PaulThePlug

I've a Harley Benton Acoustic HBO 850 with cheap Adagio Flats and it sounds sweet to me... way way better than the squeaky phosphor bronze it came with. I've got Adagio Flats on my P Bitsa and J Bitsa and Olympia Flats on a Modder and on my Epi LP 6 string.

Mmm... Nuts, as chatted about before, equal space between, on equal space centered... Going by the String 'v fret marker at 7 and 9, if its not the camera angle, I'd start with slackening the neck bolts and see if there is some wriggle room... Or perhaps the bridge needs a nudge to the right.

@Andyjr1515 Muchas Gracias...

I've got several basses that aren't really played by me!..

Luthier / Woodworker required for Fill 'n Route Job... Anyone able to help? EDIT: Andyjr1515 has kindly offered to take this on.. i think the state of it upset him and he felt sorry for it!

Attention: Woodworking Type Peoples... Would any of you be able, and like to take on a 'Fill 'n Re-Route' job? In my quest for my perfect bass i have an Ibby SR Body in need of a makeover... Simply(!)... # Wooden Block 'Humbucker' Fill the existing pickup cavities, # Wooden Block 'Batt Box' Fill the rear cavity (Needs to be filled for new pickup mounting...) # Wooden Dowel fill 'Shaft' the 3x EQ holes a 1x Switch Hole, Then... # Route for a Single Split P in the Sweet Spot, or 10mm - 1/2 forward, (will it make a huge difference in sound?) For an easier-on-the-eye middle to the original front cavity. Some pics 'n blah blah in the post below. Any Takers? Ta Muchly...

I was listening to music on the headphonrs, and just watched without sound... Back in my apprenticeship days one of the bosses gathered us round and showed us sand casting a cylinder for an old british motorcycle. Great use for Ally Cans. I like seeing Craftsman at work... Check out https://www.alienalloyguitars.com/

Pleasing to watch...

Not sure on the 6mm v 1/4 but... Its usually that 1/4 are too big for 6mm knobs. Tother way is minimal... Alpha's are OK. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/373642673125?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=009VOmD9RYS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=daj_hJ6fSo-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Or Bourns... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124271828899?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tvXEVDI3RHm&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=daj_hJ6fSo-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY A Log or B Lin...

Or... just use the split shaft, but align the knob so the grub screw goes in to the shaft gap to force apart for grip, rather than on the splined halfs, squashing the gap...

Drop @KiOgon a message... He makes looms with various sizes and styles of pots, he might have what you are after...

Fender or Finder?..

@KingBollock make sure ya pedal board ain't to wide, to avoid all that 'Jump to the Left, Step to the Right' Malarkey... 😉

JIS used on a lot of motorbike bits, often have a dot on the screw head.

Saddle Height Screws... Spaldings Fasteners on the bay A2 stainless... various lengths and points... couple of quid.

Usual is EQ, Gain, Modulation, Delay... But... back in the 'ol G'tard days... I used to have the Delay before the Modulation. That way the Delay Repeats Changed with the Modulation... rather than getting more of the same.

Let's see if i can get it more chopping board, than floor board. The sort of thing they use to serve a fancy brioche bun burger in a poncy pub with chips in a mini shopping trolly!..

More Heat Gunning Today... That sealer is bloody thick... and the wood finish rough with a few cracks Start Sanding tomorrow, will have to give it a Danish Oil 'Slurrying' to try and fill the cracks and even it out a bit...

I've been on to Armstrong Music (Previously WDMusic) who got back to me with a deal on a Kent Armstrong Hot Vintage Alnico P Bass Pickup... Nice. Alpha Pots and Tone Capacitor from 'sgarlets' on ebay, great price and quick for guitar odds 'n sods...

Naan Naan Naan - My Chemical Romance

Proper Barn Find!.. I can almost hear the 'A Team' music as its pieced together... I ain't playin' no bass, fool!

I love the worn pebbled body and neck of the Ibby SR's but... just want a plain passive P. So after years of going on about it, I decided to do something about. Ebay ad by Gear4Music for a SR300 with faulty electrics, Spares or Repair. Body/Neck/Bridge/Tuners Sorted... Pots Ordered and some Adagio Flats. Scratches on the body, with a few cracks. I was hoping this was just on the finish, but after a few hours of heat gun stripping (more to come tommorow...) shows some surface cracks. Hopefully all will be OK. Neck is OK, Sanded and Furniture Waxed the back, Polished the Frets and Cleaned and Lemon Oiled the fretboard. Got to sand off the headstock finish. Wish i weighed the Body before stripping! sealer or filler is real thick in places, and really taken hold of the mahogany, so a few digs, and some possibly already there and filled. Plan is get the pickup cavities filled, and re routed for the Single P with the extra EQ holes 'doweled' - Calling Basschaters! Finish is going to be plain wax, maybe a light coat of thinned Danish Oil if this will help with the surface cracks.

@Bassassin looking with older eyes... The Washburn is a bit if class... The Aria is a bit of a pose...