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Customizing my Cort A4

Discussion in 'Basses [BG]' started by kkprince, Mar 24, 2020.

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  1. Mar 24, 2020 #1
    kkprince

    kkprince

    Mar 20, 2020
    This is my 1st post here. Hello to everyone! I bought my first bass , a Cort red A4 FMMH in mid Feb exactly at the beginning of the COVID Mess....
    As a guitarist ... this was a sort of Coming Out... maybe i'm a bassist ?? Let's find it out...
    :)
    Being locked at home here in Bergamo,Italy (Covid Hot pole) I spent few days starting a small cosmetic rework ..this before enter into the main task of "reverse engineering " & "rewriting" the Bartolini electronic.
    So where to start ? ...........My God... the Truss Rod cover plate is a plastic piece of [email protected]@@t...:)
    Get rid of it!!!
    I did a more elegant wood replacement with my small cnc, keeping the original 1 screw solution but having a small tab inserted in the truss rod hole for a more stable solution.
    Hope You like it !
    Cheers!
    kkprince
     

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  2. Mar 24, 2020 #2
    abarson

    abarson

    Nov 6, 2003
    Santa Cruz
    It's the little details that count.
    Welcome to TB! Stay safe over there.
     
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  3. Mar 24, 2020 #3
    tubatodd

    tubatodd

    Oct 31, 2004
    Birmingham, AL
    That is so awesome. I'd love to have one for each of my Cort basses. It's a fantastic little upgrade.
     
  4. Mar 25, 2020 #4
    kkprince

    kkprince

    Mar 20, 2020
    What's the groove width under the truss rod plate ?
    For a 4 string (A4,B4) is 10mm.
    And the distance from the base of the plastic plate and the screw hole ? Should be 39mm.
     
  5. Mar 25, 2020 #5
    RSBBass

    RSBBass

    Jun 11, 2011
    NYC
    Nice touch. Stay safe.