kodiakblair Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 (edited) Who are 'They' ? Can they be trusted and what the hang was I doing listening to them ? I've had these 3 roughed out for a while. Plan was left would get 2 51 single coils at 60's spacing. Centre would be an Italia copy, 4 lipsticks running parallel to the strings. Right, possibly a 51 'Ray' slab 🙂 Turned out the Italia idea involved a fair bit of work. No problem converting 2 lipsticks to RWRP, it was the accordian/leatherette wrap scared the pants off me 😆 Far easier to scrap that one for something simple, piezo bridge/wax finish 👍 I had hoped to be on the ball regards progress photos but things ain't too great health-wise so when energy levels allowed I was more focused on the task at hand. The body had a couple of serious knots, spraying finish isn't an option; Wood Veneer Hub came to the rescue. Not my best veneer job, after 3 attempts at a perfect join the towel was chucked in the ring 🤬 Photo is before the overhang was trimmed away, 0.6mm veneer; roll of 180 grit seen below the neck took care of it. Neck and bridge were positioned and fitted this afternoon. Edited March 24 by kodiakblair too many photos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Wax finish will liven it up somewhat but it needs a bit more. Not too struck on the Cabronita look. Hand cut this pearloid scratchplate a few years back. Did a quick trim to suit the rounded heel, I think it holds promise 🙂 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorkie635 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Very impressive work from my perspective. Hope they end up being as good as they look K. Best wishes Snorkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Thanks @snorkie635 The other two should be a breeze, the veneer for those is over 400 wide so no joints to contend with 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biro Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Looking good! May I ask you where you sourced the piezo bridge? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Been on the look out for a piezo bridge too, so it would be handy to know, cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) 4 hours ago, Rodders said: Been on the look out for a piezo bridge too, so it would be handy to know, cheers! I have one of the Powerbridge ones knocking around I don't use any more, basically the Fishman ones but without the branding. Have a 4 string in black and possibly a 5 string in silver as well. Also have a Bartolini buffer pre, think it's the 2 channel one. Edited March 25 by lemmywinks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 @biro and @Rodders That one I've had in the spares for ages, think it came from somebody on here. Have an Artec piezo element and a couple of rosewood bridge bases if anyone fancies the 'acoustic' look. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitrobot Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Watching with interest. I've a new build planned and I want to do the piezo thing but I've never worked with them before 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kodiakblair Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Pearloid won out in the end 🙂 On first plugging in all I seemed to get was a horrible nasally tone, switched to tapes hoping it would help; it didn't 🤬 If I had hair it would have been in my hands, luckily tugging on the beard is painful so I looked at settings instead 😄 First thing was set the Bass/Treble on the Artec preamp to detent and turn the gain trimpot down; this improved things. At the amp I went with a fair bit of bass boost highs and mids were also boosted but to a lesser degree. A wee sweeten with the Artec pre and all was well 👍 Here it is next to this afternoon's creation, the red Telecaster jazz bass 😎 Sharp eyes will spot a different neck. The 51 shaped one was a much better fit on the red body so the piezo got a spare PB-50 neck, a reshape is on the cards soon 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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