I swapped my 4 in a row tuners to a 3+1 arrangement, but it leaves the top really barren. Should I cut the extra off and reshape or leave it as is...or something else...
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To cut or not to cut...
- Thread starter J. Wes
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...just for the record, I (kinda) don't want to chop it off, because this has been my mule bass for a lot of experimenting. That said, I don't have a problem chopping it either...
What to do, what to do.
What to do, what to do.
That's easy…put some kind of "Mule" or maybe even a "Frankenstein" decal on it…basically, anything that can be reversed. I'm no luthier, but somehow I don't think it'd be a good idea to start hackin' & sawin' away.
Oohhhhh...I like. Or a Frankenmule decal. Must. Start. Drawing.
You could always glue a compass and a sundial up there. That way if they ever decide to update Jean Shepard's Christmas Story, they could substitute the J. Wes Deluxe Field Explorer Bass for the Red Ryder BB gun.
Or a hula girl who dances when you get to rocking
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There's a thought! Or how 'bout something in the same ballpark?
Two decals, first one would be a graphic of the cracked, glued-together, but still standing leg lamp. The second would be text; "Electric Sex", from Shepard's line, "…the soft glow of electric sex." drool
Mount a Snark tuner to the space.
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Why did you change the tuner arrangement?
Changing the mass of the headstock could lead to a dead spot issue.
I wouldn't risk it.
I wouldn't risk it.
Why not take out the plug and put in a dummy fifth tuner (I see you're using a de-tuner so you should have a spare sitting idle)? That'll send people asking "why only four strings on a five-er?" You could always say "Keef's tele had only five strings" so one wasn't necessary. 
Or might fix a dead spot issue.
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in your chest
I would mess with photoshopping the picture to see what you can come up with.
I wouldn't alter an authentic Canaday, that's for sure.
I'd leave the headstock. You might want to go back to a 4+0 or convert it to a 5 string bass with a 4+1.
Keep you options open.
Keep you options open.
If you know what your doing I would chop it off and reshape it.
Make it look original as opposed to same old same old.
Make it look original as opposed to same old same old.
