Norris

Your power supply lead has two contacts - the bit on the outside and the inner bit. One of these will be positive and the other negative, just like on a battery. When it comes to pedals there is no standard as to whether the middle bit should be positive or the outer bit. They can differ. Usually your power supply will have a "polarity" switch, or you can somehow switch the cable round. Look at your pedal and there should be a diagram either next to the power socket or printed on the label, that should tell you which way round the power should go. I'm guessing here that maybe the pedal that is giving you problems needs the power the other way round to your other pedals

It could be a shark's head popping out of the water with a few pointy teeth drawn on Looks good though. Somewhere between a Jaguar and an elongated Telecaster. Kind of - if Teles had a top horn.

Looking sweet

I think you'd be happier with a Wal

Have you got the + & - the right way round?

Any sound, or even lack thereof (John Cage 4'33) could be considered musical. Again, it's in the ear of the beholder

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1445128655' post='2889036'] Agreed. If you don't feel right about it you will feck it up. Wait until you have the time to go through everything properly in your mind, you have all the tools you need, you have peace and quiet and no distractions and you don't have a hangover. [/quote] +1 I'm just doing my first scratch build and I find that I rehearse everything in my head several times over before going anywhere near the expensive bits of wood. If you're not feeling confident, practice on some scrap wood to make sure you're drilling to the correct depth

A Squier, an old Peavey combo of sufficient volume and a lead. Sorted.

[quote name='jacko' timestamp='1444994162' post='2887938'] Storing wine on it's side was purely to stop the cork drying out and letting air in. Most decent wines use a screwcap now so it isn't that important which way the bottle is stored. [/quote] I still store mine on the side. If it leaks the wine will be "corked" anyway, and it avoids finding out when you already have a mouthful of it

Take the old ones off, clean the fretboard a bit, put the new ones on.

Yes. I think the idea is to counteract any tendency for the wood to bow. By reversing alternate laminations it balances out. However I'm not sure how you would arrange them if using more than one type of wood e.g. maple & walnut. Would you just reverse every other maple strip?

That looks like a P-Bass Special, in which case it's fabulous value for money (depending how much they are asking for it of course). I dropped a SDQP PJ set in mine and it's a cracking bass

Do you mean that the wood grain of the laminates is aligned differently? It is probably to help stiffen the neck and to reduce warping. It is quite common to reverse the grain of the laminate sections Edit: if for instance you plan to laminate three strips of cherry you might want to rotate the middle section. I am planning a laminated through neck on my next build, so I would also welcome further comments from builders that have already done it

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1444835694' post='2886536'] Thanks, Norris How's the ink-staining going? [/quote] Nowhere near that stage yet. I'm still preparing the body parts. Back piece is rough cut and nearly ready for routing the chambers. Still got to flatten the flamed maple top. If you're interested I'm doing a build thread on ProjectGuitar.com (it's not a bass! ) Edit: It's slow going though - I only get so much time to spend on it, and often have to wait for my weekly night class for access to certain tools

That's a lovely piece of wood for the top. I'm looking forward to this

Stunning work

I've just taken my Squier P-Bass Special out for the fourth gig running. I feel like a traitor to my Ric at the moment, but I'm just loving the sound of the SD-QPs

[quote name='acidbass' timestamp='1444299986' post='2881981'] The Fender Rumble combos (version 3 with silver cloth) are cracking amps for the £££ [/quote] +1

One, but only if it's a "light" bulb weighing no more than 8lbs (See what I did there?! )

1 In a band situation he'll just change the bulb and get on with it In a music shop or exhibition he'll change it a thousand times in 10 seconds and every one will look sh*t

I'm still sticking them up to the man

[quote name='leftybassman392' timestamp='1444112339' post='2880284'] What's a light bulb? [/quote] One of those new fangled electric candle gizmos that all the kids are using

Fantastic and sympathetic repair!

I'm no soloist myself (firmly in the backline camp) but I think a handful of notes chosen wisely and executed well would be better than a thousand notes played badly. Choose a simple melody and when you're comfortable with that start adding a few little embellishments