. a tad extreme don’t you think @mattbeelsYou say extreme, I say firm, but fair.22 Is forgivable on the basis that some people just want the tone of the pickup in that 24th fret position, it is after all the…   Read more»

Bats as well now?

@booI like to spread the love around 

Interesting using the nails to pin it, the technique I’ve seen is to drill a hole through the fret slot (I can’t remember the size) and use a toothpick (with the end broken off, so it’s basically a little dowel)….   Read more»

I stressed about it for a couple of days but resolved to the fact I never play those frets anyway What an odd person. I feel slightly cheated if I have fewer than 24 frets, 21 frets on a modern…   Read more»

Doing 24 frets on a boltie usually means a longer fretboard extension as most most people use the Fender standard neck heel Warmoth are the only people I know who do that.Suhr, Ibanez, Charvel, Steinberger, Vigier, you name it, 24…   Read more»

Same answer applies, it’s great.

@darrenkingDamn! Now I’m going to have to buy one. 😐 

@darrenkingComplete tangent here, but what’s your opinion of that little Makita router?I already have larger routers, have wondered about getting a smaller one at some point, and I already have some Makita tools from that range so I have batteries…   Read more»

Having seen his neck pocket solution I’m just crossing my fingers that @darrenking is going to need to thin some body blanks at some point so we can all benefit.

@booDo you mind? I resemble that remark!

Well then @boo maybe you should lay off the imported candy paint, Mirka sanders, glitter sparkles, airbrush kits etc @mattbeels now you’re just being silly.

@luthierik Short scale basses are typically between 30 and 32 inches, which should work out about right from my rough calculations based on what I see in the pictures. Personally, I’d also consider moving the neck pickup back a little…   Read more»

That is definitely the guitar for someone who’s in something a Sweet tribute band, it’s Glamtastic, doubly so now it’s been buffed.

It could just be the angle of the photos, but those bridge posts don’t look symmetrical to the centre line to me. 

If I’m calculating this properly then roughly speaking with the body as it is, you’re looking at the same scale length of neck but only 17 frets, or the same number of frets but about a 31 inch scale length…   Read more»

Looking at videos online it can be hard to tell which way the wheel is going, but the side towards you going down seems to be the norm.That’s certainly how the StewMac one works (it’s in the instructions), and Highline…   Read more»

Going by the other occasional sounds I could hear, it didn’t seem you turned the volume down notably. Is it as quiet as it seems?

What could possibly go wrong!

@darrenking, well we’d probably find out who’s still using Nitro-Cellulose for their finishing.

It stands vertically on it’s back end quite happily so leaving the shaft in position isn’t too much of a problem. Genius! just as well really given that its all in a wooden box! But then you’d get a Shou…   Read more»