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It'll obviously look more defined in person- the scratch would no doubt gonna be a slightly different black than the pups, and will reflect light differently, etc.. It may well work.

Because I don't wanna fuck with bucker-sized P90s, think I'm gonna have to make my own scratchy. What did you use to do that one for my JS, Mike? Cause it looked fucking pro.

On second thoughts no.
God no.

Doog wrote:It'll obviously look more defined in person- the scratch is no doubt gonna be a slightly different black than the pups, and will reflect light differently, etc..

May well work. Because I don't wanna fuck with bucker-sized P90s, think I'm gonna have to make my own scratchy.

What did you use to do that one for my JS, Mike? Cause it looked fucking pro.

A router basically.

We attached a piece of wood to the original scratchplate and routed out the chaff for a rough shape, then lined up the router bearing to run along the og scratchplate and cut the wood below to the shape of the original. Then you remove the wooden template and screw it to the back of the scratchplate. Run the router around to cut the shape and then use an angled bit to get the bevel on there.

You do a similar thing for routing the pickup routes and stuff. It takes a while but if you're patience it's doable.

Zaphod wrote:


On second thoughts no.
God no.

Hahaha, it has it's charm.

I can't seem to find a grey pickguard blank, so I'm probably gonna have to spray whatever colour I do get..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLANK-PICKGUARD-f ... .m20.l1116

May just get that one.

Doog wrote:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BLANK-PICKGUARD-f ... .m20.l1116

May just get that one.

Do that. It takes a lot of the pain out of the pickguard process. You just need to drop route the pickup slots (easy once you have a P90 template in wood) and then drill the holes for knobs/togglie.

What do you reckons the best way to put the pickup routes in the scratchy? Something small and easy to wield like a Dremel, and some time and care spent?

Yeah.

You need a thick wooden template to use. The template needs to be a strip of wood wider than the scratcher so you can lock it into place on the plate using screws through the mounting holes in the pickguard itself. Then route away.

Cool, nice one. I've got an old scratchplate to try my skills out on first, so that's cool.



Found some suitable screws and the neckplate off my old crappy Marlin bass. The neck- IT'S OHNNNNNNNN.


Doog, Hammer & Chisel - 1
H-S-H route - 0

hahaha

Pool'd

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=003

Bought me some cheapy pups- if they're awful they can be replaced- for less than 30 quid delivered, I ain't complaining.

Blimey. Nice dealz.

Hopefully they're not just Strat pickups under there, but either way, it's a cool, cheapy stand-in.

I like how the Marlin neck plate has the serial number on it. Like anyone is ever going to care about dating one of those godawful pieces of shit. My mate in high school had a pink Marlin V which I guess tells you all you need to know about the sort of mates I had in school.

Hahaha. It was actually an okay bass, but it was in POOR condition when it arrived from the Ebay seller IN A BINLINER WRAPPED WITH GAFFATAPE.

Frigging fretboard was peeling off up by the nut, probably some ill-advised truss rod wrenching. And no bridge saddles. Cue annoyed message to the fella and the response "I wouldn't know what a bridge saddle was if you told me, mate!"

Prick.

With a stand-in neck for a quick fiddle, it actually sounded kinda good, but not worth shelling out for it's own neck.

Doog wrote:Hahaha. It was actually an okay bass, but it was in POOR condition when it arrived from the Ebay seller IN A BINLINER WRAPPED WITH GAFFATAPE.

He gave it what it deserved.

Technically he should have just thrown it in a pond for you.

Mike wrote:

Doog wrote:Hahaha. It was actually an okay bass, but it was in POOR condition when it arrived from the Ebay seller IN A BINLINER WRAPPED WITH GAFFATAPE.

He gave it what it deserved.

Technically he should have just thrown it in a pond for you.

I was drinking milk while reading this.

It was a DISASTER.

ROLF

I have this image of a Strat that I will one day own. It shall be all black with maple neck and widerangers.

Stratocaster Deluxe yo!

Did you see the pictures of the Jazzmaster deluxe fullerplast posted?

Its just a Jazzblaster though really I would assume.