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I am in the middle of building a mustang g**tar, and it really surprised me how tiny the body looked, although mine is about 1/4" bigger then the original. I used a full scale strat copy neck an it looked too long for the body, so I set the neck a little deeper to the bridge which helped. I...

Hi there, The big hole on the front is probably caused by someone accidentely ripping out the input jack, wich is now installed on the back on the cover, wich is a very uncommon place for a input jack. It could be caused by someone standing on the instrument cable, creating a lot of force on...

The piezo's aren't that bad, they're not clicky, thin and harsh. Maybe that's the sound of the bassking though. But I am intrigued by a 6 incher for mid driver. I really enjoyed building this cab, so my next cab build will probably be a 2 way system with 12-15 inch bass and 6 inch mid drivers...

Here's my Dynacord BassKing 1 from '73-74 I think. ~ 45 - 50 watts of full tube power. Apart from the standby swithch, tubes and some caps it's all original. Impressively build with the two big overengineered trafo's. Great sound! Stays clean for a long time when turning the volume up, but at...

Here is my vintage Azumi bass. Probably build in the early 80's by the manufacturer Cushin Gakki, who build the old Jacksons and Charvels as well. If anyone knows anything more about these instruments please enlighten me. Sound and playability is great. Pickups look like old dimarzio's. It...

I think I would go for a polyurethane based glue. It worked out for me glueing a steel reïnforcement bar in a bass neck. Should work for alumin(i)um and wood as well.

Hi there I have a set of NOS dearmond goldtones waiting to be used for a project. I have measured the neck pickup for you and it reads 3.92 Kohms. I assume the bridge pickup is a little hotter.

If you don't mind diy; maybe this could be interesting? Link Removed

I tried a ceramic guitar humbucker for my bass one time and I was surprised of the sound quality too, very crisp. Didn't have the low output problem though. You could try to remove the metal enclosure of the guitar humbucker. This way you can get the pickup a little closer to the strings...

The dimarzio split p is a rail type pickup. It has blades in stead of pole pieces. So you can essentialy put the pickup anywhere as long as the strings are above the blades. You don't need to angle the pickup or center it under the strings. Each halve is humbucking as mentioned. This would be...

100k log for bass, 1M rev log for treble.

A few weeks back I orderd two stacked pots for the two 2band pre's I am using in my bass build. I could just order two pieces, I think there is no minimum order for custom pots. I paid 9£ each + 4£ shipping within the EU. I don't think thats too bad. The shaft dimensions are rather awkward...

Thanks for the tips! I've spoken to a carpenter who told me that it the wood could be soaked in (boiling) water to wash out the woodsap. I read this on the internet as well. Would this be beneficial in this situation? I have my doubts about because I think that the wood is already in the...

Hi there, A few days back I received this gift: a root and trunk of a dead olivetree. The tree is dead for almost a year. The diameter of the log is about 6"/ 15 cm and the log is 27.5"/ 70 cm long. The root burl is about 20" / 51cm long and 17" / 43 cm wide. I really love olivewood and love...

I have found this wiring scheme on another forum, which is basically the same thing I am looking for: one jack, stereo/mono switch, mag / mag + piezo / piezo switch. Invalid Link Removed He says to have problems with a lower output in mono mode though, but I think I will try this one...