5 string Ricken-Musicman Bass.

[Videojunkie]

I'm not quite sure what to do about the pickups. I may just string it up and see if I even notice.

Ideally, I'd like to move them less than 1/16th towards the treble side....

 

[Videojunkie]

Strung it up to test, and that offset makes no difference to the sound. The D and G strings are now balanced in volume with the rest of the strings, and the B carries through just fine!.

 

[Flamingo21]

And the look? Does that bother you?

 

[Videojunkie]

And the look? Does that bother you?

Honestly unless I'm right up on it, you're not going to notice. In Metric it's about 1mm probably less.

 

[Max Bogosity]

Retake the photograph with the camera held a bit further to the treble side. That’ll fix it.

 

[NKBassman]

Honestly unless I'm right up on it, you're not going to notice. In Metric it's about 1mm probably less.

That's 1/25.4th of an inch, for the Americans, Liberians, and Myanma.

 

[TerribleTim68]

That's 1/25.4th of an inch, for the Americans, Liberians, and Myanma.

I appreciate you including us.

 

[Isaac_James]

That's 1/25.4th of an inch, for the Americans, Liberians, and Myanma.

And for any ancient Sumerians, that is 0.002 cubits

 

[Crawforde]

Or for all denizens of this solar system in this time period it is
1.436778735E-12 solar radii.

 

[Videojunkie]

Or for all denizens of this solar system in this time period it is
1.436778735E-12 solar radii.

And for any ancient Sumerians, that is 0.002 cubits

.001 Hands, 4.97096e-6 Furlongs since we're delving into random measurements...

 

[TFM94]

since we're delving into random measurements...

Count me in!

Your pickup is off by 10000000 Ångström. Can you still live with that?

But seriously, cool bass!

 

[Crawforde]

About 0.03 寸

 

[NKBassman]

Or for all denizens of this solar system in this time period it is
1.436778735E-12 solar radii.

Or 6.68459e-15 Astronomical Units.

Millimeters is fine though.

 

[Beej]

Americans Will Measure With Anything But The Metric System.

Link not embedded. You'll have to google it yerself.

 

[Reedt2000]

Americans Will Measure With Anything But The Metric System.

Link not embedded. You'll have to google it yerself.

I've been using metric near exclusively for my current project...

...because the electronic bit of my caliper died and mm are easier to read

 

[Beej]

I've been using metric near exclusively for my current project...

...because the electronic bit of my caliper died and mm are easier to read

(Even further sidetracking @Videojunkie 's thread) It's worth knowing how to use both interchangeably. When it comes to tools, I have full sets of both. I've even got a full set of Whitworth wrenches and sockets though I don't use those much. Or ever.

 

[Videojunkie]

The bass was designed in Autocad using millimeters because that's what all the hardware was designed around.

And built in a shop where all the tools are in imperial measurements.

Final dimensions were made with a rasps, files and sandpaper...

I think I mentioned somewhere along the way that precision machining is not really my Forte. Although it is improving with practice.

 

[Flying B]

(Even further sidetracking @Videojunkie 's thread) It's worth knowing how to use both interchangeably. When it comes to tools, I have full sets of both. I've even got a full set of Whitworth wrenches and sockets though I don't use those much. Or ever.

I have a box of whitworth spanners that used to belong to my dad. Never found anything they fit but can't bring myself to chuck them away!

 

[Matt Liebenau]

I have a box of whitworth spanners that used to belong to my dad. Never found anything they fit but can't bring myself to chuck them away!

Buy an old Triumph or BSA motorcycle. You’ll be in Whitworth heaven.

 

[Videojunkie]

I had to go look up what Whitworth spanners were. What a perplexing set of standards.

My guess is, that if you need one they're indispensable, otherwise they're largely useless.