Autumn 2025 project starts here.

[NancyJohnson]

Just starting to assemble parts.  The thrill of the chase.

 

@neepheid knows what it is.  Shhh!

 

[PaulThePlug]

Looks like it might have one too many strings...

[NancyJohnson]

9 hours ago, PaulThePlug said:

Looks like it might have one too many strings...

 

Just the box.  It may not reflect the contents.

 

Cryptic.

[NancyJohnson]

Delivery #2.

 

[LowB_FTW]

I'm very much enjoying the tease of this.

 

Mark

[NancyJohnson]

Delivery #3.

 

[NancyJohnson]

#4

[SpondonBassed]

Tease.

[NancyJohnson]

#5

 

[NancyJohnson]

#6 & #7

 

 

[LowB_FTW]

24 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said:

 

 

WTF is this?!? 😂

 

Mark

[NancyJohnson]

12 minutes ago, LowB_FTW said:

WTF is this?!? 😂

 

Mark

 

My little secret.

 

[NancyJohnson]

I've got everything except the pickguard.  I need to do some carpentry/filling before I order that.

 

I'm quite looking forward to this one.  Much better than forking out a grand for what I'm doing.

[ezbass]

1 hour ago, LowB_FTW said:

WTF is this?!? 😂

 

Mark

I reckon that’s a pickup.

[NancyJohnson]

Customish pickguard pretty much sorted, although unordered.  Nice deep tortoiseshell.

 

I'll give you this:

 

 

 

[Maude]

3 hours ago, LowB_FTW said:

WTF is this?!? 😂

 

Mark

 

1 hour ago, ezbass said:

I reckon that’s a pickup.

 

Made by a Mr. Tony Rider, 'Tone' to his mates. 

[PaulThePlug]

A P with Blocks?.. Pair of Pups?..

Curiouser and curiouser said Alice...

[Stub Mandrel]

46 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

A P with Blocks?.. Pair of Pups?..

Curiouser and curiouser said Alice...

 

Binding and blick markers? A J surely? 

[neepheid]

I know exactly what #7 is but I won't spoil the surprise...

[neepheid]

2 hours ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

Binding and blick markers? A J surely? 

 

Binding and blocks are not the sole preserve of Jazz basses, and thank deity for that!

[NancyJohnson]

6 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Binding and blocks are not the sole preserve of Jazz basses, and thank deity for that!

 

Despite my love of the Thunderbird, I've always adored a Fenderesque neck with binding and blocks.  I suppose that harks back to my first Columbus Jazz.

[Stub Mandrel]

9 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

Binding and blocks are not the sole preserve of Jazz basses, and thank deity for that!

 

But combined with the glitch in the rout for the lower horn (Fender) and the equal spacing of the scratchplate holes... (j not p)

[neepheid]

1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said:

 

But combined with the glitch in the rout for the lower horn (Fender) and the equal spacing of the scratchplate holes... (j not p)

 

I was merely responding to your original post in isolation.  But blocks (or crowns) in general, yes yes yes.

[NancyJohnson]

All the bits are here aside from the scratch plate; it's been a while since I used a car filler product and had forgotten how heady you feel using it in an unvented room 😄

 

Edited 2 hours ago by NancyJohnson

[NancyJohnson]

Aah, so to the plan.

 

I'm doing a Mark Hoppus-esque Jazz/Precision build in black:

Jazz bass body (Fender MIM), Precision profile neck (cough, Chinese, cough).

Hipshot Kickass bridge (used elsewhere).

Reverse Tonerider P-pickup (I put one in a mate's build, it was pretty hot, so am going that in this).

Wilkinson Machines.

Dunlop Straploks.

 

I've got prior experience with all the parts, so they should go together without issue.

 

Once Tim at Gig Ink gets the guard to me I can enlarge the neck pickup rout to accommodate the pickup.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by NancyJohnson