Recent content by raulbasss

at the end, I will replace the silver nuts with custom made brass ones... I have to find a nice design... with 6 arms/holes ... and a special key to turn them in place.... haha

oooo, good idea ! hahaha... but I wanted to re-desigt the original Yamaha Headstock.... in the next project, I'll order a custom neck at Djerjinski custom guitars or Warwick or Sandberg.

yes, wood screws would work too, but I wanted to use the original thread in the plates .....

And Billy came to me ....

Well, the super glue trick held until the first string change. So, the solution was... longer screws thru head :woot: :

...the nuts problem: I glued them with CA gel first, then put the screw in. Are holding well, no twist until now when mounting the strings.

Once tuned, are stable. I have to trimm the intonation. Picture was taken before I put "locktite blue" on the threads.

My tunners had a buzz on all strings, more on A , D and G less on E. First I thought it was the brass nut (https://www.thomann.de/intl/abm_6240_webster_nut_bass.htm) but not... the height adjustments on 4TM tuners was buzzing ! so, first I soldered the inner piece.( I can adjust only with a...

Oh, lucky you! My gremlins didn't nitro painted my new body last night... so I done today :D

I'm curious to see the final shape. :)

Finished the neck pocket. Makita rocks :)

The final head... a modified Yamaha RXB neck... I like the Yamaha necks...

I bought this year 4 tuners for my new bass project. I'll fix the head nuts with the second longer screw into the wood, to fix the same problem: "the bodies rotate slightly when you tighten the set screw",as the "fretsAreFor" said. Here a pic of the test mount.