USA Epi hollowbody

[Dave W]

Just curious... does the truss rod end at about the 15th fret?

On the first page of this thread, you said it was a bare bones neck. Was this an actual Gibson neck from the greatdealz guy, or just a generic one?

[drbassman]

Just curious... does the truss rod end at about the 15th fret?

On the first page of this thread, you said it was a bare bones neck. Was this an actual Gibson neck from the greatdealz guy, or just a generic one?

the truss rod does end around the 15th. fret.  It's a generic from an eBayer in Canada. I bought 3 of them and this is the 2nd. one I've used.

[shadowcastaz]

Im using one of those canadian necks  and i put a longer truss rod in it. I only had the one neck.

[exiledarchangel]

Nice project, I really like minis on hollow-bodies! But what minis are you gonna use?

[drbassman]

Nice project, I really like minis on hollow-bodies! But what minis are you gonna use?

Artec minis.

[drbassman]

Im using one of those canadian necks  and i put a longer truss rod in it. I only had the one neck.

I used the first one on my Vox project.  The original rod works fine so far.

[exiledarchangel]

Artec minis.

I thought so. Artec makes descent pickups in great prices. But are those minis blade pickups? Or they have polepieces? If they have polepieces, maybe you will have some problem with string to string balance.

[drbassman]

I thought so. Artec makes descent pickups in great prices. But are those minis blade pickups? Or they have polepieces? If they have polepieces, maybe you will have some problem with string to string balance.

I don't know the artec's design, but shouldn't be any more difficult than a Musicmaster bass with a Strat pup.  I think it'll be fine.

[exiledarchangel]

You've got a (good) point there!  Again, it's a beautiful project!

[drbassman]

You've got a (good) point there!  Again, it's a beautiful project!

Thanks,  I'll post some shots of the pups when I get them installed.

[exiledarchangel]

Just in case you haven't check em out, artec makes those too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Artec-Mini-Humbucker-Violin-Bass-Pickup-Chrome_W0QQitemZ160301875102QQihZ006QQcategoryZ22670QQcmdZViewItem

 

[drbassman]

Just in case you haven't check em out, artec makes those too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Artec-Mini-Humbucker-Violin-Bass-Pickup-Chrome_W0QQitemZ160301875102QQihZ006QQcategoryZ22670QQcmdZViewItem

 

Thanks, I did see those but I actually liked the ones without the pole pieces.  They have a nice clean look to them.  Those are nice too!