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yea i'm slowly getting a list up, when i go into work today, i'm gonna make a list of everything i use in the course of a day, and go from there.

i know i'll need a soldering kit, becuase i do all the shops electrical work now(though i have no idea on how to use that meter thing) and sandpaper is a given. i never thought of magnets! and it turns out i have a few old HD's laying around, what luck.

oh i didnt loose my job, but i'm to the point were i'm tired of the store(and its attached baggage), and need ot move on, while still wanting to do repairs.

i'm not looking ot carry stuff to build, more over maintain. setups, restrings, bridge reglues, minor stuff like that, as i dont really have the space or knowledge to get into fret jobs and neck shaping and all that jazz

hello folks,

i've been working in a guitar shop for a year now, doing counter work, and learning how to fix guitars, and i daresay i'm pretty good at it. but recently however, the luthier i've been learning under got fired. i'm to the point now were i can work independantly, so i need ot build up a toolbox to prepare for the day when i dont have the luxury of the shop bench.

heres what i have so far:

good drill

drill bits

socket set

reaming bit

set of needle files

regular files

set of screwdrivers

radius gauges

good ruler

truss rod wrenches

wirecutters

string winders

lots of 000 steel wool

lots o rags

polish, fretboard oil

super glue/epoxy

paint and stain touch up pens

set of nut files

am i missing anything? i notice stewmac is expensive, is there anywere i can get this stuff used? what kind of budget am i looking at?

i'm looking for a gutted (no pickups, wiring, pickguard, knobs, bridge..) white fretless MIM p bass, with good body condition, and a straight neck, no fret lines on the neck preferred. only looking to spend 150 shipped. pm me if you got one or know anyone who does.

i'm looking to jazz up my LP a bit, but i cant find the parts i want anywere. is it possible to make a white switch ring with silver lettering? can anyone do it? does anyone sell white control cavity covers as well?

would getting a couple of peices of white plasic and cutting them out myself work? can you have silver engravint done?

anyone?

that was my first instinct, but i just want to be sure as i'm not the master of electronics yet.

on the subject of preamps, i had the idea to possible add a 3 way switch to this baby(say a series/off/paralell). and could anyone give me a good direction in a 3 pot preamp? it already has holes drilled for three polls, and i really dont see any room for a fourth so...

i just bought a warwick rockbass streamer 5 string, i love this thing....but, it has some sound issues. the volume kicks in at around 7/10, and the 2 tone knobs hardly do anything. do the pots need cleaning? does the whole shabang need a new wiring job? should i just get a new preamp?

hello to you all. i've been roaming this forum for months, now i post...

i'm looking to build a semi-hollow fretless 5 string bass. mostl ikely 35" scale to keep the B tight. i was thinking of using the active 3 band preamp off of my 4 string ibanez ergodyne, and adding a 3 way switch to it(switch between series, parallel? the preamp has a master volume, pickup blend, bass, mid, treble). i was always thinking of using 2 soarbar pickups also.

and as i said before, i'de liek it to be semi hollow. i plan to make it neck through, with hollow sides, and cutting out cavities for the electronics.

any advice? i have no clue how to begin building it. though i am working up a desing on autocad2005...