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  1. Andyjr1515
    [quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1481450339' post='3192301'] One things for sure - it's not 10% of the quality of the one you made! [/quote] Thanks Sounds a bit odd. Does it make that noise when it's actually soldered or when it's just held against the pot? If it's the latter, then try soldering it and see if it is then OK. If it is noisy when soldered, then I'm as bemused as you are...
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    Hi folks Sold and gone to a very good home. Thanks, Chris Andy
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    [quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1481385170' post='3191947'] Thanks, the rear cover isn't attached to anything other than the body, it's not like a front cover type where the foil acts as an Earth for the pots but it is covered in foil so there must be some reason to do it. Nothing else is connected to it. [/quote] Sorry - when you talked about foil, I assumed it was lining the chamber. Just solder the loose cable to the back of the nearest pot, then
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    Great to see you there, Neil . Very, very much appreciated
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    [quote name='jassbass' timestamp='1481367765' post='3191770'] I'm tempted to sell my bass collection jive jazz to fund this,soft spot for yammys [/quote] Don't sell it yet! I've had a number of PMs, so it might not be around long... I'll let you know if the enquiries don't come to anything
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    At the back, the mahogany wings will be cream, but with the neck, including the tru-section, left in natural colour. That neck and volute is now just shouting to get carved!
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    Still a bit of final sanding to do, but this is pretty much the shape: It will be stained a bit darker (closer to the shade of the fretboard) and have a central cream stripe and a couple of inlay swifts, and of course the body will be cream too, but shape-wise this is how it's starting to look:
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    [quote name='T-Bay' timestamp='1481357447' post='3191679'] Being a single black wire and only being long enough to reach the one pot, I thought the same. There is a small mark on the foil of the rear cover that is in range of the wire but I can't think of any reason anything would be connected to that. As it all works ok it has me a bit stumped. [/quote] Almost certainly it is the bridge grounding wire. The foil is usually/should be grounded by the contact with the pot washers to act as a buzz-bucking electrical cage and so can be used as a grounding point also for the other earth wires. I suspect therefore that that's where it's come from. Best to solder it back on if you can (there or to the back of the nearest pot)
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    [quote name='blisters on my fingers' timestamp='1481317768' post='3191555'] These are really well made and extremely versatile. The controls that need to be are centre detented, so its easy to get back to square one, so to speak. The slightly misnamed mid cut switch can also be used to boost mids over quite a large eq range, so you could have two very different sounds at the flick of a switch. And that's without the good tone shaping available from the rest of the controls. It can also do a good Fendery P or J sound, so if you like it nice and simple that's there as well. Very light bass. Good luck with the sale. [/quote] Thanks for that I've just been setting it up and in the process realised that the strings were shot so fitted a new set of D'Addario Chromes and what you have described is absolutely spot on. I thought my Bubinga fretless had a huge spectrum of sounds, but this Yamaha is in another league.
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    I cut the headstock wings, complete with a strip of rosewood centre splice, from some of the neck offcuts: Then added a mahogany plate and cut and rough-filed the shape: I'll finish sand it in the daylight when I can see what I'm doing
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    I just had the wink of approval from Nic on the headstock design. Similar concept to Kert's Camphor single-cut, with the cutaway reflecting the shape of the body: The centre will be painted cream, with mahogany either side, a passing nod to Nic's (now gone?) cream Ric. I've also ordered the remaining bits and pieces, including the DiMarzio Model One and, as it's Christmas, I'm treating Nic to a set of Schaller lightweight tuners. They are not as eye-wateringly expensive as the Hipshot ultra-lights but they are definitely the business in looks and at 50% of the weight of standard ones! Still a huge amount to do, but very pleased with the progress on this.
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    Interesting concept, Owen. I have no thoughts or ideas to contribute, I'm afraid, but very interested to see how this progresses.
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    Welcome back,Kert. Can't wait
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    [quote name='jassbass' timestamp='1481228884' post='3190869'] Nice bargain [/quote] Thanks, jassbass I think it has the potential to make some soul very happy
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    [quote name='Evil Undead' timestamp='1481227632' post='3190855'] Absolutely the most stunning SG guitar I ever saw [/quote] Thanks
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    [quote name='3below' timestamp='1481231672' post='3190899'] You are left wondering why a certain USA major guitar manufacturing company does not produce items of this quality and appearance (unless they have passed me by). Someone on BC should be getting 'head hunted' by the aforesaid USA guitar company . [/quote] I don't think they'd want to hunt my head, 3below - they'd quickly find its full of marshmallow....
