kevin_lindsay Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm off work next week, so the pink P-Bass will be assembled and set up this coming Monday. Yippee!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Change of plan - I'm going through to Edinburgh to see Chris McIntyre on Thursday, so the pink bass will be ready to shift sone air on Thursday evening after he assembles and sets the bass up - can't wait!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Car loaded up with 3 basses and 2 guitars. Chris McIntyre will be a busy boy today! I'll post some pics of the completed pink P-Bass when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) It's alive!!!!!! Super lightweight when completed. Chris McIntyre did an amazing job, with his usual meticulous attention to detail. For example: Machine heads installed (existing machine head holes had to be enlarged to accommodate the vintage style collars. These were then installed using a G-clamp to allow for gradual, smooth and even seating. The machine heads had their abutting edges filed to ensure a snug, parallel alignment. The rear of the machine heads' baseplated have raised lugs which normally cause the plate to bend up from the headstock surface. Chris removed tiny slivers of wood in these areas to create little hollows in the headstock in these locations to ensued the machine head baseplated mounted flush to the headstock). Neck pocket routed by 0,5mm to ensure snug fit for the neck. Neck aligned and mounting holes drilled. Frets levelled and crowned Nut dressed and profiled Neck relief set String height and intonation adjusted Headstock string retainer then located and installed. Electronics wired in (with the control cavity having to be slightly enlarged to accommodate the CTS pots) Pickup adjusted for optimum balance across the strings. Ashtray covers aligned and installed. Sounds and plays great! The light weight is a real bonus too. Here's some pics: Front view: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/0456c4d2.jpg[/IMG] Headstock [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/60d6a8f2.jpg[/IMG] Rear view (note vintage correct large ferrules) [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/521e0a91.jpg[/IMG] Neckplate. The number (6464), which would identify an early P-Bass as being from the mid 1950's, is also my date of birth). [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/a1e72af7.jpg[/IMG] Headstock rear showing alignment of tuning heads. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/8eece0fe.jpg[/IMG] Headstock showing perfectly flush installation of machine head baseplated to headstock surface. [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/97830d9f.jpg[/IMG] Edited August 2, 2012 by kevin_lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umcoo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Great work! Loved watching this one...enjoy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Hey Kevin Is Chris based up at St Patricks Sq or am I confusing him for another builder/luthier in Edinburgh? Might be interested in having my bass set up/intonation done and wondered if he bother with such simple tasks G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 (edited) Chris is based in a workshop at the 78 Albion Rd location - beside the Easter Rd football stadium. Doing setups and small jobs is Chris's mainstay, just give him a call. Here's a link to his website which has a location map (you can also dee a good location view using Google street maps) http://www.mcintyreguitars.com/ Edited August 11, 2012 by kevin_lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Hi Kev.. What a Beauty! Sorry, if I missed it, but what wood is the body made from? Do you know the actual weight, I'm just trying to gauge super lightweight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Lovely. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted August 11, 2012 Author Share Posted August 11, 2012 The body is swamp ash. I don't have scales here at home, but it's lighter than any of my other instruments, including my Eric Johnson Strat (which is the next lightest of my instruments). I also changed the capacitor today. A pet peeve of mine is the way the tone control on P-Basses when it's rolled off cam make the sound really dulll and muddy. So, I changed the 0.022uf capacitor on my bass to a 0.015uf paper in oil capacitor. It's made a great difference, the doings with the tone rolled off now has midrange definition and the harsh top end is all that's removed with the tone rolled fully back. Here's the cap that was originally in place: [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/2222f268.jpg[/IMG] And here's the new replacement one installed [IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/73f171ed.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 People pay a small fortune for the best paper-in-oil caps. Black Gate caps are legendary in the hifi world. This is a wonderful diary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankdave Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 This is a wonderful diary. I 2nd. that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted January 29, 2017 Author Share Posted January 29, 2017 [URL=http://s7.photobucket.com/user/kevin_lindsay/media/Shell%20Pink%2056%20P-Bass/20130817_193800.jpg.html][IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y289/kevin_lindsay/Shell%20Pink%2056%20P-Bass/20130817_193800.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc S Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 This is a great build diary indeed Shell Pink is a colour that has really grown on me. A few years back, I wouldn't have wanted a bass in that colour. Now I think it's the coolest of colours ever. Love that finish, really like the attention to detail on this bass - top job. Well done matey, this is one hell of a bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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