PaulThePlug Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 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... Edited June 17, 2020 by PaulThePlug Quote
nilebodgers Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Good score for a tenner. That wonky bridge would drive me nuts though! 1 Quote
Reggaebass Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 Can’t go wrong for £10, but I’d have to realign the bridge , good idea with the polish bit on the dremmel ☝️ 1 Quote
PaulThePlug Posted June 17, 2020 Author Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) 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... Edited June 17, 2020 by PaulThePlug Quote
Reggaebass Posted June 17, 2020 Posted June 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: pivot round and up on the top left screw I would try that Paul, it might just move enough and still cover the holes Quote
PaulThePlug Posted June 18, 2020 Author Posted June 18, 2020 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... 2 Quote
AndyTravis Posted June 18, 2020 Posted June 18, 2020 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... If you got a high mass jobbie off eBay - with a bigger footprint, it would cover that edge. If it bothers you. Quote
PaulThePlug Posted June 18, 2020 Author Posted June 18, 2020 Anything inc postage is gonna cost more than the tenner paid for the guitar... nice few hours spent cleaning and sorting. Ideal kick about to sit in the corner with the cheap headphone amp... Quote
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