SpondonBassed

...and the shelving... and the flooring. You'd be hard put to find more timber per cubic metre in a flippin' tree house! It's all right. We're used to a multitude of splendid domestic grains and textures accompanying your posts by now. It's one of the "perks" of the Build Diaries.

Welcome UN. Good of you to introduce yourself. You already know your way around here so I'll just wish you continued enjoyment.

There's less of it though. I think Andy might have been reluctant to use the original full scratchplate shape because he'd got some nice burl veneer to show off. I like it for that and the fact that it isn't too conservative in its looks yet still recognisable as a Jag.

Danish Oil is about the simplest if you wipe it on and off over several coats taking the nibs off in between with 0000 wire wool. Better finishes are possible too. It depends on how much you want to put into it. I think the most demanding finish would be French polishing. That does not answer your question about staining other than for me to say that most oils will change the colour of the timber slightly anyway. @Andyjr1515 seems to have perfected a good method using ink for staining followed up with a slurry and buff technique to apply an oil (very thin varnish) finish. Maybe he's tried Ash...?

I see what you did there. Have a banana*. *May contain traces of Nepeta Cataria.

You seen this haven't you?

Tidy. I get the Lou Reed vibe too. I don't think it's overdone. In fact it's nice to hear a bass voice in a setting that suits it. PS: The mix sounds good from my laptop speakers. I can't comment on the sound from my main system at this point.

Even though I have worked both with software and hardware development and maintenance, I'm no digi-kiddy myself. I can't warm to it. In a lot of cases it's a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Even mobiles suffer latency now that they're fully digital. It's one of a few reasons that I don't like them. I strongly dislike having those awkward stuttering conversations that you get as a result. I was one of the last analogue only students on my sound and lighting course in the eighties. The instructors were already up on MIDI and we got some info on that during the breaks. Exiting times but the costs of investing wholesale in digital were prohibitive. Now that it is less expensive the main issue for me is the never ending series of licencing agreements you get presented with just to keep current. Any of those hard or software vendors could pull the plug on your agreements at any time due to insolvency, malpractice or political reasons in countries other than where they originate. Analogue burdens you with neither delay issues nor scripted agreements. /Rant

One of the drawbacks of having to convert analogue to digital and back again. When the method for time travel is cracked it wont matter so much.

I have no strong preference Mind you, with that grain being so consistently good across the extent of the top plus the fact that I am in the market for some cheap pickguard material, I am going to try and pursuade you to go without and flog me your PG sheet for peanuts plus postage. Go on. You'll make an old man very happy. Heeheehee Even if you don't want to part with the PG sheet, I'd suggest you show off as much of that grain as you can. Especially as you are considering an additional control plate on the upper horn.

Welcome B'Adder.

Welcome Heber.

I am fortunate enough to have one in my Ray 34 coupled with a Nordstrand. It's a combination I like more and more. It will be interesting to hear what the preamp alone does for the instrument.

I have to confess ignorance. Although I tagged each of the wires with a little diagram showing which tag it came from, I didn't make them clear enough to tell what orientation to look at the barrel jack from. Doh! I'm going to buzz the tags at some point to confirm which is tip, ring and ground. It's easy enough by plugging in a cable and seeing which tags correspond to those locations. I'll mention here when I do it.

Like the title says, I'm installing a John East preamp in my Ibby SR605. At some point I'd like to put some Nordstrand pickups in as well but for now, I have the amp to hand courtesy of @rk7. He kindly gave me the old East pre from his Overwater bass after he had it upgraded whilst having the bass chambered. The build thread is here. I have been happy enough with the Ibanez from a playability aspect but the output is a bit bland with its current pre and licenced Bartolinis. I'm exited to see if the East brings out anything interesting. It is a five knob J-Retro (I think). I'm winging it as far as resistance values and such are concerned. Maybe it won't like the humbuckers that I'm going to couple up to it... we'll see. It's already looking like a tight squeeze unless I remove some body wood. There is scope for that within the existing control cavity. The John East Preamp with its long PCB The Ibanez Preamp in its tiny cavity The first important thing was to label the wires and photograph where necessary for reference for if I want to reinstall it. Labelling Pickup wire positions I removed the control knobs and spindle nuts Then with a few dabs of a hot iron to de-solder, the old preamp comes out (on the left). After applying copper tape to the cavity to ground the control spindles as recommended by the East pdf, the new one goes in for a rough fit. The board is too long to fit as is. There is sufficient meat in the body adjacent to the output socket for me to carve out a niche for it (I think). There should be no need for a larger cavity cover. I put the East Knobs on to get a feel for it. It's nice. Beautiful action on the detents, the stacked knobs and the push pull knob for passive tone. I only hope I can get some sound out of it too. There is an empty hole where the mid frequency select switch went that I might fill with a dummy switch like Lee Sklar does. He says that flicking it makes recording engineers think he's tweaked something too subtle for their ears to hear but like with the Emperor's new clothes they daren't admit it. I'll leave off for now. It's far too late to start carving wood.

Haddock Knows I'm Miserable Now (Thanks, @Rich, for making fish (trout) an acceptable choice in this.)

Some Krill are Bigger Than Others

Wishing you a successful recovery.

I like that description. Succinct.

Welcome Han.

As well as issues with "free" image hosting services starting to charge, the site had an upgrade that didn't hold on to the old site images.

Welcome back* Steve. *We think.

Is it that bad?

If you ever get repossessed it would be quite appropriate for the Cardboard City blues.