i'm currently remaking a really cheap bass that has one split pickup, i've reshaped the whole thing, but it had a layed of fiberglass about 2mm thick and i don't know what to use to get it off, and hints?

i de-fretted it a few years ago, but now im making it a rock style bass (kind of the ESP F-204) so i need to buy some frets, but i have no idea about the purchasing of frets

I defretted my Squire ages ago and I still haven't done anything with it but I've come into money lately so I'm finally going to get it fixed and upgrade it. So I've got a couple of questions:

1. Any reccomendations besides the Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders?
2. Is there any place besides Warmoth to look for bridges? Because I went there and the only one under $100 was a bridge that looks exactly like the one already on Squires.

--Oh, and Jamie Dunce, I like what you did with your pickguard. :thumb:

Two days and no response? What is the world coming to?

i guess i'll respond, ive got the first coat down on my bass, now i gotta sandit then recoat and repeat

[QUOTE=CrapBassist19]I defretted my Squire ages ago and I still haven't done anything with it but I've come into money lately so I'm finally going to get it fixed and upgrade it. So I've got a couple of questions:

1. Any reccomendations besides the Seymour Duncan 1/4 pounders?
2. Is there any place besides Warmoth to look for bridges? Because I went there and the only one under $100 was a bridge that looks exactly like the one already on Squires.

--Oh, and Jamie Dunce, I like what you did with your pickguard. :thumb:[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=xxxwookie]The filling in the hole under the scratchplate isn't an easy job. In saying that it's not too hard either. Basically, you need to get some wood filler and some thin plastic tubes (Wide enough for you to pass 2 wires through) You fill in the gaps leaving space for the pickup(s) and you make sure that the wire tube is submerged and emerges at the pickup hols and at the electronics. you wait for it to set and voila, no need for a scratch plate. You can do the same to the electronics but you'd have to route out a hole in the back to put them in.

It's a tricky job, but not something amazingly difficult[/QUOTE]

Sounds good but I dont quite understand....

Do you thread the wires through a pipe and cover it and the control knobs completely?
Any persific(sp) type of pipe needed? (im doing plumbing at college so i can nick some pipe :thumb: )



Could you maybe post a more detailed explanation?

i was thinking of wood filler, but i might just buy a new body(im re-shaping the old one) because the one i've got had a 3mm or so thick layer of fibreglass and it was kinda dodgy

[QUOTE=billtus]i'm currently remaking a really cheap bass that has one split pickup, i've reshaped the whole thing, but it had a layed of fiberglass about 2mm thick and i don't know what to use to get it off, and hints?[/QUOTE]


i work with fiberglass for a living (boats), we usually use angle-grinders. you could use just a power-sander, but youll have to be careful not to f- up the wood underneath. also, be careful when sanding fiberglass, wear a mask, its nasty shi-

oh yeah, for detail/small work, id recommend something like a dremel.

HI...what type of paint do you use to ad decoration to a bass(its a **** samick) that has fibreglass or plastic guard all the way around the body?

NEED HELP!!

[QUOTE=jaseonbase]HI...what type of paint do you use to ad decoration to a bass(its a **** samick) that has fibreglass or plastic guard all the way around the body?

NEED HELP!![/QUOTE]


Acrylic Enamel Spray works, I think. Thats what I use on gas-cans (polycarbonate) and the boats (fiberglass) at the shop at my work.

sweet...if i get it done i'll take photos cos its gonna kick ***.

If you defret a bass, does it still sound as good as a normal fretless?

[QUOTE=TerryThorne]If you defret a bass, does it still sound as good as a normal fretless?[/QUOTE]

Yes :thumb:

I've attempted a few custom jobs, I stripped the paint from a messed up bruiser of a Precision copy and routed a deeper pickup cavity in my jazz so i could lower the p/u's more as well as tinkering with the electronics when things have broken, but the most ambitious things i've done is defret a bass.

Followed the advice that i picked up from various web pages, like I treated the fingerboard with lemon oil before I started, masked the wood around the fret, heated it with an iron, and so on. I used two part Epoxy Resin to fill the slots but didn't want to lose the tone of the rosewood fingerboard so sanded it off flush with the neck. One good tip i discovered is, if you want to make the fret slots show up without messing around with contrasting wood laminates, take a white watercolour paint block, scratch at it with a knife to get really fine flakes then add just enough water to make a thick paste and add it to your epoxy as you mix the resin and hardener together, takes a long time to mix the two together, as your just suspending the water based paint in the epoxy but when it dries it will be white (or at least off white) its probably easier to source coloured resin but i had to bodge something together with the materials i had to hand. You'll have to sand the resin off the fingerboard though, and if the frets have chipped out lots then it wont be a clean line - But it worked for me. Now i just need to learn to play fretless....

[QUOTE=yesiamsimon]I've attempted a few custom jobs, I stripped the paint from a messed up bruiser of a Precision copy and routed a deeper pickup cavity in my jazz so i could lower the p/u's more as well as tinkering with the electronics when things have broken, but the most ambitious things i've done is defret a bass.

