mathewsanchez Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Finished at last . It looks absolutely stunning I have to say. How does it sound? Quote
neepheid Posted April 2, 2009 Author Posted April 2, 2009 Now, the story: Yesterday I took the Haggy (as it is becoming affectionately known) across to my mate Rich (Ou7shined on here) to knock our heads together to rewire this badboy. To be fair, Rich did most of it - he's a lot better at electronics than me Still took us two goes to get it right though - first time only the bridge pickup was working. I put everything into the spare body that I had lying around, strung her up (what a weird length - short scale strings are too short by about an inch - the wraps start too soon and I had to use long ones, hence the mess of the E string. What a sound! I knew that these pickups were surprisingly hot for their age - 13K resistance noted on multimeter and it was like they were angry at being dormant for so long! That neck is so fast it's unbelievable. This is going to be so hard to give back once I'm done The wiring is very peculiar, the switch near the neck is a kill switch (on/off for everything) and then the switches left to right from the player's point of view are - neck pickup on/off bridge pickup on/off tone (switches in a treble bleed capacitor) mute (switches in a resistor which has a nominal muting quality on the sound) and obviously master volume for the pot. All that's left to do is refinish the body, and the weather finally seems to be taking a turn for the better. For those of you going to the Scotland/North England bassbash in Moffat, I will be taking this venerable beast with me. Quote
BigRedX Posted April 2, 2009 Posted April 2, 2009 Looks stunning! Brilliant job! What colour is the actual body going to be? However make sure that you get some proper medium-scale (32") strings next time... Quote
neepheid Posted April 2, 2009 Author Posted April 2, 2009 [quote name='BigRedX' post='452692' date='Apr 2 2009, 07:49 PM']Looks stunning! Brilliant job! What colour is the actual body going to be? However make sure that you get some proper medium-scale (32") strings next time...[/quote] It's going to be white - like the guitar counterpart earlier in the thread: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5233&view=findpost&p=283240"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...st&p=283240[/url] Yeah, I know, the one length of strings most people don't have just lying around. I will get hold of a set before the bassbash. Quote
neepheid Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Just a wee update to say that the rag tag pot I had lying around has been replaced with a nice CTS one, and it now has the correct length strings on it. Quote
neepheid Posted August 23, 2009 Author Posted August 23, 2009 Small update - have given up on body finishing for now. I had a go at the primer coat and it was run city. Will need to practice on something that doesn't matter. Have handed the body finishing job to Rich (Ou7shined) - and anyone who saw his surf green refinished Encore Coaster will appreciate the wisdom behind that decision. Quote
neepheid Posted July 18, 2011 Author Posted July 18, 2011 I realised that I had never finished this story. Allow me to rectify that state of affairs. The body was refinished by Rich (Ou7shined) while he was doing my Victory Artist and once again he did an amazing job. I then dragged my heels for ages until I finally put it all back together and returned it to its rightful owner, who was delighted to see it again after so long and thankfully did not kill me Suffice to say I don't think I'll ever take on something this big for someone else again. Quote
EdwardHimself Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 What sort of idiot would sand the sunburst finish off an old bass eh? Looks great Quote
lanark Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='neepheid' post='92390' date='Nov 21 2007, 10:46 PM']Smooth and ready for finishing: I've ordered some cans of nitrocellulose lacquer for the finish (from Manchester Guitar Tech, after I was impressed with pictures of the results that customers were getting) and I finally managed to get hold of a guy in Sweden who could supply me with a couple of missing parts which are very difficult to get hold of (jack plate and a waterslide Hagstrom logo for the headstock). Getting closer...[/quote] Wow - this guitar would have looked awesome left that natural colour with the black scratchplate. Quote
EdwardHimself Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='lanark' post='1308329' date='Jul 18 2011, 07:58 PM']Wow - this guitar would have looked awesome left that natural colour with the black scratchplate.[/quote] Look again- it's a 6 piece body... Quote
neepheid Posted July 18, 2011 Author Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1308431' date='Jul 18 2011, 09:05 PM']Look again- it's a 6 piece body...[/quote] I counted 8 - butcher block bass anyone? Quote
Shambo Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 I'm glad you've finished the bass, it looks great. I was waiting ages for an update. Quote
Ou7shined Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 It looks better all back together than I'd imagined Matt. Nice one. Quote
lanark Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 [quote name='EdwardHimself' post='1308431' date='Jul 18 2011, 09:05 PM']Look again- it's a 6 piece body...[/quote] Wouldn't have bothered me, I rather like that "butcher's block" look. Quote
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