repoman

sorry i dont...ill buy them and measure them and let you know...

alex sorry for taking so long with this...

my bud told me i should use a standard gibson thunderbird pickups and the hipshot B Bridge

thanks again

thank you alex...im gonna find out how high the pickups for you

thank you but i actually have the 58 explorer template here ....i just need the above mentioned measurements so i can get an idea on how i should start...its been 20+ yrs since i last made my own guitar....this bass is for my kid

thanks

cool appreciate it...these are the measurements im looking for....

headstock angle

neck angle

neck pocket,pickup pocket and back pocket deapth

thanks

thanks he made that template for me actually...but he lacks the measurements im looking for...thanks though

and yes epiphone does make one but again they arent big sellers and the local guitar center dont even stock one

explorer bass is a discontinued model....i believe since 1985........

ive tried for months and searched the web but cant find anything on it....i guess ill have to go buy one to get the info

can anyone point me in the right direction to get info on the explorer bass...such as url or a book i can buy..

thanks

my les paul appears to be a 3 piece neck... its a 1977 left handed tobacco sunburst

and i have to admit its fallen on the head stock and not break...i was stupid and just left it leaning on my bed and it slid to the side

heres a trick a buddy of mine who works in an auto paint place told me long ago

first mask off the area with tape where you want the stripe to be...the exact width and length....then put masking tape to the right and the left of that....then peal off the center tape piece....and you get a perfectly straight stripe...the 2 side pieces of tape form your borders...prepare your surface...then paint away

actually i dont know what model strat i got but its was bought in 1977....a bud of mine also is 1.5 in thick...so we must be measuring it wrong

thats very nice....

im also planning one day to build an explorer..but as a bass for my kid...trouble is trying to find an accurate template for it

hi, ive noticed many of these after market bodies of the strat are made to be 1 3/4 in thick....ive measured my start and at its thickest point its approximately 1 1/2 in. ...any reason why they are 1/4 in thicker than a real fender strat body?

maybe im not measuring it correctly

yes there are water and oil filters

is this an acceptable gun........DeVILBISS FinishLine II SPRAY PAINT GUN

its not the hvlp version

yeah the sata are nice but its priced out of my range

tx

should i stay away from hvlp guns and top gravity feed ones?

what is a good spray gun to get? im a bit confused with various types...like gavity fed and lphv....etc....

thanks

thanks anyway...im trying to build the explorer bass for my kid and the only available templates are for the guitar....im sure the head shotck on the bass got to be bigger as the neck is bigger...

ill keep hunting around...hopefully some of you guys got some info

thanks all

ah i see....i would have thought the entire body was a bit larger

thanks

is the headstock the same size for both as well?

hi...new here...nice board

does anyone know if the explorer bass body is larger than the guitar body and if it is larger is it proportionately larger?

also it be nice if someone can give me a heads up to where i can get the bass body template

thanks