vint. hollowbody fixup

[Jordan_Frerichs]

the store has a vintage lyle hollowbody bass that doesn't work for $50. it may be that the guy before that owned it was an idiot. the strings were from an upright bass, only cut short, and then they CUT A HOLE in the back of it to have acess to the electronics. it also has a vint. bigsby bridge and 2 vint. humbuckers
so far i am thinking that the nut needs to be replaced because the upright strings brobably outstretched the groves. a good look at the wiring would help too. i hope i do nt need to replace the pickups and whatnot. i think i can fix the hole just by shaping it, and adding an circut acces panel like u see on some guitars and basses.

what possible things might there be to do to get it to work? and how much would it cost?
i am not familiar with the circuits and what not. does anyone have a good blue print of it?

[Chilifanthatsme]

Rewire or maybe just a resolder? If so, not much at all.

Have you actually tried it yet?

[Jordan_Frerichs]

imo this will be sweet when its done. everything is in a vintage binding, the finish is a natural worn cherry with it being darker around the edge to give it a sunburst look, the neck is removeable (think i might satin it), its a short scale, and a hollowbody, the neck it very odd because it hass a thin fretboard, and an unbelivably fat c shape (i like), a bigsby bridge (probably going to be a hard to adjust), and several other unusual features that i really like. i just don't want to spend $50, and find out that it will take a couple hundred to make it playable.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

Rewire or maybe just a resolder? If so, not much at all.

Have you actually tried it yet?

yes. could not get it in tune because of those stupid strings. tuners might need replacing too
hey, could someone show be how to get pics up

[rh15951]

imo this will be sweet when its done. everything is in a vintage binding, the finish is a natural worn cherry with it being darker around the edge to give it a sunburst look, the neck is removeable (think i might satin it), its a short scale, and a hollowbody, the neck it very odd because it hass a thin fretboard, and an unbelivably fat c shape (i like), a bigsby bridge (probably going to be a hard to adjust), and several other unusual features that i really like. i just don't want to spend $50, and find out that it will take a couple hundred to make it playable.

Or in your case a couple of hundred to screw a new neck to it, sand with newspaper and apply a satin finish :eek:

[Chilifanthatsme]

Did you try it through an amp i meant to say?

www.tinypic.com

Click browse, find the photo, click upload, and copy and paste the url that has [im*g] and [/im*g] (without the *'s).

[Jordan_Frerichs]

lol. finally got my squire satined. love it. hope the finish is made to last. the neck is not a problem. that might be my favorate part. used water based on the squier. will use oil based on the Lyle (if i didn't mention the brand)

[Chilifanthatsme]

http://www.bassriffs.com/images/Lyle%20bass%202%20-%20grass.jpg

Like this?

[Jordan_Frerichs]

here is a link from another website i am a member of with a crappy pic of it and some extra info (serial number, things like that).

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=99817

forgot to mention the offset inlays, and the pickup swith (don't see them often:thumb:)

[Jordan_Frerichs]

http://www.bassriffs.com/images/Lyle%20bass%202%20-%20grass.jpg

Like this?

no. its nice though. urs?

[Jordan_Frerichs]

ok, to sum things up:
brand : Lyle
japanese model
model #5120 (found inside the body)
neck plate #2299555
unusual neck
offset inlays
body color: transparent worn cherry
2 by 2 tuners on simalar to gibson headstock
2 pickups that apear to be humbuckers
bigsby styled bridge
4 knobs
3ply BWB es 335 type pickguard
pickup switch
2 cutaways on top wood
vintage binding on all edges
removable screw on neck

any info u can tell be will be helpful. year its from? type of pickups? pickup makers? ect. anything

[Jordan_Frerichs]

i heard there is a luthier in cairo nebraska. maybe if i got ahold of him, i could take it down there, and he could tell me exactly what needs to me done

[Jordan_Frerichs]

does the fretboard look ebony or rosewood? how do i tell the difference

[sub-bass]

Ebony is more black and rosewood is more brown but that's not to say it couldn't be stained darker. Most older Japanese bass neck are either rosewood or maple.

[Jordan_Frerichs]

forget about it. bass neck cracked. it garbage. not worth the work