Free bass guitar* (1 Viewer)

[xsteox]

Neighbour just gave me his old Ephiphone bass, that he doesn't use. *Needs a proper set up ( bridge is very lopsided) but, free if anyone wants a fix-up project. Just ran it through HX stomp, and electronics work

 

[mel gibson]

Oooh, still available?
I’ve a mate who had his bass “borrowed” by someone and he’s been bassless ever since - would love to fix this up for him!

 

[mel gibson]

Oooh, still available?
I’ve a mate who had his bass “borrowed” by someone and he’s been bassless ever since - would love to fix this up for him

 

[xsteox]

Ya, still here. Shoot me a pm

 

[mel gibson]

Oooh, still available?
I’ve a mate who had his bass “borrowed” by someone and he’s been bassless ever since - would love to fix this

Ya, still here. Shoot me a pm

legend!

 

[nuke terrorist]

FREE BASE

 

[GO]

ill fix this up for whoever claims it. i have mad guitar fixing skills ..id love to be of assistance

 

[mel gibson]

ill fix this up for whoever claims it. i have mad guitar fixing skills ..id love to be of assistance

Sound! I shall holler if I need assistance

 

[magicbastarder]

Yep, would be worth touching base with him if you need assistance.

 

[mel gibson]

Yep, would be worth touching base with him if you need assistance.

I’ll be sure to document the repairs/mods here- plug and redrill the bridge post holes looks to be the first order of business!

 

[pete]

Does it cost a lot to fix up a bass like that or would it be on the low end?

 

[mel gibson]

Shouldn’t cost too much to sort out, all the parts look to be there but the bridge needs a bit of work, there’s also a bit of a design flaw in these (the magnets are too strong)
So I’ll have a mess about with that

You can see what someone else has done with there one here

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Should be good fun fixing this up!

 

[snakybus]

Looks amazing. You beat me to it @mel gibson ! Enjoy.

All your bass are belong to us.

 

[mel gibson]

Not that anyone will give a fuck but sure ill post progress here in the vein hope that it earns me some social clout!

First up is sorting out these mounting studs, ideally I would plug and redrill these with hardwood but I’m a lazy shite so epoxy it is

This all goes well until I stupidly screw the studs all the way down into the mounts and realise that the studs protrude longer that the mounts when you do that, forcing them back up out of the body, thus fucking up my own work!!


The solution is to dremel/file the ends of the studs flush

 

[mel gibson]

While waiting on the epoxy to dry the next thing I tackle is the nut, the G string slot has been damaged when the bridge failed taking a chunk of nut with it…. I opt for the old baking soda and superglue fix and it works ok-ish, then I come to my senses and realise this is a really lovely Bass and the original nut was kind of crap anyway and it deserves better so off with the nut- I’ll find a Graphtech one in work
I should point out that I’m a guitar tech for a living and I should know better!

 

[mel gibson]

Looking at the bridge I can see that the little wing has been bent out of shape,it might not have much impact on setting it up but there’s very little adjustment on these bridges as is- I could batter it back into shape with a hammer or stick it in a vice and bend it by force but thanks to the wonders of guitar tech’s hoarding boxes of old shite I’ve found a perfectly flat one in a parts bin- huzzah!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

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Looking at the bridge I can see that the little wing has been bent out of shape,it might not have much impact on setting it up but there’s very little adjustment on these bridges as is- I could batter it back into shape with a hammer or stick it in a vice and bend it by force but thanks to the wonders of guitar tech’s hoarding boxes of old shite I’ve found a perfectly flat one in a parts bin- huzzah!

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Parts bins ftw..

 

[mel gibson]

Parts bins ftw..

I’m not a hoarder, I swear!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

I’m not a hoarder, I swear!

Every time something from the junk pile gets used, it justifies at least 2-3 more items being hoarded