mrbacco Posted October 12, 2023 Author Share Posted October 12, 2023 folks, as promised I am attaching here the picture of the finished work. A few words for your perusal: I tried the solution suggested by @PaulThePlug, which was to cut around the P bass shape of a pickguard: I did that, and, OMG, I am not posting the picture of the failure and the millions of bits of plastic ( @Richard R you were 110% right 🙂!!! ) following the smashed of it due to my heavy cutting I used a small hand rotor, but unfortunately it slipped away in the last bit causing the break of the part). I then moved to plan B. I bought these rings, on amazon, for a 10eur pack of 2. Steel and chromed. Same as the control and the bridge. Then I measured and measured, and measured and then cut the extra parts lined up with the bottom of the upper pickup and the top of the bottom pickup, and then I screw the 2 things around the pickups. As I said before, it is a cheap bass this one, because I am experimenting, but at least it does what I wanted and also it covers a bit the different wood that I used to fill the cable cavity. Sounds also quite well (even if I play it 🙂 ). I had to increase a bit the action for the G strings as the strings buzz was persistent and now it's a lot better and close to 0%. Thanks everyone for the support and all the suggestions! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Wow... looks great! Real match for the control plate n bridge!.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 12, 2023 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Looking great, nice job mr b 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 That's turned out really well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Came here for the plywood floor. That's not plywood, its OSB 🤬 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbacco Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 11 hours ago, kodiakblair said: Came here for the plywood floor. That's not plywood, its OSB 🤬 ok then I apologize for the "fake news" I gave ... sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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