C18Q1 Bridgehouse's Tragedy Bass Rebuild - Abandoned

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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    Watch out. There's a Luddite about. :)
    Be seeing you.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Watch out. There's a Luddite about. :)
    Lol. He's back to guitars and fanned frets.. that's why ;)
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Headstock face is now Daphne Blue. More to do on it.. and it's not perfect, but is good enough for a comedy rebuild..


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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Quick poll:

    Minor light relic or not?
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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    No.

    Then you don't get to excuse any "features" as deliberate
    :D
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Question 2:

    Pickup covers are white and a bit knackered:



    I am going to keep them, and might get them rewound. I'm hoping the Preamp will give them a better voicing, but either way, the covers are grim. All the hardware etc will be chrome/satin or black. So - covers resprayed black or some other colour?
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    TTony said:
    No.

    Then you don't get to excuse any "features" as deliberate
    :D
    Don't worry - it will look pretty shit relic or not ;)

    I'm not exactly being "exacting" with this - more quick and dirty. 

    I am aiming for a bass that if I put it on eBay, @HarrySeven would start a thread and link to it here 
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    edited January 2018
    Bridgehouse said:
    Pickup covers are white and a bit knackered:
    What are the dimensions of the covers and/or the routed pickup cavities? It is faintly possible that Bartolini makes something skinny enough to retrofit without modification.

    Bridgehouse said:
    I am aiming for a bass that if I put it on eBay, HarrySeven would start a thread and link to it here 
    In that case, you shoulda painted it white, used gold hardware and, as the pièce de résistance, snapped off the headstock.
    Be seeing you.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Bridgehouse said:
    Pickup covers are white and a bit knackered:
    What are the dimensions of the covers and/or the routed pickup cavities? It is faintly possible that Bartolini makes something skinny enough to retrofit without modification.

    Bridgehouse said:
    I am aiming for a bass that if I put it on eBay, HarrySeven would start a thread and link to it here 
    In that case, you shoulda painted it white, used gold hardware and, as the pièce de résistance, snapped off the headstock.
    108mm x 21mm with a radius on the corners.

    Snapping the headstock off might be a relic step too far
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  • HarrySevenHarrySeven Frets: 8019
    Bridgehouse said:
    Pickup covers are white and a bit knackered:
    What are the dimensions of the covers and/or the routed pickup cavities? It is faintly possible that Bartolini makes something skinny enough to retrofit without modification.

    Bridgehouse said:
    I am aiming for a bass that if I put it on eBay, HarrySeven would start a thread and link to it here 
    In that case, you shoulda painted it white, used gold hardware and, as the pièce de résistance, snapped off the headstock.
    Correct! :)


    HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
    Forum feedback thread.    |     G&B interview #1 & #2   |  https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/ 

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  • HarrySevenHarrySeven Frets: 8019

    I am aiming for a bass that if I put it on eBay, @HarrySeven would start a thread and link to it here 

    I’d do that with ANY guitar you post for sale! ;)


    HarrySeven - Intangible Asset Appraiser & Wrecker of Civilisation. Searching for weird guitars - so you don't have to.
    Forum feedback thread.    |     G&B interview #1 & #2   |  https://www.instagram.com/_harry_seven_/ 

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  • AlexCAlexC Frets: 2396
    I’m marvelling at @Bridgehouse skill and talent here. This is going to be a killer bass! I remember applauding myself when I first changed a set of machine heads! Ha!
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    AlexC said:
    I’m marvelling at @Bridgehouse skill and talent here. This is going to be a killer bass! I remember applauding myself when I first changed a set of machine heads! Ha!
    First rule of Bridgehouse's Making and Modding Club:

    Never take photos closer than 1 metre ;)
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    Professional photographers soften the focus by smearing Vaseline on a clear filter that is clipped onto the front of the camera lens.

    If you don't have a filter gel holder, just smear Vaseline onto the bass. ;) 
    Be seeing you.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Professional photographers soften the focus by smearing Vaseline on a clear filter that is clipped onto the front of the camera lens.

    If you don't have a filter gel holder, just smear Vaseline onto the bass. ;) 
    I have Daphne blue Vaseline.
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  • FunkfingersFunkfingers Frets: 14324
    Does Mrs. 'House know?
    Be seeing you.
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Does Mrs. 'House know?
    I stole it from her makeup box, so hopefully not
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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    Daphne Blue is being slapped on now.

    It'll be quite rough - it certainly won't be my best paint job, that's for sure. Mostly cos it's flipping freezing in the shed. Next time there's a winter project I'm doing oil.

    Nitro spraying from cans is summer only. 




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  • BridgehouseBridgehouse Frets: 24579
    First time I've done a headstock face. 

    Never again. Bloody nightmare it is.


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  • TTonyTTony Frets: 27346
    Nightmare.


    Errr, why?  Looks OK in vaseline focus.
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