Nice Bass, rather worn machine heads though. Managed to get a rather nice new set from Axesrus to exactly fit the old holes.All that’s needed is a good cleanup….and a lick of oil…Followed by a standard 5 point setup.. No.1 The neck set, starting with it as flat as possible…by adjusting the truss-rod.No.2 the action […]
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Ibanez Bass – tidy up
Another great Bass. Seen some action so needs a bit of a tidy up. It would be a shame to do too much though, it’s got it’s age and use written all over it. Something I hate are the new “Road Worn” guitars but this one’s got that way from use. There were some black […]
BC Rich Bass
The new blank is a little thin but at least it’s long enough. In fact a little too long so I’ll have to take a little off the end. It doesn’t have slots marked so I need to mark them myself….. and start the slots. While the strings are off I gave the fretboard a […]
BC Rich Bass
The inside of that case is as special as the outside! I’m not really a heavy metal fan but it’s a stunning Bass. Unfortunately the new nut I ordered isn’t big enough. I can’t find a large enough Black TUSQ one from any of my regular suppliers so I’ve had to order one from the USA. […]
Bright new strings!
I had a look at a Bass today with a request for a setup. There wasn’t really anything that needed doing so I just gave it a clean and a new set of strings. The guy brought them himself and wow, what a set of strings…. These are going to look great under a UV light! I’d rather […]
Epiphone Bass Upgrade
Spent all day today in an update to an Epiphone Bass. New pickups and machine heads. There are a couple of problems to overcome. Firstly the bridge pickup is much bigger than the existing hole, although the old pickup rings are longer so there may be some old holes and marks visible. Second problem, the owner wants […]
Music Man Service and Setup
Simon of “A Thousand Sins” seems to be having a clear out and asked me to check out and service one or two of his guitars… First on the list, the Music Man. Fundamentally nothing at all wrong with it. The action at the nut was fine but the neck perhaps had a little too […]
Precision Bass Final Update
All finished…. Now that the frets and fretboard are nicely finished the last thing to do is get the truss-rod tension set. Back on to the jig, this time with strings at normal tension, and adjust the truss-rod so that there’s about .004″-.006″ gap at the 7th fret (half way up the neck). Some people […]
Precision Bass – 2nd update
Having been held up a little, waiting for a couple of spare parts, I’ve got back to the Bass at last. Got the fretboard finished. Frets levelled, re-crowned, and polished. Cleaned off the wood and added a little lemon oil to bring it back to life. While the neck is off I’ve cut and fitted […]
Precision Bass – Update
Having got the neck securely levelled I had a good look at the frets. Although not particularly worn they are a little uneven, not unexpected on a guitar like this. Using a Stew’ Mac’ fret rocker I marked up the high spots, just to get an idea of bad things are. For fairly fine jobs I like to […]