The Last Bass Outpost

Thanx!

Are those Gibson products or made by a second party?

What pickups are those?

Just wondered how one tool could accommodate all the radii and the answer is it doesn't.
Nice kit, but a bit on the spendy side
I'm a bit surprised there are standards that all the various manufacturers adhere to.

So is it a flexible blade or something?

Quote from: drbassman on January 26, 2009, 06:05:34 AM
Shadow gave me a great idea.  Let's post pictures/descriptions of our home made tools we use in our building/rehabbing shops.  I'll kick things off with my home made fret press.  It's a $49 Harbor Freight arbor press and a Stew Mac fret caul set up.  Works great and I can use it to press other stuff as well.

I have the arbor press. Does the "fret caul" have a built in arc to it to match the fret board?
Or is it flat or how does that work?

PS

Conrad Sundholm is alive and well in OR and making a new line of amps

http://www.westlinntidings.com/news/print_story.php?story_id=128459582904747300

I bought a number of parts from him (corners and what not) for my 200S restoration/build

I bought a dead 200S head off fleabay ( I think it went through Katrina) and recapped and restored it.
Last year I built a 200S cab. There's a website just for Sunn nuts and they were an extreme help with measurements of their 200S cabs and other suggestions. That web site is here

http://sunn.ampage.org/sdp/index.php

I did CAD drawings of it before I started in case you need a measurement.

Quote from: Pilgrim on October 14, 2011, 02:05:09 PM
Greg - I asked this in the other thread where you mentioned it, but I'll ask here....
- Are you sure the bridge placement will work with medium scale?  Bridges usually need to be moved when changing scale length.

Yah I'm going to plug those holes and put a Gotoh on it where it needs to go. I also bought a bridge/pickup cover (the squarish kind like the used to have) to mount strategically if the plugs don't turn out so hot.

Quote from: Pilgrim on October 14, 2011, 02:05:09 PM
- Are you ready to deal with some neck dive if a 32" neck is installed?  I don't like the balance of the EB-0 series with anything but 30" necks.  OTOH, the later model body you have may be a bit heavier then the 60's/70's EB-0 series, so it may work out OK.

I think it was my last EB-3 that had that problem too. It was inconvenient but I just had to hold onto the neck. It was kind of funny that it would just slowly sink to the floor while I stood there

I just started a new thread so I can quit hijacking this one

I had  a few EBs back in the 60s and my favorite was the last one an EB-3 in transparent brown. So I thought I would try to recreate one except with a medium scale neck (32")

I bought a 2006 EB-0 Epiphone off CL for $75 that was run over by a truck and set about stripping it down to wood. Everything went pretty smooth in the first stages of stripping. Conventional strippers worked fine. Then I got to the clearish undercoat. That stuff is insane. It's as tough as tritanium, without a doubt. The only way to get at it is with a heat gun and scrapper and then sandpaper. But it's finally gone and here is todays picture.....





Next up is plugging the holes from the bridge. It seems pretty straight forward except for the one on the right which has the oh so convenient color change running through the edge. When I get it plugged, I've got a little Gotoh to put on.

I want to put a medium scale neck on it (32") which are hard to find. I can have Warmoth make me one, but it might be more fun to scrounge up a used or replacement one. Haven't exhausted that decision yet. Maybe one off an Ibanez GAXB150. The Warmoth neck would require some cavity routing

I want to add another pickup by the bridge with a volume and tone control, but haven't decided on what brand to put there yet.  Something like a soap bar, I think. It would be nice to find something with a chromed cover and some kind of trim.

I've been reading and asking questions over at ReRanch and those guys have been great to help

That's about it for now

I'm kind of limited on how much I can pull the neck into the body. There's that big pocket for the neck pickup about 3/16" from the end of the existing pocket now.

Maybe I should start my own thread instead of "borrowing" this one.

Yes 32"

I had several EB-0s and a couple EB-3s back in the 60s and always liked them (obviously) but I guess I thought the strings to "floppy" if you know what I mean. I have a Fender Jazz now and had several of them, again in the 60s, but I have short fingers, so 34" scale is a bit of a reach although doable. I thought I would give medium scale a try. Seems like a good compromise.

First post here

I also have an EB-0 to EB-3 project, except it's an Epiphone that I bought off CL for $75. I think a truck ran over it. I have it stripped and sanded and am waiting for some mahogany to plug the bridge holes with. Then it gets that beautiful transparent brown the was offered by Gibson in the late 60s.

I'm also trying to find a medium scale neck for it but that's turning into quite a job.