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    Apologies - in the meantime my original post has been freed up. Ignore this duplicate, it will be deleted! Andy
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    OK - sussed it. Forgot about the subscription thingy! Here we go again! Each time Pete, our old-gits-band's bassist gets a new build from me, he gives me one of his current basses. This is his 2003 Yamaha BB604, in Wine Red that I am looking for offers in the region of £200, preferably collected from just N of Derby or meeting up to 50 miles radius. It comes with soft gig bag and leather strap / straplocks It has a good spec with the Nathan East styling and NE1-Parametric EQ which give an amazing variety of sounds. It does have some gigging dents in the top, and a small but comprehensive buckle patch in the back, but in most other respects it is in amazing condition. It even still has the detachable 'these knobs do this' card on the controls and the cellophane protector on the control chamber cover! Here it is: Still got the detachable 'knobs guide'! Note also some of the gig dints: The dints on the front are pretty much restricted to the line from the knobs to the lower cutaway - the rest of the top is in very good nick. The 'fluff' on the strings probably means they are a bit used!: The small but comprehensive buckle rash on the back: The rest of the back is in good nick, including the cellophane still on the control chamber cover!: If there's not much interest, it'll probably go onto ebay next Thursday, but if you are interested, drop me a PM with any queries at all Andy
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    Hi Just tried to post this but got an error. If this posts OK, I'll resubmit the full details Andy
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    Hi Everytime I build a bass or guitar for Pete, our old-gits-band's bassist, he gives me his old one. This is his BB604, bought from new in 2003. One the one hand, there are some gigging dints on the front from the lower cutaway towards the knobs and a small but comprehensive buckle rash patch at the back (both pictured). In most other respects, it is in amazing condition - it even still has the 'these knobs do this' guide attached and the cellophane on the back control panel cover! It is Wine Red, and has the very flexible NE1-Parametric EQ - it can produce a VERY wide variety of sounds. Looking for offers close to £200, collected from just north of Derby (happy to meet up to 50 mile radius), including soft gig bag and leather strap. No trades for this one, I'm afraid. If no great interest, it will probably go on ebay from next Thursday eve. Thanks for looking Andy It's a nice, clean looking bass: Neck and headstock in great nick: The (removable) knobs guidance card is still on it! If you look up from there, you see some of the gig dints. It hasn't been gigged a huge amount, despite its age: Here are the other dints from the lower cutaway. Judging from the 'fluff' coming from the strings, I suspect they are in need of replacing! No dints on the top under the strings or upper bouts: Here's the small but comprehensive buckle rash patch! Rest of the back is damage free - cover still has its cellophane!:
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    I've added the radius on both sides - the slight router burn marks on the upper horn will sand out ... I slowed down the travel here to make ABSOLUTELY sure I didn't radius the neck! Been there, done that! I've also planed the top for the fretboard to sit properly with the dusty end flush with the top. ...and the back. Here you can see I've just started planing the transition of the neck. I will finish this off when I carve the neck itself...which is pretty much the next job after a bit more sanding on the body:
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    [quote name='JPJ' timestamp='1481141110' post='3190045'] Andy, those powerfiles are a bit savage for finish sanding imho [/quote] Yes - I'm thinking ahead for the next build, though
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    [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1481127279' post='3189899'] As for sanding in the awkward spaces I used a power finger sander. Something like this. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/Finger%20sander_zpsleljt5m8.jpg.html"][/url] [/quote] Actually, I've been wondering about getting a power-file like that for a while... maybe this could be my justification! (I'll start practising the conversation with the boss..."Now then, dear, I don't want a power-file, it's just that I [i]need[/i] a power file" )
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    [quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1481127279' post='3189899'] The real truth why I asked Andy to do this build is twofold. 1. I couldn't possibly build a neck accurately enough, let alone the fretting. I used donor necks on my builds. Because of this I had bolt on necks. I prefer through neck. 2. I played Kerts Camphor single cut at the last S Wales Bass Bash and was blown away with how good it is. As for sanding in the awkward spaces I used a power finger sander. Something like this. [url="http://s970.photobucket.com/user/gelfin5959/media/Finger%20sander_zpsleljt5m8.jpg.html"][/url] Additionally, the finish on my builds does not stand up to scrutiny of well lit photography. 20ft away on a dark stage is fine. [/quote] I'll pass your comments to my psycho-analyst
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    I think I've solved a mystery. As Nic has built TWO Mouradian style instruments, including the stunning double neck, you must have been wondering, as I was, why would he need a relative stranger to do the next one rather than do it himself? I think I've sussed it. PTSD Post Traumatic Sanding Disorder!!! I've been at this a full day already....and at least another day of sanding still to do - and that's BEFORE I start rounding the edges. When the normal method for sanding down to the join is a block and sandpaper on a continuous external curve, you forget just how hard it is to sand down to a join when you can't get a block there or any leverage or real pressure! Those tight internal curves. I can now imagine, if you'd already built two of these, why you might not want to build a third I also need to check with Nic what radius he prefers for the edges - the various examples you see are quite varied. The original was pretty much just rounded off corners, but some of the other examples have a definite radius. It does, on the other hand, look and feel more like a bass each day that goes by
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