Silky999 Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 Just waiting for @HeadlessBassist graphite neck to come from China so I can put together. It is due imminently. 1 1 Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted January 17 Posted January 17 @Silky999 just received the graphite neck today, so now the build starts in earnest. Within a week or two we'll hopefully have a complete instrument. The specs will be: Single piece MGCS Basses Walnut Jazz Body AUROK Graphite Jazz Neck (courtesy of @Kiwi) Fender Pure Vintage 66 Single Coil Pickups Gotoh high mass black vintage bridge Gotoh black lollipop tuners Black control plate/hardware with 500k pots Possible additions will be a John East J-Tone control plate/preamp. 3 Quote
Silky999 Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 (edited) So some minor levelling, dressing and polishing up of @Kiwi fantastic neck aided by the Frtlzr system. @Kiwi the neck really is a joy to work on. If you haven’t invested in a Frtlzr yet, its well worth it as it makes polishing and spot levelling so much easier! Getting the neck ready to mount on @HeadlessBassist custom walnut body. Edited Monday at 00:14 by Silky999 2 2 Quote
Phaedrus01 Posted Sunday at 22:03 Posted Sunday at 22:03 Really lovely neat work. Will be posting the neck I purchased to a build thread soon just waiting for all the parts to arrive. Needless to say very happy! Kiwi did a great job 2 Quote
Phaedrus01 Posted Sunday at 22:03 Posted Sunday at 22:03 Sorry for my ignorance but what is a Frtlyzer system? 1 Quote
Silky999 Posted Monday at 00:13 Author Posted Monday at 00:13 2 hours ago, Phaedrus01 said: Sorry for my ignorance but what is a Frtlyzer system? my fault, I should’ve put a link….. https://www.frtlzr.com 1 Quote
JPJ Posted Monday at 09:05 Posted Monday at 09:05 11 hours ago, Phaedrus01 said: Sorry for my ignorance but what is a Frtlyzer system? Look up Milehouse Studios on YouTube, but if you are easily offended probably best you don’t 😂 1 Quote
Silky999 Posted Tuesday at 18:49 Author Posted Tuesday at 18:49 Neck pocket has had it finally adjustment for @Kiwi graphite neck and cavity channels drilled ready for pickup wires and earths. @HeadlessBassist bass is starting to look…well….bass-like. Bum puckering drilling for the neck threaded inserts planned for the weekend😬. 5 Quote
Kiwi Posted Tuesday at 23:45 Posted Tuesday at 23:45 That is a nice bit of walnut. What finish did you use on the body? Quote
Silky999 Posted Wednesday at 06:26 Author Posted Wednesday at 06:26 It’s polyurethane sprayed on. Quote
Silky999 Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago The bum - puckering drilling done today in @HeadlessBassist graphite neck sourced from @Kiwi. My advice for anyone doing this for their own neck…..pillar drill set at slowest speed, new sharp cobalt drill bit which was 9.5mm to fit the supplied threaded inserts. I did some test holes into scrap wood to get the drill size and technique. Make sure the drill bit doesn’t get hot and clear the swarf regularly during drilling as this can generate heat. Holes are slightly chamfered/countersunk so the inserts are under the neck surface to make the joint completely flat. The machine screws supplied with the neck are M5 but are torx headed. A couple of these rounded off so I am replacing with M5 x 40mm Philips head. Tuner mounting screws and tree string screw should also be machine screws and into inserts. 2 Quote
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