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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | Hi, I've bourght last week this (bass)-guitar very cheap. It was in very good condition but with awful playability.
Some words to the history: I've owned an original B778, I've got from a friend of my brother,some time ago. I'm not a bassman so I sold it in winter to buy the 2009C. As it was gone I missed it and so I was looking for a substitude.
It is a B778TX-5 looking as for playing on inhumations. Sorry to say it in this way, but it is not my style of guitar.
So I put the strings away, cleaned it, and, inspired by OMA's Sweetwater Elite, he has for sale, I made an epaulet by myself from walnut, the template was my OWE 5858. The next procedure was a gloss finished neck, completed with gold tuners (Dave should now have a little smile on his face), but I also love gloss necks.
At least, I put two shims away, and made a neck adjustment and it plays like new.
Now it is finished, it sounds really nice, not extremly less to the original.
You can see some pics on my ning page, link below.
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Bernie,
Would love to see a close up of that eppi. Congrats on a successful project!  |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | Wow!
You made that eppie?
That looks awesome! |
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Location: Germany, where delicious wine is growing (Rheinh) | I think I've made 6 or 7 until I had one without a plemish. This one has 2 or 3 broken parts by gluing on the top, but in this case there was no way back.
Well, it is not inlayed, it is only glued on the the top.
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Location: Newington, CT | Nice! Good job! |
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My new project.....
