Dominic De Bellis Double D Basses
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Different Truss Rod = New Trouble?
Friends,
I have built a few electric bass guitars using the small-ish (i.e., long and thin) LMI truss rods. However, now that I can no longer get these rods I am experimenting with a few others and need some advice.
The rod I have in the photos requires a 4mm key for adjustment but also needs at least a 1/4-inch diameter access hole to allow…
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Have you tried using a Dremel with a burr bit to help remove obstructing wood to make a straighter path to the rod nut? I know, not a solution, just a band-aid fix.
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Hello friends – I am a bass guitar builder who is considering building a neck-through Flying V-style guitar with a 25.5″ scale length and a Floyd Rose tremolo bridge. I have not built any neck-through instruments and would appreciate any guidance on where to begin with respect to laying out the design, in particular, getting the neck angle…
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Truss Rod Length - Is there a "rule of thumb"?
Friends – My “go-to” truss rod for my basses has been the rod sold by LMII; however, since they are now out of business, I am evaluating what other rods are suitable for bass guitar necks. The attached photos are all showing truss rod lengths from the front edge of the nut slot location on the blank. One photo shows my last LMII rod (23 1/2″…
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Double Humbuckers - Schematic?
Friends, I am looking for a wiring schematic that shows how to set up 2 humbuckers, each with their own Volume pot — no Tone in this circuit. Everything I have has some type of Tone control in the circuit. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Fender P Bass-Plus -- Switch short?
Friends – I have an unexpected problem with my 1989 P Bass-Plus. I suspect that the Series-Parallel switch is grounding out (ie, short circuiting) when the 3-position pickup selector is in the P pickup position (disengaging the J pickup and all 3 pickups). I am waiting for feedback from Fender as to whether there is both a wiring diagram for…
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“Sometimes you feel like a nut…”
I’ve seen and read about people radiusing the bottom side of a nut, to match the radius of the top (!) of the fingerboard. This seems really odd to me, and I have always made my nuts flat-bottomed and flat/flush to the bottom of the nut slot.
Is there any “truth” to not having a flat bottom for a nut?
Just need…
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The only time that I have seen this is when the slot has been made after the board has been radiused, thus following the radius of the top. In my opinion, it makes more sense to make the slot flat-bottomed, making the nut easier to work with.
These are just my thoughts, and I may be wrong in my line of logic.
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Hi Jon, Thanks for your feedback on this — I completely agree with you! Nuts are critical components and making them conform to a curved bottom surface is only making things more complicated than necessary, in my opinion, at least. Cheers!
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Reply to Repeated blow-out during routing body edges
Hi John – thank you, sincerely, for your good advice. I “thought” I was taking off small amounts, but obviously not. I will get a spiral bit and really take off smaller amounts from now on. Best regards, Dom
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Repeated blow-out during routing body edges
Hi everyone – although I am not the most experienced builder, I have made a number of bass guitars. However, I have now dealt with 2 instances of serious blow-out while routing the body edge. I use a pattern bit and mark the grain direction all around the perimeter of the Alder body blank — the attached photo shows today’s lovely result. I…
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