Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago (edited) 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 5 hours ago by Jean-Luc Pickguard 1 Quote
Dad3353 Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago A test piece to check that your Stanley knife can still cut cardboard..? Quote
Steve Browning Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 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. 1 Quote
Cliff Edge Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 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. Quote
Piers_Williamson Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago Template for a mousehole in the skirting board? Quote
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago (edited) 2 hours ago, Cliff Edge said: 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. The truss rod is at the neck heel, however unlike the JMJ mustang there is no cutout in the body & pickguard to facilitate an easy adjustment using the StewMac truss rod tool (pic below) so you have to practically take the neck off to adjust it — a bit of a hassle if you don't get it right first time, and probably the reason why the bass has sat in its case for a few weeks before I got around to setting it up. The improvised card tool in question was not used in this process though. Edited 1 hour ago by Jean-Luc Pickguard Quote
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