Warmoth does not give you the option of tuner hole size on this neck. If I had the choice I would go for the smaller hole size. Tuners with the 1/2” post are surely going to weigh more than the 3/8” post tuners. Next time I may ask them about it.
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This thread is making me want to go buy a junk bass on marketplace or offer up and tinker with it… 
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You should. You learn a lot about instrument maintenance this way that you can then apply to your other instruments. You also become a lot less afraid of harming them 
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I have to find the right one!
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Any old Fender P-bass will do 
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My next project will be a Telecaster rebooted to a Broadcaster.
Going to do the Broadcaster wiring and have my eye on some similar spec pickups.
Broadcaster wiring has a Bridge + Neck circuit with a blend pot instead of a tone pot, 2nd position is Neck pickup, 3rd position is neck pickup with a capacitor to emulate a bass tone.
Looking at a blonde and blackguard Aliexpress Tele to start the project.
This will break my rule of only having red guitars, but it is for a reason.
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Knobs, because why not? This was a quick prototype - need to tweak a few things. Will be adding a brass insert for durability, but the wood as it is already has plenty of bite for the set screw.
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Squier Bronco is an excellent model to mess with
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Nice. Maple and?
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I had a bunch of offcuts from the maple/alder glue-up I did for the body, so used that here with a light coat of Osmo. Will probably stick with that for this bass just because it will perfectly match, but might make some more just for the fun of it with different laminations.
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Decided I will definitely go with a pickguard, and got most of one completed today. I started with a blank sheet of 4-ply aged cream pearloid pickguard material, then cut it to shape and beveled it. I’ll still need to cut holes for the knobs/jack and the screws.
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Looks good! I’ve seen the blank sheets but what tool is best to cut that material cleanly without burn marks/warping or jagged edges?
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For me the key was starting with an MDF template. I had one already, but you could print out on paper, adhere to the MDF and and final shape it with a disc/belt sander if you needed. No need to worry about melting the MDF.
Once you have a template, double-stick tape the material to it and cut out on the bandsaw to within a mm or so, then flush trim on the router table. Finally, rout with a specialty bit to put a 45* bevel around the edge.
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I envy you sooooo much!
Eh, they do make it easier but it could be done with a jigsaw and just a handheld router as well. Scrape the bevels with a razor blade. But yeah, tools are another slippery slope. This will be my most expensive bass by far if I have to factor that all in Still, the whole point was learning something new and acquiring skills I didn’t previously have, so in that regard it has been absolutely worth it!
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It looks great!!!
My jigsaw experiment resulted in something like this:
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Yes, make you a pattern board, and then you can make your own pick guards out of anything you want!
Hmm… Maybe an excuse to get a band saw? 
I have quite a few tools already. Never had a drill press, band saw, or router table, though, just the hand-held versions (and a scroll saw table). I’ve thought about trying to build my own instrument body/neck.
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