AndyTravis

GCSE woodwork (would probably get an F) awful

And today, we’re out at Heaton Park in Manchester doing a sponsored walk - Iris is one (if not the) youngest children participating. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/irisjuliatravis?utm_campaign=pfp-share&utm_content=irisjuliatravis&utm_medium=fundraisingpage&utm_source=Facebook&utm_term=MEeA97v7D And she’s up to (including gift aid) £830

Never got round to finishing this - will attempt to crack on at some point in new year... so far though, we’re up to about £2000 with other fundraising https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/eve-cardiff our mate did a 21k Row and raised (including gift aid) £1040

Cheers. Just hanging fire as buying the Pickguard for the bass is taking 4/5 more days than buying the bass took. im sure he’s just busy, so I’ll remain chilled 😉

Mrs Travis doesn’t care what comes and goes generally...but The White Jazz would cost me my gentleman’s vegetables if I sold it...she has said my pecker would meet the kitchen knife if it went. She loved the custom shop 55 I had and said she’s never forgiven me - so if one comes up and the cash is spare, I’m to buy another. Wal custom order going in for 40th (in a few years) on her coin too.

Damn. You’re still enjoying this bass... i’m waiting 😉

BB414 from about 2005 at a guess

Hi. in the midst of sorting a new bass and a Pickguard to fit it. I’ve hopefully secured a suitable Pickguard but it doesn’t appear to have a bevelled edge (Fender style) and is just cut at a 90 degree flat edge. has anyone got the tooling or skill to do this to an existing plate or is it an intrinsic part of the raw cut? I know @TimAl has flat edges on his Pickguards, and for stuff he’s done for me previously that’s worked perfectly. But for this I want the b/w/b to show through.

So far - I can't see a way. Infuriatingly got from 99% down to 85 which took 20 minutes...would've took longer on a phone. The most annoying thing is, I want to delete older posts from old sales threads etc and you have to select the last page each time you delete an attachment. A select many and singular delete would be much better, obviously - software permitting etc.

Saw Paul Reed Smith discussing pickup placement based upon where the octave harmonics were. That’s why he preferred the sound of the McCarty and Custom 22 guitars - the neck pickup sat where the 24th fret would be. but that’s a preference thing, and not “correct” nor “incorrect”. Also, it was a free bar when he was talking so I don’t remember what his science was about. Although he did talk about pushing almost finished guitars through a band saw if they had ugly tops or “faults” in the Wood. I facetiously asked why they didn’t just put a solid finish on it instead, or donate to local music charities rather than bin off a nearly finished guitar. He smiled politely and answered succinctly. I don’t remember what his reasons were. He’s not as dull as Bob Taylor...but not far off.

As a point - due to time constraints, I’ve stopped doing repairs and set ups now.

@TimAl has a template he’s firing over tomorrow, legend that he is.

Yeah, hopefully. There was one for sale on here but I’ve not heard back. was thinking about parchment/ivory pearl if that one’s not available

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These were mine about 3/4 years ago. I was playing 5’s all the time and then I stopped needing the B. I’ve been looking for (and failing to find) a red Japanese BB300 Which was the Bass I started with - I did say to myself that I wanted an orange 414 if I couldn’t find an old Japanese one...and wouldn’t you know it - one will be with me shortly from these very pages. I will be having a Pickguard made like a 414x but will be double sided taping it in place (for now) I always preferred the 415 to the 425, no idea why...

Looks about right. Nice aged patina - looks like it could tell a few tales.

I’d have to see the full body. With copies it’s usually a matter of proportions. Also, that stamp correlates with a model number etc...if I were faking things, I’d be faking USA stuff. but if you’ve got a link or better pics of the full thing, I reckon I could tell. i sold Fenders of all origins for 12/13 years and can spot knock offs a mile off.