I know that, just quoted him because he stated how it was boxed. Was more for "everyone" than directed at the OP.well, that's great, but the op was the recipient.
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How do I know when to stop sanding?
- Thread starter funky_chavalo
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That's a really clean break. Especially considering the bass in unfinished, it looks very repairable to me. As long as there's no splintering or pieces missing, it could be effectively invisible from more than a few feet away.
Worst case, again since this is unfinished, you could mill that "stripe" out of the body and glue in an equal thickness piece of wood of a complimentary species.
Worst case, again since this is unfinished, you could mill that "stripe" out of the body and glue in an equal thickness piece of wood of a complimentary species.
Ok everyone so I received my bass back from the repairman and sanded the bass down to 600 and started doing the tung oil finish. I’ve been waiting 24 hours between each oiling but after today’s oiling (3rd so far) my bass was immediately sticky? It was sliiiiiightly sticky before. Am I doing something wrong?
True enough. I love my scrapers. Be cautious with them, carelessness with a sharp edge can cause instant misery. Practice on scrap if you've never used one.
Since this thread was started in August, it may be a reasonable assumption that he is finished sanding.
I dunno, with 320 grit, it could take awhile to sand completely through the chunk of wood.
Looks like the hot from your pickup is touching the middle lug on the volume pot, essentially jumping out the control. Check out this diagram, it doesn't matter that you've got a different style pickup.
Your pot values may be different, but for volume/tone on a single passive pickup the signal path will be the same.
That must have been an accident haha. I thought that was the issue as well and removed it and the issue persists. I feel like I’ve wired it correctly. Does the issue have anything to do with the bridge ground wire? Steve didn’t provide a cavity for the ground so the ground wire is just sitting inside the control cavity doing nothing.
Also the bridge is corian if I’m not mistaken so it’s a type of plastic and not metal. I’m not sure if putting a cavity in and placing the ground wire under would do anything. Maybe I should get a metal bridge??
If the bridge isn't metal, no need to ground it. I would trace your whole circuit making sure it matches the diagram above. Just take your time, make sure each connection is clean.
That's a helpful diagram but it doesn't show a ground connection between the volume pot and the tone pot/jack, isn't it?
@Reedt2000 thanks a lot! I’ll double check again.
Overall I’ve learned a ton about sanding/oiling and patience. I’m mostly happy with my own work and on the next one I’ll be even better! I have two issues with this order. I specifically asked Steve to give me a standard P bass distance between pot holes (lol) on the bass so I could install a Richter solderless system I had ordered for this bass. When I got it, the spacing was too small and the actual control system didn’t fit inside the cavity. Pretty bummed about spending $50 on the system only to not be able to use it. The other being a minor issue in that I paid for one of his CDs and he didn’t send it. IDK but I figured those minor details should be paid attention to.
Overall I’ve learned a ton about sanding/oiling and patience. I’m mostly happy with my own work and on the next one I’ll be even better! I have two issues with this order. I specifically asked Steve to give me a standard P bass distance between pot holes (lol) on the bass so I could install a Richter solderless system I had ordered for this bass. When I got it, the spacing was too small and the actual control system didn’t fit inside the cavity. Pretty bummed about spending $50 on the system only to not be able to use it. The other being a minor issue in that I paid for one of his CDs and he didn’t send it. IDK but I figured those minor details should be paid attention to.
You're right, probably relies on the shielding on the underside of the pickguard for that. Easy enough to add that though
