Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

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Re: Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

Post by OffYourFace » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:07 pm

i bought a usacg bass vi neck from dain, who reshaped the headstock :)

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Re: Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

Post by sookwinder » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:02 pm

this is all you need to mod the headstock  (you've seen the pics before)
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Re: Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

Post by heavenstreet » Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:05 pm

So it's really just that lil lip that needs to be rounded off?

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Re: Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

Post by OffYourFace » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:30 pm

heavenstreet wrote: So it's really just that lil lip that needs to be rounded off?
and part of the 'ball-end'

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Re: Anybody built a USA Custom Guitars Bass VI?

Post by sookwinder » Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:28 pm

No,  all of the underside needs some sort of work, plus the top bit where they would stick the cigarette.  But it really is easy, just trace around the stencile you make (on both sides) and start sanding slowly.
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