A festive conundrum for you

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I bought a new Lake Placid Blue Fender Vintera bass VI recently, and as I already have a Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI (also LPB) I knew exactly how I wanted to set it up. My plan was to add a shim, put a set of LaBella flawounds, adjust the truss rod, oil the fingerboard and all the little jobs required to make it my own. The bass had been sitting in its gigbag for several weeks whilst I put off this job, but I finally got around to it yesterday and the bass is now perfect.

 

In the process of setting it up and making all the adjustments I used several tools, and I made the tool shown below from the same card as I used for the shim. I used this for a specific task as part of the overall job.

 

I'm sure I'm not the only person to use such a tool, but I don't recall seeing anything similar documented anywhere.

 

The card is about the thickness of a good quality business card and came from the inner packaging of a d'addario micro soundhole tuner I bought for an acoustic guitar.

 

How obvious (or not) is the purpose of this tool?

 

Please post what you think this tool might have been used for.

 

edit - changed the pic to include a ruler

Edited 2 hours ago by Jean-Luc Pickguard

[tauzero]

A height gauge for mice?

[Jackroadkill]

Does it make a Bass IV good for metal?

[Dad3353]

A test piece to check that your Stanley knife can still cut cardboard..? 

[Steve Browning]

You place it over the bridge of your nose to give the impression a solid piece has embedded itself in you. You will also require tomato sauce.

[Steve Browning]

I'm going to say bridge height.

[Cliff Edge]

It sits around the truss rod adjustment to prevent the tool damaging the surrounding woodwork? Caveat I don’t know where that is on that bass, it just looks ideal for the job on my basses. Merry Christmas. 

[ezbass]

15mm spacing jig?