shoulderpet Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Hi I am soon starting a build and I have the neck already and waiting on delivery of the body, I found a used p bass body online and bought it as is an ash body and with the maple fretboard on the neck and the ash body it should hopefully be a nice bright sounding bass However the neck pocket is a little bigger than the neck being fitted and there will be half a mm gap either side, what is the easiest most foolproof way of filling the gap? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) Veneer... 'Prolly able to get away with a 'sample' often sold for a pound or cost of letter post. Hold the page... off to the shed... Remembered i got sample to do a TRC on my Rick-a-like but the veneer was too thin, for the size of cover.. Edited November 5, 2023 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) Just for round the neck pocket sides, maybe the back as well, the depth of the neck pocket... piece like this do ya?.. 180mm x 25mm... PM me an address and i'll pop it in the post cardboard protected. It's very brittle and thin... a dab of lemon oil may help, but might effect the glueing. I'd glue then trim. Edited November 5, 2023 by PaulThePlug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted November 5, 2023 Author Share Posted November 5, 2023 8 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: Just for round the neck pocket sides, maybe the back as well, the depth of the neck pocket... piece like this do ya?.. 180mm x 25mm... PM me an address and i'll pop it in the post cardboard protected. It's very brittle and thin... a dab of lemon oil may help, but might effect the glueing. I'd glue then trim. Brilliant, I will PM you, thank you, hopefully will just be the sides that need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Or... Think this was Fenders Idea when QC took a dive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 When I repainted a 1972 musicmaster bass body (that a previous owner had stripped) many years ago I figured it would be a good idea to fix the huge neck pocket gap before spraying. I nicked a wooden spatula from the kitchen and cut a piece out of that and glued it in. It came out a lot better than it probably deserved to have. The missus never did find out what happened to her spatula. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazed Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 What’s an acceptable gap that you can get away with? What I mean is how much gap will still work and what is not worth trying to fill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 6 hours ago, Dazed said: What’s an acceptable gap that you can get away with? What I mean is how much gap will still work and what is not worth trying to fill? Really the gap is just aesthetics. As long as the neck is screwed securely in place it will work as a bass guitar 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 6, 2023 Share Posted November 6, 2023 I would only fill the sides, not the end. If you have a gap between the end of the neck and the top of the body, you will need to plug and redrill the holes in the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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