TL Martinson “Eye of the Tiger” Electric Bass Part 2

My saga from 2010 continued:

Here are some pics I took of the fretwork.

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I set about trying to make the instrument play in tune.  I filed the nut (too far) to get the strings closer to the fretboard.  I rearranged the bridge components to adjust the overall string length. I also tried to clean up the electrical work.  See pictures.

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After all that, here are improvements on tuning:

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Posted in Music on Sep 29th, 2013, 10:44 pm by Dennis   

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