kingfisher

Two pack melamine clear is what I use.

http://www.shipleypaint.co.uk/applications.php?area=shopFit

Of course I don;t know where you are, so I don't know if this info is much use.

How about this

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/Rangemaster/drm.htm

I'm not sure if it's hard enough to use as a fingerboard, but my intial reaction was goncalo alves (tigerwood). I am by no means the wood coniseur that Rich is though.

Peace...Rog

+1 to Goncalo Alves.

I have used it for fingerboards, very hard and smooth.

So as I have been saying I am planning on a bass that looks just like a Les Paul but I am having troubles finding some humbucker bass pickups that would fit those chrome cases they use on Les Pauls...I am interested in a vintage sort of sound but also a good(not too pricey)all around pickup.

Thanks

Possibly these?

http://www.schaller-guitarparts.de/1345.htm

Everybody has an opinion and mine is that the original Gibson pick-ups sounded terrible...like mud farts so I don't think you'd be happy with originals or replicas. I know I wouldn't be. I like decent tone and those don't have any.

I like 'em

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX1Kz8p9RQE

THis is bridge pickup, full treble cut, by the way.

(Links to the Allparts UK site, since I can't get allparts.com to load right now, but the part numbers and descriptions and pictures are the same)

http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/produ...oducts_id=11616

http://www.allparts.uk.com/catalogue/produ...oducts_id=11615

The set of used Gibson bass pickups I was going to purchase fell through - so I'm thinking of purchasing these. The Allparts site doesn't mention the manufacturer. I've had experiences in the past, where cheaper, unknown manufacturer repros off slightly more less conventional vintage pickups where simply "normal" pickups under an appropriately sized cover. (A set of jazzmaster pickups that were basically Strat pickups under the cover) I find that less likely to be the case here, since the Gibson bass pickups have that weird string spacing going on, but I thought I'd ask in case anyone else has used them.

They don't need to be spot-on copies of the originals, as there's going to be enough different things about this instrument that it won't sound the same as an EB-3 anyway, but I'd kind of like whatever makes those pickups sound the way they do to be present in some fashion. From the photos I've seen, I'd imagine it's the unique layout/construction/size of the windings.

I have used the small treble pickup. I haven't taken it to bits or anything, but I fitted it to an EB2. Sounds and works OK, but the disappointing part is that the chrome cover is plastic, and not metal as on the real thing. Unless you can find a used original though, there doesn't seem to be anything else out there. I have no experience of the big humbucker, - the EB2 had one already..

No problem.

Bridges are a bit tricky for these, due to the narrower spacing. The Schaller 3530 works well though.

clicky

I noticed on the tutorial that you glue 2 pieces of wood together for a body, can't you just use 1 big piece? :S

Main advantage of a two-piece body is - it will fit through a planer thicknesser that way. At least the type of machine we are likely to own

yeah the scratchplate will cover it,and if you want to swap pickgaurds again later you can.

Put a piece of paper with the circuit diagram in there.

1965 EB3

Bridge pickup - 49mm centre to centre E to G pole pieces

Fingerboard pickup - 47.5mm

This is what I would do.

Tell him you will make the guitar, but you will not put in any "features" ((flat board, no rod etc) that you do not agree with.

Secondly you will not be held to a delivery date.

Thirdly, he is under no obligation to buy the guitar when finished.

That way you will have the satisfaction of making a nice guitar, and you won't be stuck with an oddball when he changes his mind. (which he will if you make it to his spec)

I was wondering if anybody has ever finished a guitar in fur like Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top?

I once finished a Strat in cloth from an old pair of denim jeans. There was a big hole on the edge of the bottom bout, so I put some white cloth in there to look like underwear. Used Evostik. Looked and felt pretty cool, much better than you would think

Trussrod sounds too tight to me.

I built a "prototype" bass- new original design, and logged 35 hours work. Being a prototype, the finish is not perfect, but good enough. (I gig it regularly). To do it really well I would reckon about 50 hours. I have access to a fair amount of machinery, i.e. planer/thicknesser, bandsaw, router etc., but many of the procedures were new to me.