Twigman

Led Zep - Black Dog I just [i]had [/i]to be able to do that... [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tlSx0jkuLM&ob=av2n[/media]

This Warmoth body is gonna get a Babicz chrome bridge anyway - it'll prob be better but I would've loved it to have bright nickel hardware...

[quote name='tommorichards' timestamp='1337369431' post='1659022'] wait, what?[list] [*]Additional mass creates more punch. [*]35% weight reduction since the original 2TEK Bridge design in the 90's [/list] [/quote] They used to be made on a planet with higher gravity than earth.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337368037' post='1658993'] Crikey! Er... I assume it's bolted on at the back and goes through the body..? [/quote] correct

[b] [url="http://www.warmoth.com/Hardware/bridges/2TekBridges.aspx"]http://www.warmoth.c...TekBridges.aspx[/url][/b] I ordered a body from Warmoth which is due to arrive on Monday....and I so wish they'd launched these 2TEK bridges and offered the routs before I'd ordered. I've been looking for a trick bright nickel bridge for ages and this would've fitted the bill perfectly.... PANTS!

[url="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Lovers-Giants/104860292879894"]http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Lovers-Giants/104860292879894[/url] We're at 1432 we were at 1436 the other day, don't know what's going on - We're desperate to get >1,000,000 - only 998,568 to go....

[quote name='MrFingers' timestamp='1337334744' post='1658238'] [/quote] Thanks for posting this. I have just bought the exact same tuners [Fender Vintage RI reverse nickel] for my next Warmoth and noticed how the folded metal stuck out the back of the tuner plate and was wondering how to overcome this obstacle....I couldn't find anything anywhere else on the interweb about this!! Until you posted this I had assumed they would just press into the wood! I was trying to imagine how many screws I'd break attempting to apply the appropriate torque!! Now to source an appropriate countersinking bit and find a drill press I can borrow...... I was contemplating dismantling my JV to discover how that had been assembled. Beginning to think I maybe should have just bought a set of Schallers instead......

[quote name='Al Heeley' timestamp='1337348335' post='1658618'] How do you choose new songs for the set? [/quote] We write them

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1337186268' post='1656890'] Thirdly, I agree with the principle of charging more tax the more miles you drive. [/quote] Fuel tax effectively does that already.

black boxes - never gonna happen

I don't. I don't read music. I play by ear and learn it.

I have never understood the attraction of relics or roadworn - the artificially worn basses look just that:[i] artificially[/i] worn. I have a 30odd year old bass that's played loads of gigs and been bashed around a fair bit and it doesn't come close to looking as shagged out as some of the new roadworn/relics....

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1337015470' post='1654066'] Acetone won't dissolve metal. Any anything that would dissolve metal will dissolve most metals faster than it would chrome, so either it eats the whoel bridge, or none of it. It cites a source for it that talks about using bleach to dechrome plastic. [/quote] yeah I spoteed that later..... Gonna find a local plater and take it along and see what they say

Think I might get a quote from these guys.....to strip the chrome then nickel plate http://www.ashfordchroming.com/dechroming will report back...

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1337013011' post='1653991'] It will probably work if it's chrome-effect paint like you'd get on plastic. But not on proper electroplating [/quote] Hmmm i suspect it's proper plating..... Could I nickel plate over the chrome plate?

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1337012545' post='1653976'] So I probably haven't been very helpful, sorry! But having thought about it I am also sceptical that an organic solvent like acetone would dissolve chrome (or nickel) plating. In fact I'm pretty sure I've used acetone to clean hardware before without dissolving anything other than the grease I wanted to get rid of. [/quote] So I shouldn't be believing this?: http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_7614546_remove-chrome-nickel-plating.html

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1337011664' post='1653960']Maybe easier just to trade with someone who has a nickel version? [/quote] I contacted the manufacturer. They have never made a nickel version.

The hardware I want to do this to is aluminium to start with. I thought the chrome plating went straight on the aluminium.

[quote name='LawrenceH' timestamp='1337010721' post='1653937'] It's not something I've done, but shouldn't muriatic acid strip the chrome and leave the nickel plate that's already on there? [/quote] Is there nickel under the chrome?

[quote name='KiOgon' timestamp='1337010598' post='1653934'] Is removing chrome plate really as easy as you suggest? [/quote] So Google tells me!!!

Plenty of bits are available with chrome plating. On my latest build I would prefer nickel plating. I want to use a Hipshot 3 string retainer on the headstock across the A D & G strings: and I have already got a Babicz full contact bridge: but they are both chrome plated. I was thinking that if I took the bridge to bits and bathed everything in 100% acetone for a few days to strip the chrome plating that I could then electroplate all the bits with nickel using something like this: [url="http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/Bright-Nickel-Plating-Kit.php"]http://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/Bright-Nickel-Plating-Kit.php[/url] I know it's a pricey way to go about it but if it was to work it would make all the difference.... Has anyone here tried home electroplating? What kind of results have you had? Is it harder than I think? Should I even think about doing it? Am I going to ruin all my bits? Thoughts?

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1336781344' post='1651164'] I think the one on the left is actually an original from 1962, like actually from 1962 [/quote] I know and it looks like it has a 4ply. As does my 1984 JV62RI My point is JVs were supposed to be authentic reissues. How were they ever made with 3ply plates? That is such an obvious error.

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336764179' post='1650842'] , I can't see any reference in the ad to it being a 3 or 4 though? [/quote] You can see from the picture

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336780277' post='1651145'] Trust me, all of what you said is not true, you have been misinformed. Original Fenders ('59-'65) did not have a brown tort guard. They had a nitrate tort guard, more red, often referred to as pepperoni. [/quote] It surprises me that the original Fenders were red rather than brown - every one I've ever seen is brown rather than red (unless it's been replaced). I am 100% sure the 62 was 4 ply though. It is on every reissue Fender (as opposed to Squier - I am well aware of the CV having 3ply) have ever made and I am surprised that the Squier JV 62s ever came with a 3ply as that is such a basic error. Mine was definitely manufactured with a 4ply plate. The one in your pic in the left looks 4ply to me I can see a black line splitting the white. - or am I seeing things?

[quote name='Rick's Fine '52' timestamp='1336764179' post='1650842'] I don't know what model you have, but the original guards are what they call red tort, if yours is the brown tort, then to my knowledge (Pretty good on JV's), its not original. If you have a later version though, it may be, I dont know much about the later models. [/quote] I have a Fiesta Red 62 JV serial JV80694 which I have owned from new. It is 100% original. it has a brown tort 4ply plate. The original 62 Fenders did too. The Japanese tried to make the 62JV as authentic a reissue as possible and my understanding is that all the 62 JVs had brown 4ply plates. The 62s are the ones with the rosewood boards - the 57s have maple boards.