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Crafter Cruiser PB350 Bass Guitar - Red_Afternoon Overhall


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So, a mooch about on Gumtree yesters showed up a Cruiser by Crafter P-Bass-a-like... 10 miles and 30 mins away.

Picked it up this morning, Body is P-ish, but with more pointy horns and a bit of a Jazz bulge on the lower flank...

Swapped the shiny chrome knobs for some black Strat Hats, to fit in a bit with the pickup covers... (Eldest black guitar now wearing the shiny knobs, which also looks better for it...)

Strings looked and felt new-ish.

Strings off, fretboard masked up, wire wool, dab of Autosol, small polish mop on the dremmel...

Headstock logo is big n gairish, so more with the wire wool, although i quite like the little chamfer detail.

Pickguard off for a clean inside, Castrol Motorcycle Polish brought up the body..

Not quite sure about the bridge angle, but their are no other mounting holes.

Missing 2 of the Keys from the machine heads, so its a tune a string and move the key...

Oh!.. and It was a Tenner!

Fun afternoon...

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All works fine...

Gave the truss rod a little tweek undone, to get a little more relief in order to try and lower the action

'bout 3.5mm E and 2.5 G with a little buzz when hit hard...

Will have a look at the bridge - must of been like it from new... see if it can be moved but still cover the old holes.

How would you do it? - pivot round and up on the top left screw? - If it went pivot down on the top right may have intonation issues with the E

The extra holes may drive me even more nuts...

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Realigned measured 300mm from last fret to back of bridge each side...

Bottom left hole ran in to each other, snapped the drill bit trying to encourage the hole over, screws down fine.

You can just make out the edge of the old bottom right hole under the curve of the back of the bridge. but have to look...

Looks way better than in the previous pic, Intonated and Sorted...

Bridge Adj.jpg

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19 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said:

Realigned measured 300mm from last fret to back of bridge each side...

Bottom left hole ran in to each other, snapped the drill bit trying to encourage the hole over, screws down fine.

You can just make out the edge of the old bottom right hole under the curve of the back of the bridge. but have to look...

Looks way better than in the previous pic, Intonated and Sorted...

Bridge Adj.jpg

If you got a high mass jobbie off eBay - with a bigger footprint, it would cover that edge. If it bothers you.

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