rwillett

So started drilling this evening and broke my one and only 6mm metal drill, I had three holes to do and then I could do the M3 hole tapping. Somewhat annoying but two 6mm's on order for tomorrow delivery. That's half a day lost. My issue now is time, I'm in London Tues and Weds, jam session Thursday and I may have family things at the weekend. I'll probably have to put the guitar on hold but I'm worried that any paint finish will not be dry, so suspect I may have to just prime it and bring as-is. Ahhhh! This is annoying, work is definitely getting in the way of play now. Rob

Bring the lot and we'll work it out in Clapham. I think you had a Colt when you came down last time you came down, according to Google thats circa 850 litres of space, the Seat has close to double that plus the top box (if needed). Failing that I'll borrow an Land Rover from someone, though it may take us a bit longer to get there, actually a lot longer now I think about it Hold firm and steadfast. Rob

Have you met @neepheid before?

I'll try to remember to tell him... He'll probably work it out though, he's pretty clever...

Now thats an idea...

David Thanks for this. We'll work it out one way or another, if all else fails I'll leave @neepheid here and use his seat for the cabs. Rob

My point is that valuation of scarce items is irrational. its worth whatever someone will pay and that the worth of it is based on something intangible as there is limited supply. When that happens all logic goes through the window.

Is the Mona Lisa worth the estimated $500m that I believe it's insured for? Not to me but I suspect some multi billionaire would pay that for a load of wood, canvas and paint. Is a McClaren P1 worth £20m quid for some shaped, cast and machined metal. Not to me but we know people pay that for it. Something is worth what people will pay for it. The reason they pay that is because they believe the object to have some intrinsic value, rarity, beauty, show off characteristics, or fabulous tone. Dave Gilmour flogged his early strats for a fortune and said he's got some equally nice new ones. I think he flogged them for charity so good for him. Leo Fender built cheapish guitars that were designed to be made fairly cheaply and changed easily. I have no idea if pixie dust was involved but some people believe so. I'm not talented enough to know if they are mythical and fabulous nor rich enough to investigate these claims. My most expensive musical instrument is my Macbook which wasn't cheap but gets used eight hours a day and in about two years time will be replaced by another equally expensive Macbook. Depreciation is great. I really like my 97 Fender Jazz and my 87 Strat and my 89 Tele but are they magical? Not with my fingers but perhaps in 50 years time they will be. I'll leave them to my kids. I'm not knocking anybody who wants an old Fender, you can spend your money any way you chose to. I'd love to play an old Fender and perhaps if some kind person at the SW Bass Bash allows me, I may just sit quietly in the corner, my dunce cap on, and tootle around on an old Fender and see what the fuss is all about. I collect old maps, I have some over 200 years old which are quite valuable. Certainly late 60s, early 70s Fender priced. They are basically some old paper and ink. Who's the real fool here 😊 Rob

If you can break it down to 250x220x220mm chunks and provide about a 1,000 printers, sure.

One way or another we'll get them all to fit in. No children left behind

It's already a large estate... the car, not the house... To be fair I could borrow a sheep trailer. Might need a little cleaning out but then any bass will be genuinely "road worn". There's a bit of worry about the smell but I'm sure the sheep won't mind...

Never played a Rick. Would love the chanxe to channel my inner (David) Lemmy.

When I get back from London, I'll drop the back seat down and put my stuff in first and see how much space is left. You are welcome to the glove compartment and that little cubby hole between the two front seats. Oh yes, and the top box 😊 let's not forget that. With the back seats down, there's circa 1620 litres, top box is another 500 litres. let's see how many I can get in and work from there.

I'll get the top box out. @neepheid can ride in that and that's space for at least an amp and five basses saved. I'll put a duvet and empty bottle in the top box so you are comfortable. Bluetooth to the car underneath will work so you can hear my music. If you get too hot, open the lid a bit. Job solved.

Dunno but it's all got to fit in my car...

Here's all the bits on a untidy bed Control panel all wired, pickups recased, pickguard printed, bridge holder and neck holder all printed and checked for fit. Next steps are drilling, filing, shaping, polishing the aluminium into shape. I may not get the chance to finish the body to the level I wanted to. Its a choice between this and the six string. Decisions, decisions, decisions....

Perhaps he was the son?

Looks like a hex programmer on the bottom. Mmm... that takes me back... Might well be needed for this guitar

@Franticsmurf This should be a documentary or mockumentay or something. I shouldn't say it's great as it was probably traumatic, but it is. A collection of the foibles of human existence. Rob

I can practise scales on your behalf if that helps

Thats also a good idea. Where are you in London, I'll drop the whole lot off for you to do as you know far more than I do Rob

I never thought about that. Thats a great idea. This is #3 on my list to do: Finish minimal bass for SW Bass Bash. Finish six string for SW Bass Bash Check and if necessary, change tweeters. I have replacements from a very kind basschatter but the top two are the priorities. Do an autopsy thread on an dead Headrush FR112 Mk2. Rob

Absolutely perfect for thrash metal stage use, I assume that it comes with a dedicated stage hand as well as online manual for on-stage use in case you forget exactly which knob does what. Clearly I would interrupt any song as I searched Google for what Knob's 10 and 11 do. Instead of shoe gaze we have knob-gaze. You heard it here first I note that this is Serial number 7, so there's at least six more of these around.

Which made me think of this somewhat adapted quote from the HHGTTG "He had found a Bass-Matic machine which had provided him with a bass guitar that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a bass guitar. The way it functioned was very interesting. When the buttons were pressed it made an instant but highly detailed examination of the subject's musical taste, a spectroscopic analysis of the subject's metabolism and then sent tiny experimental signals down the neural pathways to the musical centers of the subject's brain to see what was likely to go down well. However, no one knew quite why it did this because it invariably delivered a tone that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a decent bass tone." With apologies to Douglas Adams Rob

So two pickups. one as close as possible to the neck and one a little further back. This is the pickguard now and what you are looking for For me, that's just a case of printing a new pickguard and possible lengthening the cables at the neck pickup (or something). Pretty simple to change, just moved the sketches for each pickup. The pickguard holes are automatically generated in the pickguard, so thats it. Took just under a min to change and using Apple-Z even less time to put back. Rob