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#46

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:48 pm
by david C
here's a strat body I've just had professionally painted in Gibson heritage cherry nitrocellulose, still need polishing but I think it's looking good


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quite a little production line I've got here

#47

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:56 pm
by Dave the bass
A Strat.

In a Gibson colour scheme.

To the river!.....bring the ducking apparatus!

DTB

#48

Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:50 pm
by Ali Tait
We haven't had a burning for a while... :D

#49

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:08 am
by david C
oh dear

I knew I should have said sunburst

#50

Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:44 am
by Dave the bass
...too late!

To the river ...! :)

DTB

#51

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:44 pm
by david C
actually it looks quite nice

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#52

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:04 pm
by Dave the bass
Phwwwwwwwoooooooooooarrr!

But... to the river! :)

The high 'E' looks very close to the edge of the neck MrC, does it play Ok though? Looks nice.

DTB

#53

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:18 pm
by david C
what sharp eyes you have,
yes it is a bit close, the bridge is a wide string spacing one, I've got a narrow spacing bridge that I might fit, seems to play all right though

all the vintage tremolos suffer this problem, it's almost like necks were wider in the 50s

#54

Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:02 pm
by The Stratmangler
The cure used to be a bit brutal.
Take the neck in your left hand, the top horn of the body in your right.
Push down on the top horn and yank the neck upwards - you'll hear a crack as the neck moves slightly :shock:
The top E should now be in the correct position.

It works, but it's one for the brave.

#55

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:25 am
by Mike H
I can see how that would work ~ basically moves all the strings up a smidgeon

#56

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:48 pm
by Dave the bass
Mike H wrote:I can see how that would work ~ basically moves all the strings up a smidgeon
Sort of. The angle of the neck relative to the body shifts so the strings run more centrally up the neck. I was repairing a bass for a mate once, his complaint was that the 'G' (thinnest string on a 4 string bass) was "falling off the edge of the neck...". Sure enough it was. What he didn't confess at the time was he'd dropped it! I loosened off the neck screws and shifted the neck slightly, re-tightened, and hey tesco.

The neck pocket in that bass was quite loose so I had a fair bitof room to set the neck at the right angle. Not all basses or guitars are quite as accommodating.

DTB

#57

Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:41 pm
by david C
sadly the pocket is quite tight and the neck is in line with the bridge so not a lot of room to manoeuvre, this particular tremolo does have particularly wide string spacing, it plays ok so I'll leave it for now,

#58

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:10 pm
by Mike H
Dave explained it betterer, but is what I meant. :thumbleft:

#59

Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:20 pm
by The Stratmangler
Dave the bass wrote:The neck pocket in that bass was quite loose so I had a fair bitof room to set the neck at the right angle. Not all basses or guitars are quite as accommodating.

DTB
Ive seen some neck pockets that were so large you could lose a small child in there :shock:

#60

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:43 pm
by david C
I've sold the guitar to a mate of mine who fell in love with it

so I've ordered a Warmoth body and neck and will get Angela at
http://guitarangel.co.uk/services.php to replicate the heritage cherry although I might go for a burst with lighter cherry in the centre either way it'll look good