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I'm playing about with Fusion 360 to make a replica of the Ibanez nut. The Ibanez one is plastic, probably nylon or ABS. The design of it is quite complex, it's very organic in shape, the back is higher than the front. The slot holes are different widths for the strings (not so bad), the slots aren't parallel either, I've got digital calipers out and am measuring everything. The printing will be 15 mins, the design will be longer. Rob

I assumed 100% infill. I have PLA and PETG on the shelf so that's easy, I'll knock one up for the Ibanez Mikro. My issue is that I'm not sure I'd know if it wasn't working well. I'm stuck in various meetings all afternoon so may well go on mute and have a play. Somebody must have done this before though. Surely?

Has anyone printed a nut for a guitar. I acquired a really, really crappy Ibanez Mikro bass a few weeks ago. The truss rod is pretty difficult to turn, the bridge was setup wrong and it looks as if the body was used as a hammer (that’s not a joke). I managed to get it more or less setup but as the neck isn’t fantastic, string height was an issue. I wanted a slightly higher nut to compensate for the lack of adjustability elsewhere. I started looking at it and it’s dead easy to design a nut in Fusion 360 and parameterise every measurement , by wondered if anybody had tried it and found it simply doesn’t work. Thoughts welcomed rob

Got the loom from Kl0gon and fitted it. Dead easy. Good quality work on the soldering and wiring, I’m no expert but it looked nice and shiny. Very tightly packed as well. some <ahem> user issues on earthing but I sorted that out. Now have a proper jazz bass and am very happy. thanks rob

Now that is a thing of beauty. Is that the 66 Mustang that you had modified?

Speaking as someone from the Yorkshire Dales, I love a couple of faggots at midday and sometimes in the evening as well. The more the merrier. Rob

Just brought a loom from John. Arrived quikcly, he answered my dumb questions quickly. I now have a Jazz bass that growls. Really helpful and a pleaure to deal with Rob

Hi, I've brought a Apple Magic keyboard for my iPad Pro and so the existing cover is no longer needed. Brought from Amazon April this year, its this model in red https://www.amazon.co.uk/JETech-Magnetic-10-9-inch-Charging-Attachment/dp/B09NSCHMNV/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=JETech%2BMagnetic%2BCase%2Bfor%2BiPad%2BPro%2B11%2BInch%2BAll%2BModels%2C%2Band%2BiPad%2BAir%2B5%2F4%2B(10.9-inch%2B2022%2F2020)%2C%2BSupport%2BPencil%2B2nd%2BGen%2BCharging%2C%2BMagnetic%2BAttachment%2C%2BCover%2Bwith%2BAuto%2BWake%2FSleep%2B(Red)&qid=1692556255&s=electronics&sr=1-1&th=1 It has a few minor marks but no rips, tears or any defects. Your ipad just slips in and magnets hold it in. It works really well, but I needed a keyboard so the Apple keyboard has a case and this is no longer needed. The Apple keyboard case was significantly more It's only a few months old and is free to a good home. I'll even pay UK postage and simply ask that you make a donation of your choice to the North West Air Ambulance. if you wish to swap the case for a 1962 Precision, free free. I'll come and collect It only fits the models below. Please check back bottom of your iPad to find the model number Designed for iPad Air 5/4 (10.9-inch 2022/2020) and iPad Pro 11-inch (2022/2021/2020/2018 model). Fit iPad Models: A2759 A2435 A2761 A2762 A2588 A2589 A2591 A2324 A2072 A2316 A2325 A2377 A2301 A2459 A2460 A2228 A2068 A2230 A2231 A1980 A2013 A1934 A1979. Thanks Rob

I like the Beedster Custom Shop body very much indeed.

