51 p mock up 5 string

[eddybuzzard]

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That looks like it should work to me, I really don't know what those GC guys are talking about.
Like Matt said earlier, if you use some dental floss, strung up nice and taught with tape on just the outer strings,
you'll get a very accurate idea of where the strings will be on the fretboard, and where to set the pickup/route.
That also can be fine adjusted side to side, with very minor neck shifts, and/or grooving of the bridge saddles.

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Yeah, I did show him this thread and he’s like yeah my measurements were off. Thanks for having me double check again this looks very doable now.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

It doesn’t look too off on my phone. If regular Badass saddles fit that bridge you could get the ones with 3 grooves and fine tune the spacing.

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

**fender

this 19mm is a hi mass badass

 

[eddybuzzard]

**fender

this 19mm is a hi mass badass

Apparently the Fender High Mass 5 comes in two flavors;
"Wide", with .75" spacing (one hair over 19mm),
or "Narrow" with .72". (a few hairs over 18mm).

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
okay maybe i should call the dude and have him measureoaky yeah its just a hair over 19

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Bridge and neck are installed and he said everything lined up so everything’s fine and apparently the body from the pick up cavity is To the bridge is one solid piece so technically, I still could make a double P and I think I might

 

[urkel3000]

Single pickup!!! More pickups will make the B choingy

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Ah will do

 

[Matt Liebenau]

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Bridge and neck are installed and he said everything lined up so everything’s fine and apparently the body from the pick up cavity is To the bridge is one solid piece so technically, I still could make a double P and I think I might

So once you showed the guy how to do his job he was able to do his job?

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

well to be fair he is a new ish 20 something that has never "built" a bass or guitar from scratch or modded one like mine like this lol he wires and sets up i mean hey even if he shags up on my biuld its a learning experience for him and tbh i'm okay if he does just not to much. we all got to start somewhere right.

 

[eddybuzzard]

Single pickup!!! More pickups will make the B choingy

Is that like chimey and boingy put together.?

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Likely

 

[urkel3000]

Is that like chimey and boingy put together.?

Lol 100%. It's that overtone that sounds like growing a kettle down a staircase

 

[UNICORN BASS]

Be aware you can fine tune the string spacing with a new nut in order to maintain continuity.

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Yeah I factor that in as well because I’m pretty sure that could be the case

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

a thought just came to my mind if the bridge is just a hair over 19mm and Pickup being at 19mm the nut is at 19mm or a hair under will that mess with anything intonation wise i'mma swap the plastic nut for a blank bone and have it cut to sync will the neck as a whole handle that i'd assume so. i'll be getting it back from the guy this week and gonna grab strings and see how she sings

 

[Hiroi Kikuri]

Be aware you can fine tune the string spacing with a new nut in order to maintain continuity. speaking of ^^