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[quote name='Myke' timestamp='1369685134' post='2091669'] Bolt system thing? [/quote] Sorry! I couldn't remember what it was called. It's an insert which means that you use bolts rather than screws, so you can change necks etc without stripping the neck's holes. I still can't remember what they are called. [quote name='nugget' timestamp='1369774628' post='2092698'] The scratchplate is just really just a template for the neck joint / pickups for Jim to make one, it was a scrap one that I had kicking about and you are right, it looks a bit thin on the lower horn [/quote] Thanks for the explanation!

Updates! A bit of sanding left to do on the neck and then Dave will put nitro on it. As for the body, Dave says that there is a bit of sanding to do there and then it will be ready, pending battery box. I shall prepare my spraying area at home and load up on white nitro! The neck has had Luminlay inlay dots put in it and Dave put the tuners from my Warmoth on it too. He also put in the bolt system thing as I am not going to have standard neck screws on this neck or my Warmoth. Pics (and lots of them!):

Expect new pics this weekend! Things have happened, but nothing very pic-worthy, Dave says. I'll keep everyone informed!!!

Oh Lordy...that is nice. Well done!

Nice!

This seems interesting! Excellent woods, too.

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Very nice indeed!

Next steps: I shall send Dave the bridge and ferrules so he can put drill the string-through holes and place the bridge.

Dave has been busy this weekend. He has shaped the body and done a fair bit of routing: The scratchplate is a modified 4-string one that Dave picked up from someone on here a while back but he doesn't remember the make of it. The neck pickup is a 4-string one he has hanging around.

Some more updates: The neck is starting to get there: The body is also starting to start to get there: The body is alder. I am very excited. Very excited indeed. The work looks fantastic.

I have a hunch that the serial number doesn't pan out. By my memory, it makes it a '52! Edit for year...I recall first digit being the decade, the next three being the number of the day in the year it was made, and the fifth digit the year in the decade.

Oooh...very nice indeed. Classy.

I used to be in an 80s thrash covers band which was utterly great. The guitarist moved back to the US and the drummer moved 5 hours away, so we called it a day. It was a lot of laughs, though. I have promised myself to return to metal bass playing when I have more time. Right now, I'm only in one band where we play the standard rock/pop covers. I tend to write extremely heavy stuff at home, so I get my metal fix that way. Love metal. Love it!

The wood underneath the neck is, I think, ash. [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1365973271' post='2046865'] WOW! That figuring is amazing! [/quote] Isn't it just?

Some updates: Neck has been cut: Truss-rod has been put in and glued: And a pic of the back. Just look at that flame! Look at it! Furthermore, the ebony has been sourced. It is about as black and smooth as possible. To say that I am chuffed to bits is an understatement! I have also ordered the bridge, oval jack plate and the ferrules. I still need to order the battery box, pickups, preamp and knobs. I have the Hipshot Ultralite tuners and Hipshot string retainers.

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