Duarte

I had good results up to 500 on the neck, with just 2 or 3 wiped coats of tru-oil. Never felt a slicker neck in my life.

I'm on it. The neck is in a bad way, need help replacing the truss rod and things, but I will be stripping it soon. May I ask for opinions on the headstock? My gut says to leave it original, but I could be talked into something else.

Sorry to resurrect an old thread about resurrecting an old bass! I did make a new thread forgetting I had this one already - I'll post updates in here from now on!

And we're off! Sanded and base coated. Undecided what colour to go for, I'm torn between metallic purple or some kind of firey orange. I have a great space at a friend's workshop, but tracking down paint isn't easy. I'll just end up using whatever I can get my hands on.

I wholeheartedly agree with your decision! My tru-oiled jazz neck is the best thing I ever did to that bass. I'm gonna do all my basses like that!

Apologies for possibly derailing the thread, but these are amazing. Are the pickguards stock or custom? Never seen anything like it.

Yamaha Pulser. Excellent bass!

Agreed - now I'm thinking it's a veneer/laminate. Guess we are going to find out soon enough!

To me, the body looks as if it might be a one-piece with attractive grain - maybe consider going for a natural finish with oil? I did a similar thing with excellent results.

*double slanted P ...maybe?

I remember this - Although I don't recall how this build ended up? Last I remember you were unsatisfied with the swirly paint job I think! I'm going to try and keep this simple, and going with a solid colour, possibly orange. I will have my friend route a pocket for a truss rod wheel, and maybe chuck in a push/pull series parallel switch to the original TBX circuit design. New hardware across the board and strip the neck - voila! I've been keen to start this for so long, but I spent a year doing my masters in Australia, leaving my projects unfinished in Thailand. Now's the time!

Nice to reveal a 3-piece neck - a great little surprise. If you've gone through the finish on the neck at all, I'd just remove it all from the back of the neck, down to bare wood, and just finish with some tru-oil. I did the same to my fretless J bass a while ago and never looked back.

Stage 1 has begun:

So, I've had this bass sitting around for a year or two. Picked it up for around £100 in Bangkok. It is in a bad way. The electronics are shot - although the pickups work. The truss rod is broken. The finish is peeling badly. It's unplayable. But I have big plans. We are going for a full rebuild, which will hopefully end up with something pretty unique. Follow this thread for updates! Before pics....

The classics had some modern appointments, such as 6 bolt neck plate and truss rod wheel, and new (to musicman) finishes. Plus they made a big deal out of having figured necks. They had vintage appointments like slab bodies and mute bridges too. The classics were reissues of basses that never existed, essentially. I'd seek out an old 'classic' over the 'retro' for those quality of life improvements.

Trying to get youtube shorts to make a perfect loop - fails every time https://youtube.com/shorts/-9e2JE8rZ-c?feature=share

Cheers mate!

Just checking in with a bit of funk

A discovery I made today! It's nice. Reminds me of The Expanders...

That bass

Sign me up - love it! Although I am disappointed it won't be upside down for me. Presumably it comes in lefty!

My Redwood Concert ukue is great. I bought it for the same reason as you, and had no experience in playing the uke. I went for the concert as it's just big and loud enough for a class of children to hear it. I'm unsure if the model still exists, as all I can see on their product range is around the £60 mark - but I paid around £250 in PMT. I trust you won't have any issues teaching the Uke, it's easy to get to grips with the basics. However, don't allow the kids to get better than you, which happened to me in my year 8 class.