Well, it was time to get a pickguard for the Embassy. After getting a tracing from Carlo (many thanks...including the grocery list taped to the inside of the envelope), I took the bass over to Pickguardian (www.pickguardian.com) to get the job done. Tony, who is the owner/staff, suggested a parchment color rather than white, which would be a little too new on a faded bass. I agreed, and the color may match my chicken knobs. I decided to go one further and I got some 4-3/4 oval head screws and painted them, so I'm hoping to have a nice match. The original holes are the only ones ever used, and one of them is right on the rout, so I may not be able to use that one. It was made that way. Real handcraftmanship! Here's the first two pics. I should have the p/g on it tomorrow and will post the finished look.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/NakedEmbassyjpg_zps19fae59e.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/PickguardScrewsjpg_zps53a9ed8e.jpg)
Did Epiphone and /or Gibson make their neckjoints like that more often?
It's a good thing the new pickguard will obscure that :-[
One thing I found out about the neck years ago was that the neck was set a tiny bit off. My luthier informed me that the neck has about 3 degrees of pitch, and that whoever made the bass probably didn't set it exactly right. It still plays nicely, and sounds great.
Ah a gap! Shove a mudbucker ;D there
That is such a cool bass Gary. Can't wait to see it with the guard.
Ditto! Can't wait to see it!
Quote from: chordzilla on March 28, 2013, 05:06:34 AM
Ah a gap! Shove a mudbucker ;D there
Fetch me a stick to beat you with. 8)
Quote from: Basvarken on March 28, 2013, 01:18:17 AM
Did Epiphone and /or Gibson make their neckjoints like that more often?
It's a good thing the new pickguard will obscure that :-[
It's a standard looking tenon. On most models it would be covered by the fretboard and/or a maple top.
Cool, that's gonna look great! I still wanna play one of these some day.
I had the great luck of finding an old pickguard, for my second Embassy, on the net, maybe ten years ago. $25.00 plus shipping! It was during the heydays when one could find old T-bird pups for $50.00, or something like that. Glorious days! I remember...(free to fill in info for anyone). :o
Here it is! Pretty nice. He didn't like how the one screw hole fit, and offered to do it again, but I'm happy. The one thing he noticed was that the hole patterns varied when he was doing some research online. Some pictures he found had an extra screw, but all the holes are accounted for on mine.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/basses/Embassy_Pickguard2jpg_zpsf94540f4.jpg)
That's a classic. I like it.
it's a beaut. totally jeals over here.
Very pretty!
Looks great, congrats! Did they originally come with white chicken head knobs?
Quote from: Denis on March 29, 2013, 05:59:00 AM
Looks great, congrats! Did they originally come with white chicken head knobs?
They did not. I never had the original knobs. When I first got it, it had a nice black pickguard and gold knobs. I just like the chicken knobs for some reason. 8)
It looks great in white/parchment but I think it looked meaner with the black guard. The thickness of the black guard also made a nice thumb rest. Does it still have the homemade straplock?
Quote from: fur85 on March 29, 2013, 11:03:59 AM
It looks great in white/parchment but I think it looked meaner with the black guard. The thickness of the black guard also made a nice thumb rest. Does it still have the homemade straplock?
I'd agree with looking meaner. Who knows, maybe someday I'll do a black one again. Yes, it still has the Petersson Special straplock system! One perfectly oversized fender washer. Amazing how a dime investment can work so well.
They say beauty is only pickguard deep, right?!? Well, here's the proof they were wrong!!! Thanks Gary, for supporting live witness!
Turned out sehr schön!