Si600

Well. It didn't do what I expected, but with one application of oil at 600 grit it is glass smooth with a few grain ripples here and there. 800 tonight and 1200 later in the week and see what it looks like then.

Dunno, I'm making it up on the fly. From the threads by Andy and Honza, no, I don't think so.

Plate of scratch The chamfer is more a round over in places, shows it's hand crafted 😉 First coat of oil, it didn't slurry like I was expecting, maybe the wrong oil? 600 grit and the oil is for worktops/tabletops and has waxes mixed into it. I hope it gets darker, it's too light for my taste at the moment. Yes, that is an original Mate Tools Workmate 😉

I'm beginning to wish I'd left it alone and lived with the slightly questionable setup.

I've got the nut out, and it goes back on again, it just won't tighten. I'm hoping it's the nut that's gone rather than the rod.

The nut thread *looks* OK. What tool? If it is stripped it's a fingerboard off job I suspect.

I tweaked the truss rod on my 2008 Indonesian Squier JB and it sort of went pop and now spins relatively freely. If I use the allen key gently it tightens and then loosens again, typical stripped thread feeling. The nut unscrews and doesn't look too deformed, though it could be out of tolerance. Silly me did it under string tension so I'm not completely surprised it went wrong, just miffed. A new nut is 10€, which is daft considering what it is, but before I buy a new one is there anyway of checking whether it is the nut or the rod that has stripped? *crosses fingers it is the nut* Just found one for 4.90€ inluding postage, non official Fender one!

Post pictures of everything that you've and we can make suggestions, helpful or otherwise 😉

A bit unfair I think, he's a bit of an eccentric but he's not hurting anyone, and if the suspicion about his followers and ebay reputation is correct, he's not conning anyone out of any money either. Or he's doing some kind of epic level trolling. His builders finger 7 string butchery is a wonder to behold, I wonder if he's done a 5 to 4 one yet... The other three should be packed onto one of Musks SpaceX things and sent out to investigate the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy.

Don't ask, don't get, and this is the wildest of long shots given the BC demographic, but does anyone need a bassist in or around Neumünster, Schleswig Holstein? Yes, I have asked on Bassic.de, Backstagepro.de and bandmix.de.

Gibson make a range of transforming headless instruments if you need any inspiration.

26th of this month for me, at Grünspan again. I refuse to believe that album is 30 years old. Nor that I am 50 in March, so ner.

Weiß du was, ich habe seit 2019 in Deutschland gewohnt, und mein Deutsch ist immer noch ein voll Katastrophe 😉

Could just print one?

@SpondonBassed I've just been back downstairs to look at it. It's definitely real CF on the faces, you can see the weave change as you tip it in the light. You can also see the layers in the cut edge so I think it's CF throughout. There's no sign of fraying though. It cost something like 20€ for a 3mm plate the size of A4. So even if it's just collar and cuffs that's not too much of a rip off.

It wasn't the most expensive CF, I wouldn't be surprised if there was just a facing sheet on both sides and the rest was resin. Certainly there's been no evidence of fraying. It doesn't matter, it's not structural and looks cool which was the point 😁 It's filthy stuff to work though, seeing as it's just plastic and charcoal. Black dust everywhere 🙄

It haz control cavity cover.

That's what I ended up using the spanner for. I didn't think of just drilling a hole in a support block. 🤦‍♂️

I've done them now... one video I saw the guy had just such a thing, like a spot facing end mill, but with a bit that engaged with the screw driver slot rather than a cutter. Of course, I didn't think to try and get one....

How do you turn it then? The rod will either get in the way of the internal hex, or it's being driven in with a bolt as per Andy and Jez's suggestion.

They're very similar to these: https://www.schraubenking-shop.de/M4-x-8-x-AD8mm-Rampa-Muffe-Typ-A-Stahl-verzinkt-P003788 They all screw in so I'm not really bothered but they were neither easy nor clean to get in. I think the first hole was too small and I eventually settled on 7mm for an 8mm OD, 1mm or so thread engagement. Another update, the bridge is on, but it needs cleaning, the string rollers are all stuck and the controle cavity needs enlarging a smidge to fit the push-pull pot at one end.