Followed the advice that i picked up from various web pages, like I treated the fingerboard with lemon oil before I started, masked the wood around the fret, heated it with an iron, and so on. I used two part Epoxy Resin to fill the slots but didn't want to lose the tone of the rosewood fingerboard so sanded it off flush with the neck. One good tip i discovered is, if you want to make the fret slots show up without messing around with contrasting wood laminates, take a white watercolour paint block, scratch at it with a knife to get really fine flakes then add just enough water to make a thick paste and add it to your epoxy as you mix the resin and hardener together, takes a long time to mix the two together, as your just suspending the water based paint in the epoxy but when it dries it will be white (or at least off white) its probably easier to source coloured resin but i had to bodge something together with the materials i had to hand. You'll have to sand the resin off the fingerboard though, and if the frets have chipped out lots then it wont be a clean line - But it worked for me. Now i just need to learn to play fretless....[/QUOTE]

or, if your using West System epoxy (as i would), you could set it under a lamp partway into the set, and after it sets....itll make it nice and yellow.
i've never done it on a fingerboard, but ive done epoxy inlays on boats (just screwing around), and if yellow suits you, its great. im not sure if other brands do this too, ive only ever used West System.

a hollow neck with barbed wire on the inside and running blood thta would be awsome.

[QUOTE=cramboli]a hollow neck with barbed wire on the inside and running blood thta would be awsome.[/QUOTE]

ill take your word for it.

i dont know if any transparent materials would be both strong and flexible enough for a neck....or if one thin-walled enough to put stuff (like barbed wire) would be strong enough...

Help?
 

I am thinking about buying a Fernandes Gravity 5X as it is a particularly playable bass, but the electronics arent amazing so i wanted to get some EMG J's fitted to it sometime soon (if indeed i buy it). Although i have seen that Robert Trujillo of Metallica has also done this, and his basses seem to have an extra knob (4 instead of the 3 that are on the Gravity) this is obviously due to custom electronics and having his basses built from scratch.

The 4th knob makes me wonder if it is possible to get the EMG's fitted to it, will i need to drill a hole and attatch a new knob to it? Should i just leave it?

^^I'm not sure if you will need the 4th nob, but I think you might, cause my spector has EMGs and I have 4 nobs

well on music123.com theres to models of the gravity, one is a much cheeper model, and hte second is much better and said to be inspired by rob trujillo

well..new on THESE boards, and what a way to introduce myself with my bastard fretless p bass.....this is cheapo.....my nan got in a mystery auction....it was your basic stock p copy before...i pulled the frets, mixed in red food dye with the wood putty, i carved the cavity for the 2nd pup with a chisel and hammer and i made the finger ramp at the bridge....mmm brass bridge
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/Kubicki_heath/bastard.jpg[/IMG]

what's with the wood block?

[QUOTE=neatobassman]what's with the wood block?[/QUOTE]
its a finger ramp..kinda like on the ibanez gary willis sig....on my ex-factor the pickups are curved to match the radius of the neck and i have my pickups raised so i fell them under my fingers, helps to prevent digging in to much and improves speed.....and well the gap between body/pickups and the strings on a p bass is too much, so i did the same thing just made it out of wood, and on a fretless the worst thing to do is dig in too much, so this helps...

its pretty much a preference thing, i just like to feel something under my fingers..plus i have a light touch

I see, must try that out one day

hey, i'm just de-fretting my bass atm... 4 more to go. anyways, gonna buy new pickups too and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are. i'll post a pic when it's finished

[QUOTE=experi_metal]hey, i'm just de-fretting my bass atm... 4 more to go. anyways, gonna buy new pickups too and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are. i'll post a pic when it's finished[/QUOTE]


i know i wanna see pics of that

[QUOTE=experi_metal] and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are.[/QUOTE]

How can you do that without ruining the fretboard/neck!?


:confused:

^^^ exactly what I was wondering! And where will you put the battery?

^^ pull of the board, install the leds.

run the wiring down the rod cavity, into the bass.
rout a cavity for the battery, put in a switch.

reglue board.

heres a pic of a cool modded ibanez atk..leds, the single coil pickup and extra strat style pickup switch
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/Kubicki_heath/bass.jpg[/IMG]

very nice.

nice... but why is there a light on the pickup ion that pic?

I still dont think it'll work, surely once you've ripped off the fretboard you can never get it back on correctly and not **** sounding...

[QUOTE=Skit]nice... but why is there a light on the pickup ion that pic?

I still dont think it'll work, surely once you've ripped off the fretboard you can never get it back on correctly and not **** sounding...[/QUOTE]
why not? its how it was put there in the first place...

hehe, call me crazy or whatever, but the way i done it was to drill straight through the 2 holes from the 12th fret dots. i've already spoken to a friend who makes guitars/basses, and he said as long as i haven't touched the truss rod (which i haven't), then everything will be fine. at the moment i'm just applying the umpteen layers of polyeurethene... and the bad thing is, tomorrow night i've got my first jam with my new band

Could somebody help find some pickups I could put into my Ibanez 305? I am looking for something with a real punchy sound and less bass.

ibanez what? BTB? Soundgear? ATK? Roadgear? Roadstar?..be more specific, if you dont know what pickup types are they, single coils, split coils, humbuckers, soapbars, a combination of the few

[QUOTE=Kubicki_heath]ibanez what? BTB? Soundgear? ATK? Roadgear? Roadstar?..be more specific, if you dont know what pickup types are they, single coils, split coils, humbuckers, soapbars, a combination of the few[/QUOTE]
It is a soundgear. And, I believe, has two soap bar pick ups.

[QUOTE=MikeRatcliffe]It is a soundgear. And, I believe, has two soap bar pick ups.[/QUOTE]
That's the bass I'm getting as soon as I can raise $180

Its a sweet guitar, I like it alot. Get it in black though. The moonshadow silver colour kind of gets ugly after awhile.