mrbacco

yesSir! Did I complicate my life too much you think?

😉 thank you!

How can these guys build such pickups for a fraction of a price of the competition? In my other telecaster, I bought a ceramic minihumbucker from a custom shop in Italy, and was 4 time the price of the one from Warman ... how do they do that?

wow ... these are some guidelines, thanks very much ... I cannot say I understood everything, but I will have time to re read it all a few times! I like your workspace!

yeah ... the routing .. I am a bit worried, but I have some pine wood and other wood I can use as guinea pig. I did not think of using a neck plate, I don't even know what it is for, to be honest, I might have missed a point here. I was thinking to either screw the neck in once I pre drilled the body, or to install the bolts in the neck first and then install it on the body so that the screws will screw into the bolts. I think someone here, sorry of I forgot, did not suggested the bolt solution as it does not provide any advantage.

But would not be ok if I then, after sqaring off the heel, I mount the bridge a backward for the fraction that I took off from the neck? (If you know what I mean)? Just moving everything back a bit (a tiny fraction of an inch I guess) to maintain the length of the scale and therefore the intonation? No? Is this nonsense? 🙂 Also: what do you mean by the heel taper might not allow it Thanks.

But would not be ok if I then, after sqaring off the heel, I mount the bridge a backward for the fraction that I took off from the neck? (If you know what I mean)? Just moving everything back a bit (a tiny fraction of an inch I guess) to maintain the length of the scale and therefore the intonation? No? Is this nonsense? 🙂 Also: what do you mean by the heel taper might not allow it Thanks.

Thanks, I will try to post some recorded sound once I finish the assembly, maybe in 2049 considering my skills? 😉

so .. if I do not have to follow your advice, I should not even follow this one where you told me not to follow your advice! LoL 🙂

Thanks, the pickup is interesting, never had one like that, it is actually a bit smaller then the other mini humbucker I have in the other telecaster ... and the price I got it is even more interesting, a fraction of the "regular" ones, let's see ...

thanks ... who's holding you captive ? 🙂

Hello world. I have been invited to start a thread about the above. In a few words, I am unexperienced in the subject, but have some experience with wood working, and because I love bass and wood working, I thought to merge the two passions by assembling/building my new bass guitar. Requirements are bulletted following: - Telecaster body (see below, please) - Long scale - I want to install the double humbucker I just bought from a small UK builder that seems to be powerful and chubby as I like, never tried it before, but I hope it will be a nice warming fatty/meaty sound. I know I will have to modify the pocket for the pickup as it is built for a single coil type. I plan to use my manual router to do so. - I have an idea to install a second hand neck from a jazz bass (left handed) bought recently on ebay (see below) which is fretless (meaning the frets have been removed, so there is still the cut on the neck), and I was wondering how much work I need to do to on it or can I install it as it is? Do I need to fill the cavities left on the neck by taking the fret off? Also, I will definitely have to sand off the heel of the neck as it is rounded and not flat as the pocket on the body. Any suggestion on this latter matter ? I plan to use my manual router to do so. - Finish: I would like to leave the wood color on for both the body and the head of the neck. - Hardware: black hardware all over, with possibly a choice between these two bridges (thanks @walshy for the cool one 😉) (please see attached). Also: I have seen loads of videos on YT about how to mount the bridge in order to put it in the right position and to maintain the 34" scale, but is there anything I should be most aware of here? - String: light rounded: I have these Adagio that are brand new and have been donated to me by lovely wife (or Wi-Fi as I call her 🙂) At the end of the day I am trying to make something that could look a bit (very much only a bit) like a Dusty Hill Tele with on a Joe Dart musicman! LoL Main concern (at the top of the others mentioned above 🙂) : - Attacching the neck to the body: I have done that 2 times in my whole life, and it seems I could have done a better job. Any hints on how to achieve the best result here? Thanks gentlepeople for anything you can suggest! Cheers!

will do thanks for the advice and the warm welcome!

Thanks a million ... diving into the different subjects as we speak, regards!

Ciao from Ireland and from me, mrbacco. An avid italian learner and experimenter. I have been playing drums since I was 16 (on and off), and bass since I was 42 (i.e. for 7 years now). I am intrigue by the fat, low, and rounded sound of the electric bass, and I love playing mine not only for my behavioural activation excercises 🙂. I am also a maker, so I decided a few weeks ago to start assembling my own bass, and I will keep you posted with my achievements (if any) and learning curve, for sure, and on this platform. I apologize in advance to any luthier here present if I seem to try to unflatteringly emulate your art-work. Thanks for sharing a wide amount of knowledge here. Also: anyone can point me to a thread here (if it exists) of mounting a left handed neck on a right hand bass, please?

[quote name='Kex' timestamp='1464339136' post='3058525'] As a kid I often saw Phil Lynott walk past my Aunts house in Walkinstown. Bit random, but it was Dublin [/quote] Lovely memories I guess... have you seen the tribute statue on a road in Grafton area?

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1471532584' post='3113760'] Great news. That Squier Jazz should be getting a bit more love from you now! And you'll have to start saving for a bass amp [/quote] Yes sir... I think you are right... It is a brilliant piece of instrument ...

Update, lads.... Tried another amp [forgot to take a pic and forgot type and model number etc...] from a professional bass player here in Dublin and the sound is totally different ... forgive my ignorance on this subject :-)

[quote name='mcnach' timestamp='1471345521' post='3112278'] Just tell her casually that you're considering switching to accordion, or trombone... I suspect she will suddenly become more encouraging and helpful about your bass playing [/quote] LOL ... will do! :-)

Thanks to all of you. I am playing now in each part and corner of the house [gf is not happy cause it's interfering a lot with her fiddle LOL] and then I will certainly change the amp [before we need to move to another bigger place] and that would take me to a better level of sound, after that [and after long practice time] I maybe tell the difference with new strings and pickups ... and maybe I'll enlarge the family after that... Thanks again!