Jimothey Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Just a quick mock-up, I’m not sure if the MM pickup is too big and looks a bit too much if you know what I mean??..............🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Looks great! Balanced, I’d say. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 MMs look big anyway. I can't see it as unbalanced because the scratchplate puts it in its place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Yup - looks fine to me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 This will probably not come as too much of a surprise to people who have seen my builds before but there might be a change to this build........... I keep on looking at the HB PB-50 SB and I’m gonna purchase one next month so here’s my dilemma........... Do I carry on with this build or do I change the body shape to a telecaster shape and change the shape of the pickguard to suit the body opinions please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, Jimothey said: This will probably not come as too much of a surprise to people who have seen my builds before but there might be a change to this build........... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Jimothey said: Do I carry on with this build or do I change the body shape to a telecaster shape and change the shape of the pickguard to suit the body opinions please Or do you punt the body ? I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 7, 2019 Author Share Posted September 7, 2019 41 minutes ago, kodiakblair said: Or do you punt the body ? I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested Tempting but I think I’m going to keep it and reshape it............😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 07/09/2019 at 22:37, kodiakblair said: I may know a Scotsman who'd be interested I’ve tried marking out the body to reshape it but it doesn’t look right so if your interested in taking it off my hands let me know............👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 Managed to get time to do a bit on this build cavities are all routed out Just need to re-shape the head stock then give the body a bit of a sand over then a few coats of danish oil Here’s a mock up so far........... I'm hoping that when I danish oil the body it will go almost the same colour as the neck............😀 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) The body has been sanded and Danish oiled, I’ve reshaped the headstock to a more traditional shape Now I’ve just got to source and fit the electrics I’m going to string it with some black tapewounds I'm really happy with the way it looks.............😀 Edited September 25, 2019 by Jimothey 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Love the contrast of traditional shape vs modern black hardware and a big MM pup! 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Jimothey said: I’m going to string it with some black tapewounds Great choice to go with the black binding. I like that a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Yes, indeed - looking good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 A small detail, but maybe the pickguard screws should be black, the chrome ones seem to stand out too much for me. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 24 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said: A small detail, but maybe the pickguard screws should be black, the chrome ones seem to stand out too much for me. 😁 I did think the same but the control plate is Chrome so I thought Chrome screws would look ok but I might change them both to black I haven’t quite decided yet............😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky_lowdown Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Jimothey said: I did think the same but the control plate is Chrome so I thought Chrome screws would look ok but I might change them both to black I haven’t quite decided yet............😀 Your bridge is black with black screws. Your control plate is chrome with chrome screws. Your pickguard is black with chrome screws. If it was my bass I would have black pickguard with black screws. 😁 Edited September 25, 2019 by hooky_lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted September 25, 2019 Author Share Posted September 25, 2019 2 hours ago, hooky_lowdown said: Your bridge is black with black screws. Your control plate is chrome with chrome screws. Your pickguard is black with chrome screws. If it was my bass I would have black pickguard with black screws. 😁 I honestly didn’t look look at it like that!! That makes perfect sense!! I’ll think I’ll change them tomorrow..........😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted November 5, 2020 Author Share Posted November 5, 2020 In my usual style I decided to refinish the bass as there was something I didn't like about it so I decided to fill in the MM pickup and spray it Matt Black with matching hardware 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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