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I was out at the local shop and I ended up talking with a guy about his rig and basically I've got rig envy. I use Peavey 2x15 cab with and Ampeg B2re head. I was thinking about trading it in for a 4x10 cabinet. Anyone else have an idea?

I have asked the same question and gotten the same answers! I went out and bought a factory second (bridge placing incorrect) and looked it over. I did manage to get the bridge off. The bridge itself is bolted thru the top and secured against a bridgepad cut into a triangle shape that pulls against the X bracing.

I have an old Arbor neck through bass that has seen better day. the finish on the body is all knicked and chipped. I looked at it initially and put refinishing down as part of its work to be done. But the more I looked at it, the more I was like, "wow, this adds character." In all the ax mags i've read, most of the nonsales content where a particular artist was shown, they were always holding the most beat up guitar they own. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

I wish you could tag that on to those guys on ebay who scream "check out the number of holes on your guitar! This is only for RI '62's and FENDER. Genuine parts, $35." I grabbed a check pickguard for under $20 s/h included and black/white/black 3 ply. I wasn't inclined to pay more than $20 for a pickguard.

It is going to be a the aforementioned Squier Affinity P bass body in black (minor dings and chips) with an Allparts replacement neck, Ibanez lo-z Active p pickups, possibly an EMG gain equalizer, BadAss 3 bridge and 3 ply black pickguard. I am not overly concerned with pieces not fitting well (except the neck and body with do fit) since I paid more for the sum of the parts than the actual body. If the screw holes don't alighn, drill time. The only things so far that I've noticed is that sotck Fender pickguards have 13 holes and the Squiers have 14.

" The few squiers i have stripped have had 4-7 piece bodies of low quality wood that could have been alder. the ones with fewer pieces of wood seem to be the older early 90's models." The website (if you can believe them) state that the Affinities are solid alder. Not sure beyond that. I mean, I could buy a maple or ash repro/copy body off of ebay for $50, but why? I was more just wonding if it was jsut a bad idea to use a perfectly good albeit Squier P body.

This is an Affinity series P bass body, so who knows. I got it in a parts aquisition along with a bad neck, a good allparts neck, and an arbor bass body. I strung up the arbor bass and found that aside from the chipped body paint it just needed its frets leveled. I figured I could fit the allparts neck to the squier body since the body was still good. The body looks solid and there doesn't appear to be any of the telltale lines across the back to show it more than one piece.

Hey all, I have an old Squier P bass body on hand and I am about to turn a project out of it. I was speaking with a fellow bassist (who got me a badass3 bridge) and he told me that Squier bodies were just muttwood or basswood. After a little research, the manufacturer claims they use Alder, which should be used as the same base model for Fender bodies. So, who am I to believe, the Fender purist or the Squier website?

Hey guys, looking to get my hands on a Fender Jazz Bass '63ish decal. My dads kinda fell apart a few years back when get refinshed the chipping paint. We've looked on ebay and it seems all the self adhesives and waterslide decals disappeared. Using Jehle's DIY logo tutorial would work, but it wouldn't be *quite* right. Any clues? Pop's tried calling up Fender a few years back and they gave him the run around. It would be nice to dress thatol' axe up before he starts touring again!

Have you done any clean up around the finish yet? I have a bass acoustic that I got for real cheap because the bridge was misplaced and I have to remove it.

being that I am a touch busy will all things family, life, and work, I am going to take the slacker way out and look for a broken LP neck or headstock, or thrashed body or unwanted slab for a project. Sure, I could make one, but that wouldn't be the slacker way.

Well that particular school did have an attraction because the tuition was on a month to month basis. I am self taught, but there are some techniques that are hard to understand without someone showing you. I work two jobs, have a wife and kid, and I manage that band (which isn't as big as a commitment as one would think) plus all the other carp I do.

Alrighty, most of you who may have read my posts may realize that a) I am a bassist and b)played in bands. Well. I was in my thrash metal band that ended up slamming into a proverbial brick wall. I saw it coming and jumped ship. I ended up in this band and they were in a funk. They hadnt gigged in a while, needed a bassist, and needed a kick in the ass. Well after helping them reform and everything, I was told they did not want me as their bassist, rather, as their manager. I am touched by their honesty and understand the need for someone to take charge and direct them. I looked at my basses and though and think, "Did I do something wrong?" I start to strum them and put them down realizing that it's not only am I a totally different kind of bassist, I don't even "know" music. After a few weeks of down time, I begin to realize that once again my skills are starting to atrophe and I dont even sound like the confident bass man I used to be. Then I began to hear about one of those school of Rock places that opened up near me, and began to think about possibly picking up a class to rebuild my technique and pick up a few new skills. As I examined the admissions and enrollment page I ended up downloading a form. The form itself looks more like a credit card application than a school admission form. Well, I'm not sure about what I should do? Any ideas lads?

Is this what you mean?

(In best Mr. Burns impression) Excellent!

I was doing a fretboard removal while following Kevan's tutorial on a beaten old squier neck and suddenly the fretboard split at the 12th fret. So I started at the opposite end and got to the 2nd fret and the damn thing splintered again. Since this is a bass neck, I toyed with the idea of either going fretless or making a real custom piece. Show of hands; who thinks I should still rescue the rosewood fretboard, and who thinks I should just lay waste to it?

Nah, the bass trems aren't exactly pitch perfect, but they are hardly noticable compared to a guitar with a tremolo. If you want a 5 string tremolo, I have a complete 5 string hipshot I might be willing to sell. PM if you're interested. All my trems came from ebay and were real hit or miss. I couldn't find them most of the time.

I have 3 bass trems, none are actually on any of my basses though. I have one from Hipshot, a FR knockoff or licensed, and an ancient Vibrotek "Double Whammy" . Mot Tremolos require the same basic routing as that found in say, a strat. Kahler makes some nice ones that actually require very little routing and they're the ones Les Claypool, unfortunately they will run you just under $200. Les has used his extensively on the first few Primus albums and a little on the last one. The nice thing about bass trems compared to guitar trems is that the minute detuning that occurs when you fully "bend" is barely noticable when compared to a guitar. I've toyed with making one myself. You could probably make one yourself if you had a drill press and some aluminum. Look at some of the designs and make your own decision.

Never seen anything like that. Forgive me if I'm blatant in saying so, but what would be the point in having the string coming out the back of your headstock?

Thanks MiKro. I mean no disrespect to Guitar Frenzy, but asking the salesman if the product is good isn't really going to get you the real answer.

SwedishLuthier, I know what you mean. I couldnt help sketching out a rough design for an acoustic bass. Wouldn't a stronger bracing placed under the bridge section help out? I kinda would like to build either a four or five string.

Brilliant! Anyone tried it out?

See this is exactly the stuff I need to flesh out. I would like to amplify it for recording and show purposes. I dont deal with MIMF anymore, but I will look around for a book on the subject. Thanks.

This DIY Guitar Carver is what I am talking about. Anyone want to give it a try and let us know?