control cavity

Ok, I thought I'd post this video of a technique I thought up to give my Jazz bass some more room in the control cavity for anew control plate I put in last year. The new control plate had more electronics and my soldering was messy and didn't have neat wiring, so I need more space in the...

Hey guys, I've been driven insane by the quarantine and want to modify my p bass. I've been looking at some mods and one of the ones I wanna do is adding a metal control cavity, a la jazz bass. This is what I'm talking about: (The bottom one is from @nlmcguire91. Sorry for just stealing the...

Selling fender jazz bass deluxe preamp on control plate with knobs. All in working order. Asking $85 Shipped CONUS.

control cavity

I have a pair of basses that I wanted to add some mods as I upgraded one of them, and it got a little out of hand. I changed one of them to be PJ, the other remains J. Here's a brief rundown On the PJ, I have a push/pull for series/parallel of the P. On the J, I have a push/pull for...

Control cavity carved out, and control plate test fitted.

Started routing out the control cavity

I am building a Frankenbass with the body of a Squier Jazz as the foundation. I want to put a pre-amp in, which is causing me a little anxiety, since the pots that are already wired into the pre-amp harness are from a Warwick. They don't fit through the holes in the original chrome control...

I have recently discovered a method for creating for what I call "positive / negative" or "complimentary" templates, though there may well be an actual name for this sort of technique. I am using the technique to create templates for control cavity covers and the associated cavity itself. Here's...

Hello, I'm assembling a rear-routed Warmoth body, and decided to experiment with electronics before I finally wire everything up. I have a mini breadboard that I can use to test different configurations, but it also occurred to me that I have 24 connections [2 passive pickups , 2 nested pots, 1...

I used the search function, but did not find anything that fit my criteria. I bought the top bearing router bits you see on stewmac (I believe it's 1/2" x 1/2"). I think the collet size is 1/4" for the router I own. However, they only go to a depth of about 1 1/4", maybe a little less. I need...

I am thinking about buying a clear pickguard for my SR5 to show off the finish more, but I am not crazy about the control cavity being able to be seen. Does anyone know of any products that are made to cover the control cavity that will be held in place by the pickguard? Or would I be better off...

Is there any consensus on what to use, from a purely sonic viewpoint? Here's my dilemma: I have a problem bass (Ibanez Iceman ICB200 Korea) with bad neck-dive that currently has over a pound of lead inside the control cavity as well as attached to the strap. Luckily, that huge plank of...

Hey Good Folks Just wondering about something. I realize now that I have to go with batteries on several of the builds I have going, and I would need to use external battery boxes. The ones I can find are cheap looking and plastic and I have an aversion to them. I figure - I would much rather...

Hi all I've only done a wooden control cavity cover once before and it wasn't a success. Using Minwax Wipe-on Poly (or Tru-Oil, I now can't remember which) warped the cover significantly, I think because I only applied the finish to one side. The next finish will be a water based urethane...

I wondered if anybody can point me in the right direction?? I could not come up with a suitable, local source of black plastic to make control cavity lids with when I built my last project. I would love to have some material. Would be great if I could find some supply to re-purpose. Does...

Good afternoon TB! I apologize in advance if this is not the right forum. I need to have my control cavity routed to fit a modular preamp. The cavity is deep enough, but it is not nearly wide enough to fit the modules. This will require that a new cavity cover be cut as well. I'm looking for...

Cavity rout extended at 1.0" depth to make room for pickup selector switch.