got a CD single somewhere... Marillion covering Faith Healer, live.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D5lMULfiRWxk&ved=2ahUKEwjbzLiLkav7AhW0QUEAHS7RAaQQwqsBegQICxAE&usg=AOvVaw0DfYp_-ikwaeSb0rEsfO9b

Also Chris Glen and Ted McKenna on MSG one Night at Budokan... great live album.

Flats... on my Epi LP and my Eldest's Bowl Back acoustic... Nice wound 3rd as well Olympia stainless steel flatwound electric guitar strings 10-48 gauge £8 - Bargain!

https://amzn.eu/d/dImVlCq

Wouldn't the B3n do it all?

Catalinbread / Dirty Little Secrets (DLS) Marshall Super Bass kit...

Straightforward Bass version without the switch 'n Lead tone stacks..

Would like one of those, but the threads have so many changes and mods to get em going right...

I can't stand them short socks...

End up under ya heel when walking, and have to take ya shoe off to hook em out. Worse with boots...

@Bunion Sorry for the laughing emoji... Varifocals! Tried em for a bit... Not for me. Stairs were a nightnmare (as you found out).. taking a pizz also... keyboard on the desk used to be like being onboard ship... and driving or riding the motorcycle... err nope! Binned(!) em off!

Hope you had a reasonable night.

String Spacing at Nut...

Presume is std string centre to centre ala non width adjust bridge saddles Custom could be cut equi-distance between string edges of say 45-105?

The distance from fretboard edge? same gap or same string center...

40mm nut... 5mm 10mm 10mm 10mm 5mm?

Could make a bit of difference nut end, way more than bridge end