Recent content by ozziebluesman

Hi everyone, thanks for the thumbs up. Just a short question? I feel the pickup is very powerful and may become microphonic used loud. I don't have anything under the pickup but have researched that a computer mouse pad cut to the right size and placed under the pickup could be a help with this...

G'day to you all. The Joe Dart four string copy is finished. It was strung up Friday so I will keep it in the workshop and keep and eye on her to make sure all is good before sending it 3000 kilometers down to Melbourne to my Grandson. Here is a breakdown of what the guitar is made up of as far...

Thanks T_Bone, you are absolutely correct. I have since done some more research and think I have a good understanding of the the circuit. Cheers Alan

Joe dart copy is coming along. Here are a few pics for you all. One question the original number one had a 1 meg volume pot? Do you run a capacitor with that and if yes, what size? Cheers Al

Hi to you all, The Joe Dart copy bass is coming along great. My Grandson who live in Melbourne is coming up to see me here in Townsville next Tuesday for a week. It is only a three hour flight over 2000 miles. So he doesn't get up here often. He is keen to get some wood dust in his pockets. I...

A few pics of progress. Thanks to the forum members I now have all the parts required for the bass. I will be doing a side elevation plan shortly as suggested to work out a suitable neck angle for the instrument. I the pics I have made and installed a backplate for the headstock and today I...

Hello to you all, Thanks again for all the suggestions. I have sourced almost all of the parts for the bass. The WD Music bridge is heavy enough to do the job. The GFS T01 pickup, well its heavy enough to have plenty of output I think for my purpose it will suit a beginner player.. I bought the...

Hi T_Bone, I love to think outside the box. Your suggestion greatly received and I have just ordered two abs plastic rods 8mm x 250mm, total cost $10. Your a champion. I have seen the black pearl but didn't like the greyish shading. Cheers Alan

Hi all, Another question I have is where can I buy the 8mm black dots. If someone knows where to buy them I am very happy to pay with paypal for the dots and postage. There was one member on eBay who sold them but the post was $50 US for a set of dots to suit the bass. Thank you Alan

Hi Rudy and Steve, The neck pocket and fingerboard are not built to size yet. The pocket will be deeper and the fingerboard is at 10mm thick at present. So I will thickness it and radius it and then work out the geometry with a side view plan as you suggest. This is what I do for a Les Paul...

Hello everyone, I think I am a little more organised now and have the pics reduced. Thanks to you all for helping with great suggestions. I will number the pics also and not use all the pics as some are just different angles of the same thing. My Grandson said he would like lots of pictures as...

I haven't been able to reduce the pic size yet so I will just go 6 pics at a time. The head plate is a piece of Raintree I found laying around the shop. The piece was book matched, joined by the tent method and then glued to the top of the head stock. I use some tooth picks and drill a small...

Ok, here we go. pic jd2 is a bock up of the wood I am going to use for the jd copy bass. The neck blank is nicely figured, quarter sawn Queensland Maple for the Atherton Tablelands. The Tablelands is about two hours up the road from where I live, Townsville North Queensland. The Tablelands area...

Presently I have 167 pics of the build.Most of you here many have never heard of the woods I am using unless you are from Australia. I will go in depth on the woods used, what they are and why I used them. So my first question is how many pics can I load in a thread. Most pics are about 6meg in...

Thanks Rudy I will look into the Guitar Fetish pickup. Do you have any suggestions on pot value wiring etc. Many thanks. Do you think the guys on the forum would like me to share the ride of trying to build this bass. If yes where do I post please? I mean Joe Dart I'm not familiar with as a...