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I'd wait to to see if it became a massive hit before I threatened legal action. Somebody else bears the initial costs and he then reaps the rewards. Mind you the chances of this happening to me involves complex maths with the probability circling zero. More chance of Donald Trump making sense, actually no, I have more chance of writing a number 1 hit than Trump making sense. Rob

Sorry misunderstood. CAD = Cardboard Aided Design

Here's most of the bits. I need to cut and drill the aluminium backbone and floor. I've done the drill guide for this, and thats about 90 mins of work with pillar drill, tap and die set, and finger grinder followed by lots of hand work with a file. The wiring is all done, I'm printing a pickguard in white as I write this. The neck heal all fits the neck, strap buttons are done. I do need to put a small amount of maple veneer on the back of the neck, but need to source some first. I really want to do a proper quality paint finish on it, but wondering if I can do it before the SW Bass Bash so it'll dry.

And those positions in mm from the bridge are...? I can easily print two pickguards with the mounting points in different positions, so could do a 60's, a 70's position and/or a Musicman / Jazz Bass 70's bridge position. Rob

The original rail concept is long gone. Too many small hassles.

Because I'd have to have designed that in from the start on this bass and I didn't do that. I did design a pickup system that runs on carbon fibre (!) rails for my headless bass. It was very, very fiddly, very time consuming to design and build. It actually is on the headless bass now, so if anybody at the SW Bass Bash wants to see it, they can marvel at it. Part of the problem is that I had to take pickups that were designed to be screwed into a body and make them fit the sledges and rails whilst still fitting it all into the central cavity. It took a long time to get it right. Now if I did it, I'd glue the four mounting blocks in and simplify some of the other parts. Hindsight is great. I just want to make a first stab at where the pickups should go is all. I've found a site that suggest 54mm from the bass bridge for one pickup and 172mm from the bass bridge for the neck pickup. I also found sites arguing over 60's positions vs 70's positions. Thanks Rob

Just working out where to put the neck and bridge pickups. These will be hanging from the pickguard as opposed to being screwed to the body. I can put them as per my Fender Jazz, but they can go anywhere as I have a large space, approx 175mm to put them in. Any recommendatiosn or suggestions? Thanks Rob

Yes but with rubber tips over the end.

So no dancing with large cider flagons wearing hob-nailed boots? Asking for a friend...

Very good

Been far too long since I updated this thread. Other things got in the way and it's slowly morphed into something else. Basically the idea of a rail guitar was nice but it had a lot of problems I struggled to get worked out, so I was thinking about testing some other ideas: A simpler outside frame. The top and bottom is about 2/3 of the size. A simple mounting system to mount the outside frame to the centre section. That's the three circular rods top and bottom. Would they be strong enough? Still not sure. A simple control panel. The top and bottom are two distinct parts and don't join at all until ... ... a simple aluminium backbone and floor is put in. The mounting system for fitting the backbone has been simplified. Not sure if it'll work but lets find out. All of this is now printed and is being glued together. Just printing out the drill guides This is how it looks without the backbone, floor, bridge and neck. and in cross section It turns out that putting the rods at an angle makes assembly super difficult as you have to do all three at the same time I had to print some alignment guides to hold everything whilst I was glueing or to suddenly have eight arms. However having the three rods perpendicular looks naff. This will have an Aria Pro neck and a high mass bridge. Probably a cheap set of pickups as well. It is more or less done apart from the metalwork, the finish, which is a new technique but the simpler frame should make the finishing to a high quality easier and to be also setup. I want to get it and the six string done for the SW bass bash, so @neepheid may be working the Friday he turns up here He doesn't know yet. I'll post real photos shortly. Rob

I didn't know about this. Sick of junk cables from big brands who simply farm them out to the cheapest Chinese supplier. I do like a decent cable, properly made and just the right length. Mmm.... Look forward to seeing them at the bash and talking more.

Why humanely?

I think this is why I don't work with valves and large voltages. I've read this 2-3 times. It looks like English, it sounds English but I think it's actually in Klingon. Hope you sleep well and I look forward to whatever you do being done.

That made me laugh... Thankfully my coffee cup was on the desk so I didn;t spit it out over my nice keyboard. I do actually really like my ultra short scale Ibanez. It looks like it was used on a building site as a shovel, and may well have been, but it plays well, it sounds great and is a little unusual. Rob

I like the idea of a swap shop. Can I swap my cheap Ibanez GIO ultra shortscale for for a 62 Jazz please?

The crossover might be of interest as I need to do an autopsy on my dead Headrush FR-112 and see what I can replace or salvage. Perhaps I'll do an autopsy thread for it, an anti-build thread

Perhaps that the secret of their success. I recall that Charlie punched Jagger in the face after he Jagger referred to him as "my drummer". Charlie said he was the Stones drummer and not Micks, and then punched him. I suppose the most famous band mates who hated each other (as far as I know) were Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker. Did one of them pull a knife on the other? Someone said the most astonishing thing about Cream was not their music, but the fact they actually made any music at all. Mind you @AndyTravis is providing an awful lot of material for a book or a film. Rob

Its a very nice briefcase sized setup. On my growing list of things to build. Right after I fix my blown-up Headrush 112 and replacing the tweeters in an Omni 10.5 Now I think about it, I may pick @Mottlefeeder's brains as to what to replace whatever it's blown up with. Rob

There's a common link here in your stories...

You are correct, my mistake. As I do sell on eBay, I should have realised that. Corrected Rob

A mandatory fee set by eBay. Never underestimate the ability of these people to find new ways to extract money from you. This is why selling is free, the seller is now paying for the privilege of selling to you through eBay. [Updated as I got who pays this the wrong way round coz I'm an idiot] Rob