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This is just stunning! I did a restoration on My Rick in a little worse off condition than yours though if i might say!

Nice to see someone else not afraid to repair what many told me was not possible! Still playing mine months on!

My Bass Rebuild ; http://www.rickresource.com/forum/viewtopic.php ...

I Know from what i have seen on here on other truss rod related posts they all sit a bit forward from the nut! But with the state of the rest of the bass was in when i got it- it doesn't surprise me it was probably tightened so hard it pulled in the wood! But the wood on the first fret, under the ...

HI All, Bass Update! A few weeks ago i was changing the strings as usual. I decided to see if i could get the action any lower as it was getting quite hi!
While adjusting the truss rods one snapped! Great!

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv294/jb777fog/15481140-b254-4740-9085-e3c754ff16ac.jpg ...

Here is mine! First gig after it's restoration!!

Thank you all so much for your kind comments!!
She is still playing well! Neck has stopped moving! I’m using deaddrio pro steels at the mo 45-105 but might try a set of Roto’s on it next.
She’s now been gigging most weekends!
I play in a few bands and use different bases in them all, mainly play my ...

Hi All sorry for the late follow up to my last post's! Here are a few photos of the finished bass!
It's just done its first gig as a new bass! No problems with it at all so far! In the first few days i had some neck movement but after reading some posts on here and a post on my timeline i put a ...

Today 2 coats of clear are on! Had a few runs but they will wet and dry out!! Will get another coat on today!
Getting There.
I have set a date for completion!! The 27th of this month!
I have a big gig I would love to play it at! So I'm working towards that! But I'm not rushing it! If it's not ...

I really like the color, it has more purple in it than the stock midnight blue. That looks too cool.
It looks good!! Not bad to British Gas Blue!! Haha!! It dose have a metallic like look to it. It's not metallic at all but maybe something in the mix. I'm happy with it! It's kind of near Midnight ...

lucky wrote:Great work and I hope everything goes your way with it. Whereabouts in North Wales are you from?, I grew up in Rhyl.

Cheers! I'm not too far away! Llangollen! J

Ashgray wrote:Allot is a cricketer, "should of" really should be "should have"...

Ash

You will have to forgive me my grammar has never been the best!!

Thank you all so much for your encouragement and kind comments!
It has been a lot of work and determination!
Here are a few more picks!

Electrics, i used the current wiring with the Switch to bypass the treble pickup cap. I used the best components i could CTS pots, except the push pull pot, and ...

Great job!

One item of transliteration between UK phrases and USA phrases: "bunged up."

In the USA, that is usually used as a substitute for a more perjorative phrase.

In the UK, the word "bung" is still used as a common noun in multiple contexts for stopper, cork, plug, wedge, etc., whereas it ...

James,
Got any pics of the painting process? Always curious on process for rattlecan finishes. On this one I'd be worried about the patches telegraphing through eventually, but given where you started, it's all good, whatever happens.
Hi, I have some on the way once i get them into photo bucket ...

One question:
It looks like the big block you installed in the body comes close , but not quite tight, to the neck. is that to allow access to truss rod ends? Given the inherent weakness of that area anyway due to neck pickup route, I'd think you might want to use the 1" neck pickup spacing and ...

Cheers Guys, yes it has been a learning curve to say the least!! it will never be show room quality but I just want it to look nice! it deserves that!
It is a solid colour! I went for Blue. I like how they look in blue! especially with the black hardware but that would be a nightmare to source in ...