kevin_lindsay

Pish!

Repro paper in oil capacitors, and carbon resistors. When the new CTS 250k/500k stack pots arrive, I'll try out the original style wiring. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131114_204935.jpg[/IMG]

MEGA!!!

Oh YES!!!!!!!

Looking good matey!

I loved it, it made me remember just how great a band they are. Right, I'm off to dig out my Quo CDs!

The bass is getting a public airing today in Bar Gumbo in Glasgow. Yippee!!

Andy McCluskey from Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark also stribgs his bass "upside down". I've got a guitarist / bassist friend of mine - Marcello Marinelli - who is a leftie. He learned to play using his older brother's right handed guitars - simply turned round to the left hand position, with the low E closest to the floor. It was funny at the Wembley Guitar Show years ago when he asked to try out a Gibson Les Paul, and then flip it over to play . The rep said " wow, I've never seen that before". Chello's older brother Rico was also there, and he lost his right hand aged 16 in a horrific accident. He too asked to try out a guitar. The rep said, "are you going to play this one upside down too"? The look on his face was even better this time around as Rico answered "no, I play right handed", then proceeded to take off his right hand and replace it with a new one specially made to hold a plectrum! The poor rep must have thought he was being filmed for a hidden camera tv show! Hahaha

[quote name='John Cellario' timestamp='1383945500' post='2271244'] Great choice..is this Mike and The Mechanics? [/quote] this clip is from the Strat Pack concert at Wembley Arena. It also featured Brian May, David Gilmour, Albert Lee, Gary Moore, and loads of others. I was there and it was a great night,

Looks great mate.

I'm going to give the bass a control cavity makeover soon as I'm due to receive repro paper-in-oil .050uF caps and a pair of carbon resistors. Quite a few people have suggested I try out the original "twisted resistor" layout. So, I thought I'd give it a go.

Thanks mate. Fortunately, the bass plays fantastically well - really even accrossbthe neck, with no fret buzz anywhere. Nice and punchy.

I just built this [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151250.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151429.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152509.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152519.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152531.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_155416.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151250.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152509.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152519.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152531.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_155416.jpg[/IMG]

Here's my latest [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151127.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151156.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151210.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151250.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_151303.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152509.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152519.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_152531.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131103_155416.jpg[/IMG]

I've just looked at the Kent Armstrong diagram. It shows the wiring for a DPDT switch like yiurs. Haven't you tried that?

Seymour Duncan's wiring diagrams might be useful? http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wiring-diagrams/schematics.php?schematic=musicman_3way

Looking forward to seeing the neck being fretted and shaped. It's great so far mate.

Thanks Myke!

Lord Sausage - this will be of interest to you mate: Every build is a lesson in progress, and this one is no different. I had noticed a slight rub through midway through the build due to the very slight "blush I had mentioned earlier. This was addressed. I've used clear gloss as the top coat on my bass. My reason for this is that the original basses were bright white when new. The current creamy colour is due to the clear coat ""yellowing" over the years. I don't like tinted lacquer as it never looks authentic to my eye. So, the clear gloss on my bass will age naturally over the years. Here's a pic of the back of Paul Turner's '66 Jazz where you can see how yellow the clear top coat has become over the past 47 years. The Olympic White is still fairly vibrant underneath. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/IMG_2173.jpg[/IMG] so, the white is on, and the clear coat is on. Everything looks great, really white and vibrant. I'm using a thin application of colour and clear coat. But, I've now discovered something which is really handy. If you take a photo in natural light, it looks great - for example: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_123345.jpg[/IMG] However, if you take a pic in artificial light using your phone's flash, then any areas where the thin top coat has been rubbed through, will magically appear as a different colour! It's a horrible sensation seeing it, but it does mean that you can then correct the situation. Here's the same upper horn using the flash. At the upper left hand side of the horn as you look at the pic, you'll see a 10p piece sized area where the top clear coat has rubbed through (the area showing lighter in colour compared to the surrounding area with clear coat in place). [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_123356-1.jpg[/IMG] The area of concern has now been keyed (lightly sanded) and a light coat of clear gloss applied. Allowed to dry for a few hours, then lightly flatted back and rubbed to a gloss again (the pic was taken after misting the clear gloss on. It's still to be flatted back anf buffed in the pic. That's now been done and its fine).. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_125052.jpg[/IMG] I took pics using the flash all over the body. That was the only area which needed attention. If I hadn't noticed it (or had just decided to leave it), then the finish would look perfectly okay for a while. However, in a year or two it would start to show a light patch where the top coat was missing - the light patch apppearing due to the surrounding clear coat starting to yellow. By ensuring that the Olympic White now has a full clear coat, I'll know that there will be a uniformity to the ageing process of the colour of my instrument. Also, some of you might be wondering how the area I "patched" between the pickups now looks? Here it is - you wouldn't know anything had been done. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_153655-1.jpg[/IMG]

Here's a couple of pics of the control circuitry (with the brass screening plate in the bottom of the cavity). The Fender wiring diagram for a '62 reissue shows a 0.050uF in the neck, and an 0.030uF in the bridge. However, I'm used to the tone roll off you get on later basses with 0.022uF caps. So, I used a pair of close tolerance 0.022uF Sprague "orange barrels" in my setup. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_161938.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131102_161956.jpg[/IMG]

No, nobody else has, you're the first person ever to do so. Any pics matey?

I wanted a plate that looked similar to the mid coloured ones used around 1962: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/20131102_114250.jpg[/IMG] Before '61 the plates were even lighter. In '66 the colour darkened: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/DSCF6826_20090624231223-1.jpg[/IMG]

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Grangur, yeah there was a lot of time and effort invested in this bass, but I'm pleased with the result. As for the decal, I just used it as the bass is based on some Fender reference points which I really like. Maybe I should have used my own logo, but I thought, "people seeing the bass with my name on the headstock, will just think it's a no-brand cheapo". So I used the Fender decal. Sausage - a full can would provide a good coating. I was trying for a super thin application, but that made it very easy to "rub through" Anyhow, here's the end result [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151549.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151541.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151521.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151457.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/62_66%20Jazz%20Bass%20Build/20131101_151429.jpg[/IMG]