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Tbh I’d like to do a few more offsets. It’s certainly something I’d like to do, a gold jag would be cool.
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It is wonderful to see your success!
Just need to get a body on the way. I owe @lamf68 a text or 3
Definitely the king of all things offset.
I also loved his firebird pickups I had in my old firebird too.
not sure if you have ordered the body yet but I would +1 @lamf68 and John at Rexter @rexter
I'll keep an eye on this thread to see how it develops.
More parts have arrived, and I have a spreadsheet. We have a mix of Guitar Parts Factory on Reverb, plus Allparts and some contents from my existing parts boxes, including that Cobain-style switch plate bought all the way back in 2019 before the world fell apart.
And for the bridge... Staytrem and Mastery for some exiting bridge-vs-bridge battles.
I think the only bit not ordered is now the body, and possible a mute, because I've never tried one and they look cool, right?
They do look cool though.
I think from memory they don't work with the mastery bridge though. Something deep in my memory suggests that might be the case. @impmann am I talking total balls there?
Apparently you can modify the Mastery to accept the mute. But genuinely... I wouldn't bother. Damping with your hand sounds the same and works better than the mute.
I'm actually quite interested in trying one on a P bass like the Sean Hurley Fender model, but I really don't want to drill a big hole in my bass to find out!
As noted, the bridge is probably going to be Mastery, but so far the one I ordered has made itself very much at home on my Jazzmaster, so I may try a Staytrem first, though the ones I have here are 9.5" radius and the neck is 7.25". We'll see how that works...
I also treated myself to a new fancy soldering iron
And the most important bit arrived from Rothko & Frost. 2 copies in case I mess up...
The body should be arriving with @lamf68 this week and that'll be the final part of the puzzle. I've tasked him with "dinging it up a bit" but no further instructions, so I can't wait to see how it comes out. In the intervening period I will have a go at some light relicing just to bring it all together. Particularly I guess that means control plates and pickguard - I need to find some good reference photos to get that looking at least vaguely authentic.
I'm gonna have to actually do something now!