Don’t buy individual ones, buy a roll. A roll will come with clips and simply cut to length. We pay around £5 for a 10m roll. suspect Alibaba does it even cheaper rob

Have you tried a midi sniffer program on something higher level than an Android device e.g. A pc or Mac? Actually work out what is being sent as opposed to what you think is being sent. I’ve got the same Chocolate as @Smanth and spent some time trying to get my head around how it worked. I love a puzzle as much as anybody but trying to work out the Chocolate device was hard work. The docs are useless and you need to really understand the model of how it’s put together. I’ve seen your posts so I know that you know what you are doing with IT, but I would go back to first principles, connect to CubeSuite, set it up, connect back to your desktop/laptop, check what’s actually being sent. i ended up buying a MIDI programming kit for the Mac that allows me to capture the commands, transform them based on some logic and resend them to another app. It’s basically a midi proxy server, similar to Nginx. It’s called https://www.bome.com/products/miditranslator. Worth the money in my opinion. currently on holiday in north wales so can’t look at the one I have , but if you haven’t made progress by the weekend, let me know rob

Whoops. Misread that one completely. If you have a cheap 62 Fender I’d still come to Canada for it. The price of the airfare is probably negligible on that sort of bass😀 all the best and sorry for the confusion rob

If you have a nice short scale, let me know. Happy to make the trip back to Croydon and Bromley 😀

Brilliant but the editing drove me up the wall. Constant flicking from one instrument to another. I stopped watching after a while and just listened. I thoroughly enjoyed it once I stopped watching rob

Thanks for the update, appreciate it. I’ve ordered a CTS based loom from Kl0gon and have a control plate with 10mm holes already. Whilst my heart wants to experiment and tinker, my head says “just do the loom and keep practicing”. I easily get distracted with new ideas 😀 I have a little Ibanez Mikro for experimenting with, very , very beaten up and worth almost nothing. In biking terms it’s a “rat axe”, that’s where I’ll play with stuff.

@Tim2291 I'd love to see whats underneath as well. I can't believe that somebody has cut a piece of metal, with what appears to be the dogs false teeth, and put in on a bass guitar and at an jaunty angle. Is it supposed to be steampunk? I was going to say if we all chipped £1 in each and offer whatever the total is, its as much fun as a lottery ticket, and we all get to know. I thought that for say £20 there might be £20 of salvagable parts, the tuners, the bridge, the pickups, they have to be worth £20. The rest of it is just firewood, and as people have already said, firewood is becoming more expensive. I can't use the wood as I have a biomass boiler, but lots of people have wood burners now and there must be £2-3 of wood there. I'm happy to chip the first £1 in. Rob

@Jonesy Thanks for that information. Looking forward to the new loom Will also check on the PUPS. rob

I've ordered a loom from Kliogon so lets see how that goes first. Thanks Rob

Thats a good idea, I'll try that as well

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I didn't expect to get a MusicMan tone, I had a play on it and loved the sound but didn't like the feel of the neck, very subjective but thats just me. Kli0gon has come back and we'll have a chat. Thanks for letting me know. It looked authentic, bit sloppy on the solder I thought, but hey ho, it is what it is. Thanks Rob

@jrixn1 Thanks for this. The holes in the control plate are 8.14mm. The pots have all the signs of never having been removed. There's a washer underneath the flat nut, and it feels like its never been turned in 25+ years. I beleive the MIA Jazz are larger holes but thats just my understanding. I would like a meatier tone as you suggest. Its difficult to describe 'tone' but I did listen and play an active Music man and that really punched out bass notes. I know it was active but wow! Just looked at http://www.ak-line.com/medium/Bassschaltungen.pdf, thats a lot of guitars and somebody has really put the effort in to bring that information together. My German is limited to the little I studied in school but I can follow a diagram so I'll look at that. I'm happy to contact KiOgon and see if he/she can assist here. Whilst part of me loves tinkering (I have two Prusa 3d printers on the go), my heart says "yeah, lets play", my head says "get back to bloody work and earn some money" so perhaps KiOgon is the way forward. @Lw. I actually have a mod_dwarf and am still playing with it to learn what it can do. I was trying to get the sound right before I tried adjusting it in the mod dwarf, my thinking (probably wrongly), is to get the bass sounding as good as it can and then play about with pedals. Happy to disabused about this. @Bassman68 Similar recommendations for KiOgon, which is good to know. I have seen the J East retro fit, not cheap but might be worth it. The control plate is off the Jazz so I can measure things up and see if that is an option. Appreciate all the help Rob

Good information, thanks for checking. Please do a proper build thread. Rpb

Julian Yes all donation details should be there. DM me your address and I'll drop.it in the post. Will be tomorrow though. Rob