Finished Pics! Rebody of a Fender Rascal bass

Andyjr1515

Roland said:

Beautiful. It’s nice to see that you’re having success with Osmo PolyX. I’m going to use it for my C18Q1 build. I may have to copy the idea of a fretted headstock surface. 

Yes - I'm very pleased with the half matte and the satin. 

On my present build, I'm going to have another go at the full gloss - it was a bit problematic at my first go but I think I know why.

WezV

Andyjr1515 said:

TTony said:

That piece of walnut turned out nice ...

And it makes me think of something ... Is there any reason why I couldn't mount a set of Strat p'ups from the underside?  I want to avoid the normal scratchplate on the top, but a rear access cavity - like this bass - would be OK.

I can't think of a reason not to, as long as I get the measurements right of course, and don't have screw tips protruding out of the face of the guitar!

No reason at all why you can't @TTony - at least in theory.  As you say, the trick is getting the top thin enough for the pups to be able to stick through high enough but still have a modicum of wood left to screw the screws into...

Or screw the Pickups to a wooden block that slots in from the back.  You could even do all the height adjustment from the back danelectro style with a bit of thought.

Andyjr1515

WezV said:

Andyjr1515 said:

TTony said:

That piece of walnut turned out nice ...

And it makes me think of something ... Is there any reason why I couldn't mount a set of Strat p'ups from the underside?  I want to avoid the normal scratchplate on the top, but a rear access cavity - like this bass - would be OK.

I can't think of a reason not to, as long as I get the measurements right of course, and don't have screw tips protruding out of the face of the guitar!

No reason at all why you can't @TTony - at least in theory.  As you say, the trick is getting the top thin enough for the pups to be able to stick through high enough but still have a modicum of wood left to screw the screws into...

Or screw the Pickups to a wooden block that slots in from the back.  You could even do all the height adjustment from the back danelectro style with a bit of thought.

That's a good idea!  

TTony

I've just been Googling how Danelectro p'ups are mounted into the body.

I've not got the metalworking facilities to make a bracket like that, but I'm pretty sure that I could do something with bits of wood what would work just as well.  The body was going to be swimming pool routed anyway, with rear access, so I can mount the p'ups on a blocks of wood and make those height adjustable through the back.

Anyways, thanks for the thoughts, and thread hijack over!

Rabs

The Gibson HP 2018s do it from the back too... 

https://i.imgur.com/GSDzRNO.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/T6jSZm4.jpg