USA Epi hollowbody

Dave W · February 12, 2009, 05:37:07 PM

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 · February 12, 2009, 08:06:55 PM

Quote from: Dave W on February 12, 2009, 05:37:07 PM
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 · February 12, 2009, 08:35:23 PM

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

exiledarchangel · February 14, 2009, 02:58:12 PM

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

drbassman · February 14, 2009, 08:25:34 PM

Quote from: exiledarchangel on February 14, 2009, 02:58:12 PM
Nice project, I really like minis on hollow-bodies! But what minis are you gonna use?

Artec minis.

drbassman · February 14, 2009, 08:27:22 PM

Quote from: shadowcastaz on February 12, 2009, 08:35:23 PM
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 · February 15, 2009, 05:46:00 AM

Quote from: drbassman on February 14, 2009, 08:25:34 PM
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 · February 15, 2009, 07:15:46 AM

Quote from: exiledarchangel on February 15, 2009, 05:46:00 AM
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 · February 15, 2009, 07:27:05 AM

You've got a (good) point there!

Again, it's a beautiful project!

drbassman · February 15, 2009, 06:35:51 PM

Quote from: exiledarchangel on February 15, 2009, 07:27:05 AM
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 · February 19, 2009, 08:07:14 AM

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 · February 21, 2009, 10:25:14 AM

Quote from: exiledarchangel on February 19, 2009, 08:07:14 AM
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!