tommorichards

nice to hear dude. Looks like the neck part should be fun.

noice. Is it at all sabrey?

When doing the bevel, mark a line around the border to file to, then just check to ensure that it is even as you file it.

it was just some paint i had lying around. Didnt want to spend the money on actual proper primer Cheap option i guess

they dont have trussrods, do they? Thats the only real thing putting me off getting one as id want it fretted. Otherwise, i reckon thats a beautiful bass!

well, from what ive seen of them, no. The innards are firmly epoxied in place.

Anyone seeing him in birmingham this week? I need a favour

[quote name='ikay' timestamp='1387317354' post='2310734'] Hmm, ingenious! With this fixed locknut arrangement there will presumably always be a [b]tiny degree of play to allow the screw to turn freely for up/down adjustment[/b]. With the Zon/Alembic method the pickup is more firmly locked in place. It needs a four screw mounting to work though. This is an interesting variation for a three screw mounting. [/quote] This is what i was sort of after. What the sponge, spring allows for.

So i got some pieces, and what ive put together works as well as i hoped. I just needs smaller heads on it, and a proper thin spanner for the lock nuts. Ive used m3 wood inserts at the bottom. Here are a few pictures of what ive put together as a test.:

thats not too far from what i was thinking of, with threaded inserts. Thats pretty cool

Is there any sort of method whereby you can adjust the pickup height to a set level and have it sturdy without the need for a spring / material underneath it? LIke using metric bolts or something with a retainer to keep the height.... hmmm Erm, im gonna have a little look into this. Ill let you know what happens

Cheers! The emulsion sanded very easily. And yes, at 2 spots i hit the wood.

So, after the thread in technical, i went ahead and started using emulsion as a primer. Ive then gone and started another one with the same emulsion as a primer. This one is my take on a fret-king super 80 bass, but with dimarzio pickups and more switching options. Its got a tele style and jaguar style control plate. Ive had to do some serious filling on this bass as i moved one of the pickup routes further bridgewise, and its a ply body. So its going to end up being orange with black hardware. Its been emulsioned, sanded smoothish at the end, and now sprayed orange with rattle can paint from bnq. Ive finished the spraying, and now just waiting for the paint to cure and harden. Its looking promising so far. This is it at its current stage in life And the headstock which i started paint after the body, so not orange yet. The other bass is a sabre inspired piece with a jazz style body, and two guitar style humbuckers. Itll be finished in gloss black with a mirror red pickguard.

I had a go at spraying it orange, it was going well until it fell over and landed in sawdust. So i had to wait for it to harden so i could sand it and respray. But it was going well. Finish seems to be good. It is showing up little marks, but im not too fussed as its a throwaround bass.

Did you check against open strings or fretted notes? If fretted notes, it could be that his intonation is way out.

Well, i decided to make a bridge for it. From a delicious purpleheart. Heres the build diary i put together of it. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223699-purpleheart-acoustic-bridge-with-saddles/page__fromsearch__1"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223699-purpleheart-acoustic-bridge-with-saddles/page__fromsearch__1[/url]