a new project

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:48 pm

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

quite a little production line I've got here

Dave the bass · Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:56 pm

A Strat.

In a Gibson colour scheme.

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

DTB

Ali Tait · Unread post by **Ali Tait** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 11:50 pm

We haven't had a burning for a while...

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:08 am

oh dear

I knew I should have said sunburst

Dave the bass · Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:44 am

...too late!

To the river ...!

DTB

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:44 pm

actually it looks quite nice

Dave the bass · Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:04 pm

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

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:18 pm

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

The Stratmangler · Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:02 pm

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

The top E should now be in the correct position.

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

Mike H · Unread post by **Mike H** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 10:25 am

I can see how that would work ~ basically moves all the strings up a smidgeon

Dave the bass · Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:48 pm

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

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:41 pm

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,

Mike H · Unread post by **Mike H** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:10 pm

Dave explained it betterer, but is what I meant.

The Stratmangler · Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:20 pm

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

david C · Unread post by **david C** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:43 pm

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

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