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Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:11 pm**

Look what tailpiece lift will make some people do.... (not for the squeamish...)

Yes....it's now string-thru-body...

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:16 pm**

Ouch .... !

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:48 pm**

Isn't that a felony?

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:51 pm**

It may be an unauthorized copy of a felony!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:47 pm**

I just saw this in eBay before coming to the forum. When I saw the thread title I knew what it was going to be about!

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:37 pm**

now that is a solution to tailpiece pullup that I never thought of ...

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:43 pm**

Oh . . . dear . . . god . . . MY EYES!!!

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:44 pm**

That's actually something I thought about doing way back in the day when my '77 started suffering from the dreaded "lift".

Lucky for me that I just didn't have the technical skills to have even ATTEMPTED to pull that off.

Looks like this guy did a pretty good job! Even made a nice "V" pattern for the strings to pass through.

I just hope there's string-anchoring grommets in the back of that bass!

Posted: **Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:47 pm**

Hmmm ... that is a good price on a 4003s5 ... I should buy it and restore it with some of my spare parts ...

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:55 am**

The idea isn't that bad, but the execution... yech!

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:43 am**

Sports Reporter: "Coach McKay, how do you about the execution of your offense?"

John McKay, TB Bucs Coach from looooong ago: "I'm all for it."

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:44 am**

I guess thats what you call thinking outside the box.

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:58 am**

You can use the bass for religious purposes as it is rather holey(holy?)

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:49 am**

I accually think the idea is pretty good, but the string angle seems a bit to steep.

Posted: **Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:49 am**

EDIT: Ok that second picture looks absolutely terrible!

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