Hack Jobs!

[dubkitty]

agreed. it’s like it’s being eclipsed by a softball.

[Chankgeez]

... or a Death Star?



https://reverb.com/item/91658709-homema ... -quadanium

[dubkitty]

that looks ergonomic.

[Achtane]

Just finished doing a setup on this and haphazardly filed the nut down, it's a 29.75" scale Danelectro neck on a 60's Kawai body. It feels much better to play now. I'll mess with the setup some more. I thought about making it a bass VI but I've never had a short scale bass before.
Right now it just has some spare strings on it, tuned BEAD in guitar range.
All the wiring is original and I touched nothing for once.

[dubkitty]

i wouldn’t call this a hack job, i’d call it a cool project bass/guitar/whatever.

[Chankgeez]

Just finished doing a setup on this and haphazardly filed the nut down, it's a 29.75" scale Danelectro neck on a 60's Kawai body. It feels much better to play now. I'll mess with the setup some more. I thought about making it a bass VI but I've never had a short scale bass before.
Right now it just has some spare strings on it, tuned BEAD in guitar range.
All the wiring is original and I touched nothing for once.

[dubkitty]

did you spray the body? no way a 60s Kawai body 1.) came in that finish and 2.) survived in such good shape.

[Achtane]

Oh yeah, definitely. It was a very uninspired sunburst before and I covered it in a layer of rustoleum green and a layer of glitter followed by polyurethane. I can't decide if i like the mirror pickguard or not.

[dubkitty]

i think the Japanese chromed pickguards affect the sound of the typical ~3kΩ pickups they used in guitars quite like this and help with shielding from RF interference. if possible i’d want to compare with/without. IIRC i tried the Teisco Imperial that’s in the Kondor and it was different without the pickguard.

[dubkitty]

so paint, then regular glitter? or some kind of paint with glittery bits in?