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  1. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Mikey.
  2. SpondonBassed
    Skin and snot. I understand your point of view now.
  3. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Mark.
  4. SpondonBassed
    It doesn't look that bad from here.
  5. SpondonBassed
    No. What I meant was that the saddles being centred at 17" from the twelfth almost halves the saddles' useable travel since intonation adjustments will always make the string free length more than 17" but never less. If you set the saddles to the shortest free string length then measure your 17" you will end up with the most useable adjustment.
  6. SpondonBassed
    Good man! I have one observation in that the free string length should never be less than the scale length (34") so you could gain a little extra saddle adjustment over what you have now with the saddles 17" from the twelfth at the centre of adjustment. I think that's right anyway. Perhaps someone else could confirm this for me.
  7. SpondonBassed
    Well done both!
  8. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Adrien.
  9. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Rib.
  10. SpondonBassed
    Great job! I like the colours you chose.
  11. SpondonBassed
    Might be worth searching or asking in the Repairs and Technical section.
  12. SpondonBassed
    Is this of any use?
  13. SpondonBassed
    Thanks for sharing. Inspirational thread. I'd like to think that, in another life, I would be doing similar projects.
  14. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Matt.
  15. SpondonBassed
    Welcome GBD.
  16. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Rob.
  17. SpondonBassed
    I think a contact adhesive would be best but very difficult to apply without wrinkles. @Andyjr1515 applies veneer to guitar bodies by applying PVA adhesive to both surfaces, allowing them to become touch dry then ironing the veneer in place to activate the PVA. If this method could be used with heavy wallpaper it would allow for adjustment sufficient to eliminate all wrinkles.
  18. SpondonBassed
    Way beyond my expertise but very interesting. Will the printed case be strong enough to take repeated impacts in normal use?
  19. SpondonBassed
    Maybe a nice Paisley flock?
  20. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Toros.
  21. SpondonBassed
    Thank you. Yes. I played it for a while and then decided I liked it enough to get the bass it was derived from, the Ibby SR605. I need to revisit it at some point and recess the bridge. As it is now, mounted on the surface, there isn't enough adjustment to get the action as low as I like. It is playable but only with the saddles sat right down on the bridge plate. I have no thoughts about the pickups at this time. If I go down that rabbit hole I will probably end up with a chain of upgrades as each individual mod shows up the next weak link in the chain. Like yourself, I felt the screws needed replacing. They're stainless steel rather than black to match the hardware but I like that. In addition to drilling pilot holes, a little candle wax on the threads helps a lot to reduce friction as they're tightened up It plays well enough for a kit so I'm happy with it.
  22. SpondonBassed
    Good one. If I mentioned it already forgive me. I built the IB5 kit a couple of years ago. Pitbull IB5
  23. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Adam.
  24. SpondonBassed
    Welcome BL.
  25. SpondonBassed
    Welcome Dave.
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