Batfink

I use a 1/4" surface trimmer With wings ! - mighty big fun and gets it done fast and smooth.

Jem

Tools and patience !

Not that i have any experiance with spalted maple at all i'd say that dying it could be problematic due to the nature of the wood. Spalting occur's, as far as i gather, due to fungal ingress so the wood tends to not be very stable and it may be that if you dye it you run the risk of it coming out blotchey. If you want to colour it i'd use a tinted lacquer but even then test it on scrap FIRST. Drak, on this board, is the spalted king, perhaps he'll chime in with some confirmation.

Jem.

OK, so if you're not at the 'finished' stage then it's not a problem pressuming it's an angled G*ison style headstock - a F*ender type will be more tricky but just as do'able. Just thin the top of your headstock by the required amount (take less off rather than more!) and wait for the completed piece to arrive and then just glue it down or better still do everything else bar the final thicknessing and wait for it to arrive just to be on the safe side.

Jem

Not really the best way round of doing it but yes, you could do it depending on what stage of 'originally finished' the necks at. Most shell is between 1 > 1.6mm so you'd have to have a veneer of around 2mm minimum so you'd have to loose, in theory, at least 2mm from the front face of the headstock which depending at what stage you're done to it could be a right P.I.T.A. especially if you make a mistake and trash it in some way. As with most things, it can be done but you may be presenting yourself with more of a headache than it's worth again depending exactly how far down the 'finished' road you are.

Jem

Christ on a bike, i thought my ex wife was full of s**t but this kiddie really throws the anchor out !

You don't always get what you pay for - let's say $3 better

Schaller made most of the original Floyd's back in the day so, as Wes said, you'd be happy with both. Due to the slightly shorter stock on the Schaller a lot of people use these if you're going to recess it into the body but it's your build so choose whatever you fancy. I use Schaller for the guitars i build but that just may be the fact i'm in Europe and Schaller's are more available than OFR's.

Jem.

my fault - thirty years ago when i was still at school i felt i was wasting enough of my life on alcohol and T.H.C not to waste 3 years doing latin

Rich, this is why i called out for your verification oh great timber guru.

Couldn't have someone along the way standardised the names for crying out loud - confusing or what

Jem

sycamore (which looks cool quartersawn, not sure of its tonal properties, I dont think i've ever seen it used for anything)

I use it for bodies (GOTM last September for example) and have on occassion used it for necks. I can't think that Sycamore over there would be any different from Sycamore over here but perhaps someone like Rich (Fryovanni) can set the record straight.

Jem

Hamer did a finish almost exactly like that in the late 80's / early 90's. The finish was airbrushed - each one was different - and was not a swirl as such.

Jem

I've just had a response from my Ebay question about the soundclip that he posted on Youtube and the answer was 'SOFTWARE' - nothing more, nothing less.........what a dickhead.

Jem.

wow, apparently it is actually a 33" scale with 26" fretboard - maybe its not so bad afterall

isnt that a novel idea - buying a bass unwired so you can do it yourself!!!

So i take this means he has never even gotten around to wiring it up and actually playing his wonderfull new invention - thats a real shame!!

Is it even able to be wired up??? - did he put a wiring channel in??

Perhaps we could ask him where the Youtube soundbite came from seeing it's never been wired up.

Man, much more of this and i'll have to take a half day to go home and change my pants i'm laughing so much

From his Ebay listing: (i'm sure there must be a law against listing crap like this)

Q: Hello, Great Looking Bass! What kind of pickup does the bass come with and how is the instrument tuned? 26-Jul-07

A: HI, THANK'S FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE SUPER BASS. THE PICK-UP IS A CUSTOM MADE SINGLE COIL PICK-UP. THE TUNING OF THE SUPER BASS IS UN-DEFINED, FREE FOR THE PLAYER TO TUNE AS REQUIRED AND CAN STILL PRODUCE DEFINABLE NOTE'S AT THE SLACKEST OF TUNING'S. THANK'S ONCE AGAIN, JIM.

Seller's payment instructions

BUYER CAN COLLECT TO SAVE ON POSTAGE, UNFORTUNATLY THIS ITEM CANNOT BE RETURNED DUE TO PERSONNAL CIRCUMSTANCE'S, SORRY

Christ on a bike, this kid just gets funnier and funnier !

Jem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/13-STRNG-BASS-GUITAR...1QQcmdZViewItem

He's just soooo bizarre, I'm wondering whether he's actually an actor & we've all fallen into his trap, nobody could be that odd surely?

Sad little public schoolboy who's scared to come out of the closet !

Basically it just looks like his crayon's ran out and mummy wouldn't fill his jam jar so he could switch to his paint box. If someone tattoo'd me to that standard i'd knife 'em without a blink. Anyways, i wonder if this little toad is local to anyone, probably piss his pants if anyone turned up on the door and asked to take a look at his wonderous luthiery skills !

Jem

Just seen B'frogs ebay post - anybody in the Mansfield area fancy taking a look ?

Rescue Pearl list some on thier sell-off page, may be worth dropping them a line.

jem

Link please?

"Supplier section" for future reference.

Rescue Pearl list some on thier sell-off page, may be worth dropping them a line.

jem

Looks quite neat Wez. I did a Hiwatt cab when i was 18'ish (25 years ago!) and ended up with more of my Levi's stuck to the cab than tolex....not a job i've ever attempted since needless to say.

Nah, it's a bolt through

How bloody rock and roll is that....i would say 'you completely nailed that style' but the joke police are hot on my heels.

Jem

Without commenting on what you're actually trying to do, yes, you could just saw straight through the dots.

Jem

...obviously not so much on guitars, I've never seen that,

Neither have i which may be a reason to have a go !

Jem

I would think you'd be better off buying one of these UK Ebay - only from what people say, never used one myself.

Jem.

Hmmm, link doesn't (or may not work) - just type Preval into ebay.