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  1. Jimothey
    I’m really not sure now?? Should I go back to original?? Or stick with the 70’s style pickguard?? Or should I just go Black pickguard?? Also I’m sticking with the maple neck so colour matched headstock or not??
  2. Jimothey
    I’m not a fan, White and Gold yes! Red and Gold yes! Even Black and Gold yes! Cream and Gold not so much!
  3. Jimothey
    If it was White then maybe but I don’t think with Cream it would look right I’m toying with White at the minute but I don’t know if it’s to wishy washy
  4. Jimothey
    Another change of plan!! I sprayed the body Red but didn’t like it so I’ve now decided on Cream (a bit lighter than Vintage White) but can’t decide on what colour pickguard??? Any suggestions please? (But NO TORT!!!) Damn it!!!! Looking at the body now I’m thinking the I should have kept the walnut stained neck as I think it would look really nice against the cream now
  5. Jimothey
    Do you mean tru-oil?.....
  6. Jimothey
    Yeah I was going to do that but where I jointed the top I had a perfect centre line which I used to line up the neck pocket and pickup template, I then marked the centre of the bridge but something must have gone wrong when I came to screw it down!! Its not going to be too much hassle moving it over a smidge!!
  7. Jimothey
    Just trying to set up the bass now and realised that the bridge is about 4/5mm out of alignment with the neck (I don’t quite know how that has happened I checked it 3 times) so I need to sort that out and shim the neck a little bit Here’s it all string up.......
  8. Jimothey
    I would be pleased too it’s come out really good, What you got planned next? Your right it is really addictive I’ve finished 2 but now Ive got my ‘72 style P Bass and the Tele shaped Bass which I’ve started then my Streamer blank is all glued up and I’m also I’m considering doing another 5 string of some sort but I think I’ll finish the others before I start that one.....
  9. Jimothey
    That looks great!!!!......
  10. Jimothey
    Sometimes I prefer the closed look but each to their own, I suppose some people need all the help they can get!!!
  11. Jimothey
    +1 I only started building my first one last October and now I’m working on my 3rd and 4th and starting planning my 5th (If I had the money I think I’d be on about my 10th by now) That’s half the fun of it each one you do (hopefully) gets better as your experience grows, also all mine are seriously on a budget I think my most expensive one to date is about £90 except my next one (Pine Streamer style) I think is going to a bit more than that once I’ve bought everything Enjoy doing the build and then sit back and bask in the glow of your finished custom bass.....
  12. Jimothey
    I’m probably not going to have a pickguard so I think the contrast with the rosewood would look better......
  13. Jimothey
    Bit Harsh!!!! Don’t look at the build I’ve just finished and my PBass build you might end up having a stroke!!
  14. Jimothey
    I’m thinking of putting the MM pickups in this build instead of my p bass build so it will look a bit like this But after seeing @BrunoBass‘s Orange P Bass I think that’s the colour I’m gonna go for But I can’t decide whether to go for a Maple or Rosewood fretboard??.....
  15. Jimothey
    I’m having a rethink at the mo I think I might just put the standard split coils in this one and save the MM pickups for the tele shaped bass build instead??🤔
  16. Jimothey
    Thanks @Andyjr1515 and @ezbass The top ain’t bad for a bit of £5 Pine from my local builders merchant!!
  17. Jimothey
    Thanks @Jabba_the_gut, @Pea Turgh and @BrunoBass I’m really happy with the way it’s turned out
  18. Jimothey
    I don’t know if it’s a viable option for you but you could replace the covers with closed ones then the pole spacing wouldn’t be a problem?.....
  19. Jimothey
    I’ve got it virtually finished just got to string it up and it’s all done I think it looks loads better than the white body In hindsight I probably should have spaced the knobs a bit further apart but hey ho it’s all part of a learning curve I kinda like the Chrome I might no bother changing to Black........
  20. Jimothey
    You’ve done a proper tidy job of that looking really good!!....... But Bigwan is right them knobs have gotta be changed!!!
  21. Jimothey
    Good luck!! I’m the same as Jez not my style bass but sounds like an interesting build, very intrested in watching it progress
  22. Jimothey
    Oooohh new builds coming up I’m excited already
  23. Jimothey
    Go for it!!! It’s such a cheap way of making a bass the way you want as you already have everything..... Hopefully next week I’ll be able to get back on my P Bass build (‘72 style pickguard with MM pickups)
  24. Jimothey
    Got some more done over the weekend Belly carve, control cavity and headstock sanded all done now, sanded the whole body down to 240 grit ready from the poly finish which I’ll start tomorrow after I’ve drilled the controls out I was going to change all the hardware to black but with starting a new job funds are a bit tight so I’m going to reuse the chrome but I might change it a later date......
  25. Jimothey
    All three look stunning mate!!!! I thought my Jazz bass was light at just under 7 1/4lb it must feel like you playing air being that light.......
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