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Or maybe just the headstock front a little darker? Along with the rosewood fretboard.
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Opinion...I would use a darker neck, fretboard at least.
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The bass in question, my main, is a bass that I put together originally in 1982 using: 1971 Fender fretless maple neck 1982 Schecter Research P/J body, Satin Walnut, heavily contoured at least 3 times. Refinished 3 times. This is from the times Schecter sold Fender replacement parts. Tapped Schecter PU’s. Probably made by Seymour Duncan. With 2 on/off/on switches. Half volume, off, full volume. Stereo wiring When the P PU quit working some years ago, I tried to have Seymour Duncan make me a new one. They told me then they probably make the PU’s for Schecter. Not sure if true. They tried twice to build me what I wanted. I ended up buying PU’s from Joe Barden. They fit perfectly without covers with the mounting tabs on the bottom of the PU. I recently had Tom Brantley , http://tombrantleyrewinds.com/, repair/build my old tapped P PU. It’s arriving soon. So I’m going back to my tapped PU system. So, after taking the electronics out, I’m going to rub it out and give it a fresh waxing before installing the old tapped PU’s back in.
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Strange Brew- Cream
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Maxwells Silver Hammer- The Beatles
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PU’s shipped. Talked to the luthier today discussing back route control panel.
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Current weight for the body is 5.6 lbs.
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Pictures from the luthier. Heavy contours. Still in progress.
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Special ordered J PU set is done, paid and soon to be shipped!
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I talked to him last night. The contours have been pretty much completed. Next up is the control cavity and wiring chases. We discussed doing a mortise on the end jack plate. Hopefully, I can post pictures soon, he’s having phone troubles. He’s supposed to send me pics soon somehow.
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Thanks! I’m supposed to talk to my luthier tonight. I haven’t heard from him and need a progress report.
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The neck plays so nice! A full and partial neck shim. I wish I had more to report waiting on parts and the body...
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Some will describe this better than me, but... Assuming it is a fretted neck, the distance from the nut to the 12th fret should be equally the distance of the 12th fret to the bridge saddles. The saddles should be in a position(the mid way of travel) so they can be adjusted either towards or backwards, for intonation adjustments. Use string( the E and G) from the machine heads to the bridge to line up the position of the strings. Take your time and carefully think this out. Possibly YouTube has a video?
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Acoustic Control Corp from the 60's , 70's and 80's
stereoplayer replied to Chimike's topic in Gear Gallery
Here’s my ACC Acoustic rig. The 301 cab I bought new in 1973 w/cover. I was in the 11th grade. The 370 head I got a couple of years ago. It a terrible brown tolex recover. I re-did it with Duratex. I had the catalog pic on my bedroom wall as a teen...amp porn. -
I played the neck for a bit. It plays so nice! Still making adjustments. I would recommend these necks to any one. Not affiliated. Freestone guitars on FB I couldn’t post a FB Link?
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White or. Tort...
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My babinga fretless neck is done and temporarily installed on my MIM Fender J body. The nut(not glued in) is also temporary. I’m putting a babinga or walnut nut on it. The neck is for my walnut build thread.
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Until my custom body is built, the new neck is on my MIM Jazz bass body now. I installed the string retainer, I might tweak that a little. I’m had to raise the saddles quite high. I’m letting it set a bit under tension before giving it a serious tryout. Right now it seems to play better than the Fender neck that was in the Jazz.
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After rubbing out and waxing the neck, I installed the machine heads and a temporary nut. I’m going to put the neck in my MIM J body for a rest run.
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Yea I mentioned it to the luthier. It’s going to have generous body contours..
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Mexican MIM Fenders....Show us yours!
stereoplayer replied to Slapbass Shaun's topic in Gear Gallery
‘98 MIM jazz body. Wired stereo/mono. ‘78 USA fretless p neck. Put together just before Christmas. Custom wire harness. VVTT(pull up on last tone for mono). with my mini g/k- MB-200 stereo rig. -
Why is the forum so slow today?
stereoplayer replied to TheGreek's question in Site Issues and Questions
I notice it being slow to post at times too. But more importantly, sometimes there’s not a lot of posting going on...🙄 -
Well, Les Pauls are pretty cool!
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To each his own. That said, I do not care for most single cut basses either.
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It looks as if it has two channels. But only one output. I was thinking of my stereo basses too! Maybe it would be interesting using with my stereo basses to a one amp situation. I'm pretty sure it costs quite a bit!