Waddo Soqable

Thanks folks 👍 it'll certainly remain a "work in progress" to be tweaked and messed with no doubt..

Well it's kind of together again.. I couldn't find the black plastic card / sheet stuff to make a black scratchplate (I definitely have some, somewhere) so for now I just re used the original, after a bit of filing to modify a funny lumpy bit. Tbh the black would look cool, but the contrasting white keeps the classic Rick look going . Easy enough to make a black one, or indeed any other colour later if I fancy it I've put the orig PUs back in too just to get it back up and running, after the delays & messing with the bridge units etc I was keen to get it going again... I have a MM stingray PU stashed that I may put in place of the bridge jazz PU, obviously requiring a big hole carving in the top! .. the bassy ultra cheap n' nasty neck PU actually sounds OK for what it is so not to fussed about that. Getting a decent action will require more work tho it's playable ( I'm not one of those ultra fussy types either luckily!) I'm really not a fan of set necks, give me a bolt on any day. I reckon I'll be filing down some of the higher frets for sure. The wood used in the original bass is pretty poor I'd have to say, but hardly surprising considering the low price they were when new. Anyway its been a fun project so far and will no doubt evolve further as and when..

This comes with a Squier P bass... WTF Reproductive Harm.. I suppose you could beat a baby to death with it Ramones style

I've had this too, we did a pub type thing, ( it was geared up for bands so not a one off) and literally one guy turned up, he'd heard us before and came specifically to see us bless him.. We gave him a millionaire style private show, requests and all, and had a drink with him afterwards of course. We did get ( albeit grudgingly) paid by the rather surly landlord, but hey they shoulda' advertised it better...

Cool, and you gots Ade Edmondson on drums too.. 😁

See what he thinks when you've Sneaked a rotten fish into his kit bag... 😁

Jesus, I'd feel dizzy looking at that..

I Just want to tell you 'bout Fartin'... TRB

More filing and stuff, marked and drilled the holes in the metal plates, they seem to sit in the slots OK-ish. I'll have to come up with some patent bull$hit like "Ferr-O-Tone solid steel Sustain Plus Blocks" A trial fit looked OK, strung it up to see what sort of action it might give, and had a nasty moment when I thought the truss rod nut had stripped it's hex socket, a search thru my tin of Allen keys was unsuccessful, however I tried the one that came with the Squier P bass and it fitted, so was able to do it up a bit ( I'd let it right off when disassembling the thing originally) will no doubt be tweaking further. I'll leave it to sit a while now with tension on the strings, I did them up in stages, they're a semitone flat from standard now, which is what I generally have basses tuned like (unless I've got to play with other people who won't tune down) I'll attempt to get it so its action is kind of playable before messing with the next bit, putting PUs in etc

I can just picture the Hueys flying in, and everything bursts into flames....

If its a fast type dye it should be fine, I assume you'd likely oil the f/board with something afterwards too to finish, which would also help.. Another thing I've used successfully on wood is shoe or leather dye.. As long as its the more solvent type that soaks in

I can imagine.. "why man, you only got five strings on that geetar..."

You can get black wood dye, I had some a few years back which worked fine on a guitar body, can't recall the make but similar must be available if you look on 'tinternet Crimson guitars do wood dyes, check them out?

Memory of a free festival, Bowie

Impossible, I'm Spartacus...

Does she sing or play the guitar, or what..?

I'd love to hear his "Mark King" impression.. bet he'd be a very strong contender for our proposed series "When Slap Bass Goes Horribly Wrong"

That's the recommended method for rickenbacker basses I believe , bend the neck by hand then do the rod/rods up to suit

So I made a 1ft long mild steel lolly stick of the (approx) appropriate with for the slots. .. this was incidentally made from a piece cut off the side of an old road sign, so by sheer coincidence the bass will have some literal "Street credibility " Anyway this will be chopped into 4 pieces for the slots, 2 of which seen here, I'll have to round off the ends for the next 2 obviously. When these are done I'll mark and drill the holes, and hopefully they'll raise the bridge units by a suitable amount ( you never know your luck..) I've hacked a bit more wood out to try and level the slots, this I'll have to persevere with until I'm happy with them

You've also saved someone else from buying more gear... 👍

Milk & Alcohol, Dr Feelgood

Wonder if he chopped his fingers off at the same time?.. Pity