Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:53 pm
What he said.damienblair17 wrote:Oh man, every time I see this thing it looks even better! Great work Dude!
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:25 am
BANGIN'.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:51 am
100% Tits
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:38 pm
Loving the 'scotch finish, have been quietly anticipating even more greatness as the thread progresses!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:13 pm
I love that pickguard. It's such a simple thing but it looks so good.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:24 pm
Seriously good work!
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:12 pm
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
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 7:48 am
Amazing.
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 8:09 am
Noice and spoicey! Now get yer tele out f't lads!
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:43 pm
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
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:47 pm
looks pretty cool brah, gonna put up any soundclips?
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 6:24 pm
That looks absolutely fantastic, truly brilliant project. Would love to hear sound clips.
Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2011 7:25 pm
That is so awesome it hurts me!
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 12:21 pm
that's as amazing as I was expecting. Really nice work.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:20 pm
Holy shit.
That is super nice.
That is super nice.
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 9:00 pm
Great build, it came together a treat.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 1:36 am
Great job! It looks amazing, truly.
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2011 4:29 am
holy shit i close jizz on pants , trully most awsome tele bass ever.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 10:11 pm
Hi there... new to the board, found this thread via Google, looking for short scale Tele basses. Great stuff here 
I want one now too. Left-handed, of course, but wow, that thing looks great! How does it play? It's been a couple of years, hope it's still bringing you joy and fun.
I want one now too. Left-handed, of course, but wow, that thing looks great! How does it play? It's been a couple of years, hope it's still bringing you joy and fun.
Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 10:32 pm
1.5 years since this thread was last posted in but I'm completely happy about the necro-bump because I loved this bass and had forgotten about it. Easily one of the best shortscale bass builds.