What he said.damienblair17 wrote:Oh man, every time I see this thing it looks even better! Great work Dude!
30" scale Telecaster/ Esquire bass build (pics)
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Getting the pickup set right was more involved than I expected.
I made a little spacer from scrap and will use a small layer of open cell foam for height adjustment.
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Once test fit I can shield the pocket. I started with one piece as the floor and added strips to the sides to finish it off.
I did tie the ground to the control cavity with a short bit of wire through an extra wiring hole. The Humbucking Fralin split coil pick up will not need the extra shielding but I am doing it as practice because I have never shielded a guitar before.
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Now that it’s shielded I can finalize the PU. I used black dye to dye the wooden spacer so it darkens any reflections off the foil in the pocket. It’s just an esthetic but hell, this whole bass is esthetic.
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Here's the teaser.
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Almost there. More to come.
JR
I made a little spacer from scrap and will use a small layer of open cell foam for height adjustment.
.
.
Once test fit I can shield the pocket. I started with one piece as the floor and added strips to the sides to finish it off.
I did tie the ground to the control cavity with a short bit of wire through an extra wiring hole. The Humbucking Fralin split coil pick up will not need the extra shielding but I am doing it as practice because I have never shielded a guitar before.
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Now that it’s shielded I can finalize the PU. I used black dye to dye the wooden spacer so it darkens any reflections off the foil in the pocket. It’s just an esthetic but hell, this whole bass is esthetic.
.
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.
Here's the teaser.
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Almost there. More to come.
JR
OK it's been done for a while but I have finally got around to Taking pics..
I outsourced the wiring ( 250 K CTS pots and a Angela’s .047 Paper in oil
capacitor if you care ) to a great local tech. I wanted him to backstop me on the set up as well. He adjusted the placement of my shim and made the action even better. He said the Fender rep had stopped by while it was in the shop and he thought it was a pretty cool idea ( My phone has not started ringing on that yet).
It's so light that bathroom scale won’t even pick it up. 7 lbs max. Probably lighter. No neck dive. The sound does not suffer for the short scale. The split coil pick up from Lindy Fralin makes it sound like Operation Rolling Thunder. It a one trick pony but it's a hell of a trick.
Here next my trusty Franken Jazz bass put together in 1990.
It was a super fun project and a great learning experience. Thanks to Tim Armstrong and Rhomco Guitars for the inspitation. I’m already thinking about the next project ( 1959 EB-0 replica, double cutaway LP jr style body).
One thing is bugging me. I really wanted to find a plain brass string retainer. The chrome one just does not do it for me and gold is way to much “Trump� for this guitar. I looked and looked but no dice.
JR
I outsourced the wiring ( 250 K CTS pots and a Angela’s .047 Paper in oil
capacitor if you care ) to a great local tech. I wanted him to backstop me on the set up as well. He adjusted the placement of my shim and made the action even better. He said the Fender rep had stopped by while it was in the shop and he thought it was a pretty cool idea ( My phone has not started ringing on that yet).
It's so light that bathroom scale won’t even pick it up. 7 lbs max. Probably lighter. No neck dive. The sound does not suffer for the short scale. The split coil pick up from Lindy Fralin makes it sound like Operation Rolling Thunder. It a one trick pony but it's a hell of a trick.
Here next my trusty Franken Jazz bass put together in 1990.
It was a super fun project and a great learning experience. Thanks to Tim Armstrong and Rhomco Guitars for the inspitation. I’m already thinking about the next project ( 1959 EB-0 replica, double cutaway LP jr style body).
One thing is bugging me. I really wanted to find a plain brass string retainer. The chrome one just does not do it for me and gold is way to much “Trump� for this guitar. I looked and looked but no dice.
JR
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