More material removal. I flush trimmed the back end and used my little plane on frets 1-12 or so.
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Looking good Marty! Another cool, actually playable version of a cool vintage instrument.
What are you going to use for tuners? I see small holes in the headstock and assume you'll go for guitar tuners. I'm interested, as I am in the process of building a 34" bass with an LG50-ish body and a Silvertone-y headstock that seems to call for small tuners![]()
Ahhh the trevails of subscale bass builders lol, either to big or to small. The ones I used on my subsonic bass were JUST small enough not to stick out like a sore thumb. It usually helps to find what gage strings the original came with. That helped me immensely with the Bass VI since there are many six string basses with strings way to bigThanks. I am thinking guitar tuners but will have to look at the ends of the strings to see if they will go through the string holes. I'd imagine I could drill them larger if need be.
Ahhh the trevails of subscale bass builders lol, either to big or to small. The ones I used on my subsonic bass were JUST small enough not to stick out like a sore thumb. It usually helps to find what gage strings the original came with. That helped me immensely with the Bass VI since there are many six string basses with strings way to big
I was simply suggesting you try and find the Gage strings used on these and let that be your tuner guide. Worked for me on Bass VI and D'addario still makes themThis is kind of new territory for me. I'm used to either Elephant ears or the smaller more graceful ones by Gotoh.
I was simply suggesting you try and find the Gage strings used on these and let that be your tuner guide. Worked for me on Bass VI and D'addario still makes them. You never know
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I wonder what they used because back then there weren't that many choices for guitar, let alone a bass. Until Super slinkys came out, I think it was Black Diamond or Black Diamond.....
Danos were masonite top and back with a poplar and/or pine core.