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I got a good deal on this one but it had quite a few dings. The body wasn't too bad but he neck had some deep ones along the edge of the fingerboard. I totally stripped the body and removed every single DING!! After that, shot in in satin. I also completely stripped the neck leaving the fingerboard and headstock untouched. In order to remove all the DINGS in the edge of the neck, I ended up "rolling" it, much like a Ric. It came out great, nice and smooth and I have plenty of room left on the fingerboard to bend the strings if needed. The back of the neck has a nice stripe pattern to it. Not bad for an 80's production bass. I shielded all the cavities. The electronics are dead silent now and the pups sound great. They are the two each or 4 wire type, not sure what that's called........ Not going to touch them.

I made the pickguard in about 20 minutes!! Having a good milling machine makes things fast The cream pearl material is from Grizzly.

Next on the list is pimping out the stock nobs I'm going to create pockets in them and inlay more of the pickguard material into the pockets. Then..............a titanium bridge and straplocks. So far, I'm happy as can be. It plays like a dream :bassist: I'm having fun with my Electra's My other 3 will remain stock.

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90% complete:

Very nice work!

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I have one of these, still in the condition of your "before" picture. Nice bass, sounds good, fast neck, not too heavy on the shoulders.

Good work on yours! I'm a little jealous!

Matthew

Thanks!! So far, all 4 of these needed the strings lowered at the nut. I found it hard to fret any of the strings on the 1st and 2nd fret. Two of them had a rediculous set ups on them. How ANYONE played them like that I don't know A bit of tweeking, new strings, setup and intonation and all four are fantastic players. I was thinking of keeping the best 2 and selling the other two. It would be a very tough choice, I'll probably end up keeping all of them!! I need to take a group shot!!