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10-26-2008, 09:06 PM
| | βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ ŦΘИΞ® #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida | | | I just screwed up my bass
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I just installed a chrome pickup cover over my neck pickup. I spent like 20 minutes trying to get it straight. And I thought I did pretty good job. Then I drilled the holes and screwed it in. It's not even, more space below the strings and tilted toward the bridge at the top. It's not a bad job. Just not as good as I wanted. No one will notice. But it pisses me off. This is why I've put it off for so long, I was scared I would **** up. I'm pissed at myself. I've ruined a $30 pickguard. I might order a custom one soon with the holes predrilled and even.   
I'm also ****ing pissed that my control plate and pickguard don't line up. There's a minor gap between them and the control plate hangs over on the bottom. I think I'm going to have a completely custom pickguard made that fits the plate perfectly and has even pickup cover holes. |
10-26-2008, 09:08 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Dude, it looks fine.
Seriously.
Do you sort your washcloths by color as well? |
10-26-2008, 09:09 PM
| | | | what kind of bass is it? |
10-26-2008, 09:09 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | VM 70's jazz?
My control plate doesn't line up either. |
10-26-2008, 09:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | looks pretty straight to me |
10-26-2008, 09:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Nashville | | | Do you hold the bass perfectly perpendicular when you play it?
Probably not.
No one will notice. I didn't notice. |
10-26-2008, 09:14 PM
| | βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ ŦΘИΞ® #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tb420  what kind of bass is it? | Quote:
Originally Posted by joeinsprings VM 70's jazz?
My control plate doesn't line up either. | Fender American Jazz with a Warmoth body and other various upgrades.
EDIT: It looks way too Marcus Miller-y now. Not that that's a bad thing. |
10-26-2008, 09:24 PM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Arkansas | | | Not all of my pickguards match up in a machine fit with my control plate. Yours looks fine in the picture you posted.
The chrome pickup cover looks great, too. I'd say you did a good job. I'd be proud to play that bass, and I have some really nice looking Fender MIAs.
(I understand, though. Whenever I do any type of mod, I'm always my worst critic. My wife always gets on to me for agonizing over every little imperfection that nobody will ever notice.)
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10-26-2008, 09:46 PM
| | βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ ŦΘИΞ® #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by scootron Not all of my pickguards match up in a machine fit with my control plate. Yours looks fine in the picture you posted.
The chrome pickup cover looks great, too. I'd say you did a good job. I'd be proud to play that bass, and I have some really nice looking Fender MIAs.
(I understand, though. Whenever I do any type of mod, I'm always my worst critic. My wife always gets on to me for agonizing over every little imperfection that nobody will ever notice.) | Thank you very much man. It's really my dream bass. I swear, if my house caught on fire, I would run back in for this bass. Seriously. All it needs is some new wiring and a Tom Morello style kill switch and it will be perfect ... and some new strings. |
10-26-2008, 09:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ireland | | 
my j-retro doesnt match up.. and theres also about a quarter turn play in my E-string tuner... doesnt stop it playing or sounding great thou... i like when the pickguards dont match the control plates.. it gives it a more. "this has been di-sected" look you have a great looking bass btw
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Originally Posted by allexcosta VERY nice.
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10-26-2008, 09:56 PM
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No one will notice. But it pisses me off.
| We're always our own worst critics. It really doesn't look bad, but I know what you mean, I'd be PO'ed at myself too.
Nice bass though. Very nice.
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10-26-2008, 10:00 PM
| | βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ ŦΘИΞ® #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rustynuts We're always our own worst critics. It really doesn't look bad, but I know what you mean, I'd be PO'ed at myself too.
Nice bass though. Very nice. | Thank you very much. Here's a better picture pre-cover.  |
10-26-2008, 10:04 PM
| | | Dude I totally feel for you . I've been thinking about modding my new jazz with a thumb rest as well as a pickup cover. The only thing thats stopping me is the fear messing up my bass and regretting it for ever. Anyways it seems like you did an awsome, it took me few minutes and a little reading to find out what was wrong...so dont sweat it! 
God Bless!
JBP
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10-26-2008, 10:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: My Old Kentucky Home.... | | | Do you have a better picture of it post-cover?
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10-26-2008, 11:28 PM
| | βΘИΞКЯŲŜĦÏИĞ ŦΘИΞ® #1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Florida | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rustynuts Do you have a better picture of it post-cover? | No. My real cameras battery is dead. And it needs some special (expensive) kind. I haven't gotten around to getting one yet. |
10-26-2008, 11:38 PM
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It's not really about the bass, is it? It's more about your emotional response. The former won't matter nearly as much when you decide to make decisions about the latter from a somewhat different perspective. |
10-26-2008, 11:45 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Austin Texas | | | I like the custom job! Looks tuff! |
10-27-2008, 01:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Phoenix, AZ | | Quote:
Originally Posted by rustynuts We're always our own worst critics. | +1
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10-27-2008, 01:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Hague (Netherlands) | | | Son just play, if it sounds good who cares. Look at all that damaged old Fenders that sound so terrific. It's not made for a museum. PLay that funky music till you drop ! |
10-27-2008, 05:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Austin, TX. | | | Didn't notice it. When you hold it an angle, nobody but you knows. Heck I just bumped my Alembic, but you can't tell because of the quilted maple. It shows that you play the darn thing. When you look at Willie Nelson's guitar, while he's playing, you say wow, he loves his guitar and plays it alot. Look where that old thing took him. Play on! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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