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Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:15 pm
by dluxe
Cool. Thanks Andrew. I remember years back (1999) some forum member made these as well. I think he lived in Michigan but I may be mistaken. He made one for my old '71 but the spacing was wrong. I did not know (at that time) that some of holes were spaced differently.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 1:39 pm
by wints
Your welcome Bob.
I think Don Adamek may have made some too back in the day.
I remember an old thread where we measured the difference between the holes on our lucite 'bars!
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 3:15 pm
by johnallg
I remember that thread; the conclusion, IIRC, was that they were all hand cut and drilled to the bass on assy.
Looks great, Bob. I like that it is a deep color but still transparent - you can see the walnut in the headstock.
How much work did Dale do on it?
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:26 pm
by dluxe
Dale did a re-fret and refinished the fingerboard. He also wired in Sergio's treble pickup as well as the controls. If you look in the beginning of this thread you can see how bad of shape the fingerboard was in. I ordered a bar from Pickguardian and mine was the 1 9/32 spacing.
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:30 pm
by johnallg
Thanks, Bob. I'd read the thread and saw the way the fingerboard finish was cracking, but wasn't sure of a full refin as the bass in those earlier pics looked darker. Dale does really nice work!
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 4:31 pm
by relayer4u
Sweet Bob!
I love all of the Burgandy variations, from eggplant to cherry!
Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 5:23 pm
by dluxe
I forgot to mention that Dale also sealed up and touched up the crack behind the headstock. You can't even tell it was there now. He also gave the bass a great polish job.
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:58 am
by dale_fortune
Bob I should have asked about the tug bar/finger rest..I make those also..$5.00
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 8:59 am
by lyle_from_minneapolis
Haggle, Bob, haggle!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:35 am
by teeder
Congrats, Bob! It looks nice!
Another nice one, Dale!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 10:27 am
by leftybass
Beautiful job Dale...(as usual!)
Welcome to the BG club, Bob!
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 9:13 pm
by heinpete
Dale, you're lucky that the tug bar/finger rest is not yet trademark protected, I guess.
