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#381
HomesickBob said:
Looks like you're right with the neck through XPs... are there no bolt ons too?
15mm* is ok to me, 14 on the L25 starts to get tricky but since i run .040-.126** strings the difference is not that big!

*Mine shows up 16mm... bizarre!
**.050-.135 on the Spirit and the Warwick
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Mine may actually be 16mm - I was measuring with a cheap wooden ruler. I haven't pulled out my micrometer yet.

The original XPs had a bolt on. It's confusing because Gibson didn't assign a new model name to the Spirit version of this body shape like they did with the rest.

Also, I just updated the links in the Spirit megathread - the archived MusicYo pages answer a lot of questions. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f8/steinberger-spirit-megathread-363051/
 
#383
You put a strap pivot plate on the XT!


Is it a real one?

Where did you get it?

:)



HomesickBob said:
Some optical Steinberger/Spirit comparison:

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#384
I think a pivot plate is the best solution for XT basses - I had a couple of fours years ago that I always struggled with, and I'm having the same issue again with my new XT-25.

Has anyone seen dimensioned drawings for an original Steinberger pivot plate? Or, can anyone help with measurements? I'm thinking that it shouldn't be hard to make one out of thermoplastic.
 
#386
HeavyDuty said:
I think a pivot plate is the best solution for XT basses - I had a couple of fours years ago that I always struggled with, and I'm having the same issue again with my new XT-25.

Has anyone seen dimensioned drawings for an original Steinberger pivot plate? Or, can anyone help with measurements? I'm thinking that it shouldn't be hard to make one out of thermoplastic.
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Here's some rude drawing, all measures in cm. Watch out hard shadows when copying the shape!
Imho it is better to use 1,5mm Aluminum tin than sort of plastics; it weighs and it moves... you won't do a long punk-jam! :p
Pm for questions.

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#387
HomesickBob said:
Here's some rude drawing, all measures in cm. Watch out hard shadows when copying the shape!
Imho it is better to use 1,5mm Aluminum tin than sort of plastics; it weighs and it moves... you won't do a long punk-jam! :p
Pm for questions.
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That's a huge help - thanks! Aluminum might just be the material to use - it's easy to work and can be painted or powdercoated after it's tuned. Seeing the back side of the pivot is a huge help, too.
 
#388
Some more details on the Sb-PP:
The PP is slightly contoured, the strap-buttons graze the back and will leave a furrow (as my L25 shows up).

The system shown on the pic can hardly be realized by an amateur.
Get a metal-screw (M6 x 25mm Allen Countersunk) with a drive in-nut as central suspension.
Add a small brass tube (somewhat 6 x 1,7mm for the suspension-screw and some steel-washers at the buttons.
(Brass tube to avoid the aluminum getting torn out; go for correspondent imperial measures)
I did the fixing point of the PP just by grabbing the bass with my thumb and index-finger and marking the spot with a pencil! ;)
Oops, the pic is mirrored: WATCH OUT!!!
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#389
HeavyDuty said:
That's a huge help - thanks! Aluminum might just be the material to use - it's easy to work and can be painted or powdercoated after it's tuned. Seeing the back side of the pivot is a huge help, too.
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The previous owner of my XT made one as well. It works really well. I can post dimensions and what not in the Spirit thread of you are interested. He built it using chicago style screws and used a thick, dark, smokey plexiglass. He did a great job and I am sure it couldn't have cost very much.

Here's a pic

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#395
@Bernd, at first sight the NS Radius is really beautiful, the tuning unit looks like a another NS genius strike... but the backside has an unnessecery lack of the usual elegance. The cavity cover looks cheapo and the knurled screw is kinda missing the eagle-eye of other ergonomic detail solutions... what is the price-tag saying?
 
#396
HomesickBob said:
The cavity cover looks cheapo and the knurled screw is kinda missing the eagle-eye of other ergonomic detail solutions... what is the price-tag saying?
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Cheapo? I own a lot of guitars, and exactly one - a custom build - does NOT have a plastic cover there. Maybe you can get a wooden cover, if you order the US version (instead of the CR version) of this bass.

The official retail price in Europe is € 2.250 plus local VAT. I don't know the "street price" yet, as there is no street price yet ;)
 

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