robertg43 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I have used this type of pin vice https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Micro-Drill-Pin-Chuck-6-5mm-Hexagonal-Shank-Toolmaker-Lathe-Wire-Vice-Vise-0-1mm/283866883003?hash=item4217c8e3bb:g:JEUAAOSwoLFerwH0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 I didn't drill any holes in this one, but where I have had to drill holes in guitar bodies, I have one of these 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Well I can report exactly what the Hardly-Bent-One / Deathburger P-bass sounds like. Because after messing around with it for a few days I can say the basic sound is like hitting open piano strings, very rich and rounded but not bright (that will be the Fender flatwounds). In fact it sounded exactly like a well known track which I have tried to learn over the last ten-minutes and record on my phone, but my sight reading of tab (even at quarter note speed) isn't too brilliant so apologies for the stilted timing and obvious fluffs, but I hope you will be able to recognise the tune and the tone is, to my ear, spot on! Sound of the P-Bass.mp3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 27 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: Well I can report exactly what the Hardly-Bent-One / Deathburger P-bass sounds like. Because after messing around with it for a few days I can say the basic sound is like hitting open piano strings, very rich and rounded but not bright (that will be the Fender flatwounds). In fact it sounded exactly like a well known track which I have tried to learn over the last ten-minutes and record on my phone, but my sight reading of tab (even at quarter note speed) isn't too brilliant so apologies for the stilted timing and obvious fluffs, but I hope you will be able to recognise the tune and the tone is, to my ear, spot on! Sound of the P-Bass.mp3 240.82 kB · 2 downloads Frère Jacques? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Chopsticks? It sounds, and looks, utterly spiffing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 That sounds excellent! And I shall hopefully recognise the song when you tell me what it is. That first phrase rings a very, very distant bell. Though it also sounds like something The Redhills play, and they aren't that well known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 It's from the intro to Foreplay/Long TIme by Boston. Of course once I put my phone away, within a few minutes I was playing it confidently and accurately... honest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 That's not a song I know. However it's a nice riff, I will have to look it up. 🎶 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Kind of defeats the point of a kit but I jhave replaced the knobs with used ones and added nickle plated tuners and vintage bridge. Now I've gone and got a quilted maple body (a second, but I can't see the fault). Stained it blue today. Waiting for a Wilkinson j pup, and will be able to use the aged mint green scratchplate that wouldn't fit the original body. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Lovely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 I've made a few mods to the Harley Benton P-Bass. Original parts are neck, neck plate, jack socket, tone control and many screws. I have a custom engraved nickel neck plate on order... (I also have a s/h neck on order so soon I will rebuild the original bass but with a different neck) ... it seemed daft not to leave it as a pile of bits for the sake of £30. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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