WalNUTS! '54 Bass (Warning No Warmoth Content)
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Fat Pete said:
We haz a winna!
I was thinking of a Warmoth Split Jazzmaster with a 65 Hockeystick headstock, for a Fender XII style Twelve string guitar, but not an exact copy.
Will be a while, as I'll need to save up especially if I want the SS frets/bound neck with pearloid block inserts, all that fancy stuff just jacks the price up
Burgundy Mist, with matching headstock... Natch...
The Hardware was from Faction, good service, but the finishing on the back of the plates is a little, err, basic.
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Creamery Pickup has arrived, fitted with a lot of rude words with care and we haz a bass.
Even with the dead strings I've slapped on it, it's a clanger! I likee!
I think I'm going to have to get some string ferrules from a reputable supplier, and I'm still waiting on the Gotoh Contemporary strap pins which I like, and that's the final bits I can slap on later
Even with the dead strings I've slapped on it, it's a clanger! I likee!
I think I'm going to have to get some string ferrules from a reputable supplier, and I'm still waiting on the Gotoh Contemporary strap pins which I like, and that's the final bits I can slap on later
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You noticed that too, the neck pocket is fine, and so tight I couldn't adjust it even if I wanted to, the problem is the bridge, or more specifically the groove put into the bridge saddles, I can live with it at the moment, but if I get those fancy slanted grooveless bridge like above ^^ I think the strings will be pulled into the correct position.
:bananaguitar:
Also the string spacing is off a bit, that's another thing I'm putting down to the nature of the beast and that genuine early 50s Fender were probably off a bit too.
:bananaguitar:
Also the string spacing is off a bit, that's another thing I'm putting down to the nature of the beast and that genuine early 50s Fender were probably off a bit too.
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Looks pretty good from where I'm sitting! Never know you "made" them fit if you if you hadn't said so. :icon_thumright:amigarobbo said:I gave up waiting on those Canadian/Chinese string ferrules, and I ordered the 5/8" ones from a reputable source, had to ream the holes out a bit,but after I'd greased them up and hammered them home....
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Logrinn said:
I was just thinking how useful a Fender Bass Six style thing would be, a fretless version that is. :headbanging: Well I say useful, you know what I mean...
Anyway a photo of my last two.
<Ramble alert!> I was going off he sound of the
<Ramble alert!>
So I just need the strap pins, I'm waiting for the supplier to get in some chrome Gotoh Contemporary ones in, I'm still thinking of replacing the cheap and cheerful bridge with those fancy angled ones :icon_scratch: But I think that's it. Finished... :bananaguitar:
(just testing to see if this works, for people logged on anyway...)
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I finally cracked, and upgraded the bridge from I think, a Squire to a genuine (made in USA!) fender bass plate and webbteca.musical.industries compensated '51 fatties.
Before:
After:
I was surprised the Fender baseplate was smaller than the Squire one, you can just about see the indentation of the old one, oopsie. internation is already better, but I've not finished finalising it, I think I can manually move them about and the string pressure will keep them in the right place. but it's already close enough for rock and roll. :headbanging:
A and E strings are to the deck, and it's a 0.004mm higher than I could get it for the old bridge, so if I really want to be really, really lazy I'll have to shim the neck, again.
Before:
After:
I was surprised the Fender baseplate was smaller than the Squire one, you can just about see the indentation of the old one, oopsie. internation is already better, but I've not finished finalising it, I think I can manually move them about and the string pressure will keep them in the right place. but it's already close enough for rock and roll. :headbanging:
A and E strings are to the deck, and it's a 0.004mm higher than I could get it for the old bridge, so if I really want to be really, really lazy I'll have to shim the neck, again.
