Si600

You're not making another attempt at The World's Thinnest Curved Guitar again are you?

Could be worse, it could be tort and sunburst 🤮

It all depends on your budget, if you want second hand then try posting in items wanted and on the for sale threads in BC Marketplace. If you want new there are lots of websites selling bass bodies, especially such a common shape as a P. Good luck and let us know how you get on.

One EMG and one Aguilar obvs 😁

What sort of finish? I've got: Matt, satin and gloss varnish Worktop oil Floor oil Table wax/oil mixture I'm thinking maybe the worktop oil in a slurry/buff fashion ala @Andyjr1515

I pity the fool who doesn't want a Mr. T tribute bass...

After finding a drill bit that closely matches the radius of the pickup slot (6mm) very carefully mark out and drill the new corners. Have at it once more with a chisel until.... I need to go shopping now before I can do much more, it needs neck screws and washers, jackplate and screws and strap buttons. Finish? Natural or rattlecan?

Get the cheapest pair you can find from a charity shop?

Can you use normal round files to cut the nut, or do I have to spend 90€ at Thomann for a proper set that will only be used once?

What sort of washers do you use on the neck screws @Andyjr1515?

Measuring happened instead of drawing around things. I marked two places on the neck and body, measured the neck and pocket at those points, took the big number from the small number, got confused and did it the other way around. Split the difference and marked the body accordingly. Savaged it with a chisel, fifty penced the curve with the smallest chisel I have and blended the result with a small gouge and sandpaper. Lacking a straight edge of appropriate length, a nut or a fixed bridge, a length of dowel was recruited and alignment looks pretty good to me. I put a rule against each side of the neck and marked off two points on each side which I then referenced against the centre line. It seems to be bob on between the pickups and 0.5mm out at the bridge.

So.... due to either madness, incompetence or just desiring a bass that doesn't technically exist I am trying to make a five string neck fit a four string body. The following is how I currently intend to do it, it's just a POC right now, so if any of you have any better ideas then chip in. First find the centre line of the body. I've taken it from the pickup rout edges, but I may go from the central hump instead. I don't think the body blank was centred in the machine when the body was made so I can't use the join line. Then draw around the neck heel and cut it out. The centre was found by putting a rule up against each side and the measuring the sides before cutting the slot out. Finally line up the template with the body, draw the cut lines and savage it with a chisel. I've not started yet, I want to have another go and finding the centre of both neck and body, and using some card as the template, the paper isn't so easy to draw the bigger neck pocket with.

His name is Frank Jørgensen if that helps. LinkedIn or there are a bunch of websites claiming to know what it is?

Is using the rolled up ball of sticks how you get such a lustre? I really like the flaming on that.

By asking how to make custom tuner buttons?

Drill an appropriate size hole and epoxy the barsteward thing on! Then cross your fingers it never needs to come off again

Curveball idea. How about making a four piece tuner button, two ebony wings with a contrasting skunk stripe. Then you could wrap the existing tuner stem in sellotape and glue up the tuner button around the stem. Pull it off and clean it up before reattaching it with the appropriate screw into the stem.

You could also, and this is, I suspect, completely out of your skill level, but apologies if I'm wrong, make a broaching tool for the hole....

A rectangle would work fine, 4.85 on the long sides and 4.11 on the short. Drill it out to 4mm and then carefully cut the rest with a small chisel.

I was more concerned whether it was something I should consider at all? As far as I can tell the neck heel is parallel with the fingerboard and the neck pocket with the top of the body. You can tell I'm making this up can't you 😉

Little napkin holder for alfresco dining. Cherry with beech dowels.

Me again.... do I need to consider any break angle on the neck pocket?

More things.... don't forget y'all that this isn't a thread just for me, post your own joinery in here 😉

But how long is the insert!??! Do you go all the way to the underside of the fretboard?

Yes, but how much into the neck heel do they go? In my head, a half to two thirds seems reasonable, but I don't know.