How to build a 3bolt neck plate?

[depalm]

Hi, I'm restoring an old Sabre Bass (Ash/Maple) that I've had for many years.

It was on my dads for over 24 years (!) so I took it home a couple of months ago and started the restoring.

The finish is now almost done, just needs buffering. Gonna post pics as son as I can.

Only problem is: The 3bolt neck plate is missing!

I tried to find it all over my dads and here at home but no way. The bass was completely disassembled when I took it home and I'm not sure if the neck plate was on the hardware ziplock bag.

My initial plan was getting one off eBay but no chance, so I started to think in make one myself.

Does anybody knows how to do that? Or at least some place that I could order one?

Thans in advance.
best

[mongo2]

Could you use, or adapt, a Fender 3 bolt neckplate as an interim measure? However form the pictures below it looks like the Sabre may be a bit longer than the Fender plate.

I found this at Parts is Parts:



I found this Sabre plate at a Musicman picture gallery site:

[depalm]

Fender neck plate is a bit smaller than MM. I bought one from a local shop last week but it doesn't fit.
Problem is that here in Rio there's no such place that could make one metal plate on specific dimensions.
I though I could order from a factory in US but have no idea where to search.

Anyway thanks a lot.

[Ric5]

Put a 4 bolt plate on and use 4 neck screws. It will have more stability.

[depalm]

Thanks for the tip, but I'd have to drill two extra holes on bass body and, at least for now, I'd rather not do that.

[Rick Auricchio]

You might contact MusicMan customer service.