wesfinn

tonetechluthiersupplies.co.uk do cans of nitro sanding sealer which is great the also do grain filler which is essential for ash otherwise the grain/pores will soak up all the finish!

nice! looks very much like the 61 Im holding right now!

nice new addition clarky!

nice work man! looking neat!

apologies about the lack of updates to this thread in the last few weeks. I have been busy with my day job and restoration work. I have also had a few things holding up this and some other builds. namely being the truss rods. The rods I use are 5/32" cold rolled silver 1018 rods. these are very hard to get in the UK due to the metric system. I had found a supplier who said they could supply them, when they arrived last week they were 4mm not 5/32" (this is only about 0.04mm difference but it's too much difference in my eyes) So I have just found a company that deals in imperial with the correct materials who have said they will be with me in a week! Hooray! once they are in I will show a thread on how I make the rods with the correct threads and correct 60's block anchor! Then once the rods in I will be putting the board on and then profiling the neck, then radiusing the board then the frets will go in sideways! Also I am waiting on the weather to clear up again so that I can start spraying! Wes

The guy is probably left handed himself....just laugh and move on

Thanks Dave!

sold Dave my gs112. Was a pleasure to deal with and would recomend to anyone. Thanks Dave!

It is annoying yes. But it is a public auction and also I find it quite handy when someone else is kind enough to share info and save me some time of trawling through the bay for a gem! Outshined's Pm solution is a good call!

coolest bass shape since in decades!

turn up and carry on!

what tuning would that even be!??

Hillbilly could be correct. heres a shot with the earthing cable attached.

[quote name='Mr Rabble' post='843861' date='May 21 2010, 09:46 AM']No, for two reasons The thumbrest was repositioned over the E string years before 1979 There had never been a route for the thumbrest which is screwed directly into the body (just like the pickguard)[/quote] You are correct there sir. Plus the rout is too far back for it to be a rest hole. The rout as far as I am aware was purely for the earthing eyelet and would of had a date in there too originally. Early 80's construction was a bit odd but was all done to save time in terms of drilling between channels which takes a lot longer than it would for the cnc to just cut one large cavity for everything to fit into.

The routs are all original. Thought the body would of been probably paired with an s9 serial number bass which means the body could be from any time up to 1983 as the s9 serial numbers lasted for about 3 and a hlaf years. There wouldnt off been any additional switches etc. the circular routs are from the CNC machine marks and the little straight rout with the eylet was for the earthing wire to screw to.

Congratulations!!

the band I am currently sessioning for the first year we were rehearsing usually 2 days a week (150 miles away) from 11 am till 8pm each day. then the label brought in an MD and were doing 5 day stints of 10am - 9pm and working on no more than 2 tracks a day. Gets well tedious after a while but it doesn't half make you tight when youv'e got an MD cracking the whip and pulling you up on any sloppy playing! Thankfully we are down to once every 2 weeks now just to keep on top of things!

As far as I know the production will remain in Germany for the most part and just the corvette std range will be made in korea. I wouldn't believe anything until Warwick say it in a press conference or post on their site.

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='841897' date='May 19 2010, 12:06 PM']If it checks out as legit, that's a bargain.[/quote] Indeed! He staes that there are lots of slotted head screws on it too in his Q + A such as the machine head fixing screws, strap button crews, pickup cover screws. Maybe Leo had run out of the usual screws!

went for £9k in the end!