Ya know, Dave, I don't play, I'm only here to learn and pick up some sarcastic comments I might be able to use later. I dig your style, I'm learning some about guitars, I'm 65 and thinking about maybe learning to pick up a few chops on a bass, just for something different to do. And I have picked up a few sarcastic comments that have come in handy. Thanks, man.
1951 - that’s my birth year! So now I’m 70 and still love guitars! And enjoy watching Dave, Ted Woodford, Trogly and Norman Harris amongst many others.
I use one of these as my primary bass - with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup swapped in and it is a beast. Fat, thick sound with a little bit of a growl and decent high end. It's a bit heavy, and as Dave says, the body shape takes some getting used to, so it's not the most comfortable bass to wear - but it's worth it.
I've worked with power / pneumatic tools for ever! From dash screws tightened to 4 inch lbs. To Otawa switcher trucks rear axle bolts at 1400 ft lbs. As long as you're the range for that application you're good.
If Dave showed the whole thing, it would be ten hours long, and no one would......complain. I'm just grateful for what he does show me, and I'm not gonna get tweaked if he wants to keep to himself some of the things that took him hundreds of hours of sweat and toil to discover. Truth is, if you watch every minute of every video, it's all there.
From Leo: It's your channel Dave, you can do whatever you want. Forget the "critics" A real tech can use power tools. As demonstrated, there is a torque limiting clutch that few people know how to use. I go through times when 1/2 of everything I do in the shop is replace cracked plastics and dowel stripped out holes. Carpenter tools used on guitars by beginners usually ends poorly.
I have one of these made in 2001 - 2 tone burst. Weighs a ton but it sounds and looks great. Fender Japan made some nice stuff back in the day- dare I say better than many US made items at the time.
Have you ever had anyone make a comment like: “Dude - this is like literally symbolic or whatever. In this existential moment, don’t forget to become that bass looking back at you from the mirror of time to which you are all no way duuuude!” ?
I have a friend who just should not be allowed to use a power driver on a guitar. He always runs it too fast, doesn't use the ratchet feature, and invariably, if I work on an amp or guitar of his, the screw heads or the threads are stripped out. Or just as bad, they have those gnarly, munged up sharp edges that cut you or snag on things. He's especially fond of stripping out T nuts in speaker cabs. I've tried to show him, but some people don't want to learn.
This is 1951 japan precision bass my dream bass!!! just like that, no body contour . Great review, great grumpy comments LOL. Dont change man.Thanks for the great content
I got a tip from a guy who is a better sodder-er than I: Leave the guitar plugged in while you solder them ground wires - that way you hear when the connection is proper.
Good job Dave. I have one of these guitars. It's 15 years old and plays really nice. My setup is close to the same. I did replace the bridge with a Fender threaded barrel bridge and also the clunky tuners with a set of Hipshots. I like your soldering iron and want to get one like it but can't make out the name. I have a Weller I want to throw away every time I use it.
Dave will continue making setup videos until the morale improves!!! Apparently some of us haven't learned that expertise comes from actually DOING something, as opposed to just wanking about it on the internet.
Ut oh....Uncle Dave has his period. You straighten out those knuckleheads. Oil in the truss hole? Yeah, do that to your own guitars. Another excellent video from his Goochness. All Hail the Doctor of De-Gooching.
I played in a band with a guy who'd go ballistic if someone or something moved is knobs. Even had the amp dials taped down. He had no clue how things worked and didn't care. One day his car engine literally fell off a motor mount even though it had been making loud clunking noises for weeks on the way to gigs. The dude could play guitar though...
If a person is not familiar with, or has no feel with, power tools, THAT PERSON should not use piwer tools on a musical instrument, nor anything expensive, valuable from a sentimental or historical perspective, nor anything that cannot be replaced. Dave is correct, that the vast majority of instruments are made using power tools, also.
It's amazing, I have same bass guitar, sunburn though, with exactly same issues but for the scratch close to the pickup. I'm just wondering if I have same loose wire at the tone potiknob! I'll need to check. Thanks for the video!
hi dave i just bought a squire 50s p bass im getting ready to buy new strings for the thing but what scale of strings should i use its 21 frets on the neck thanks
@ 5:40 "I'm never gonna be finished bitchin' until they bury me." (Fast forward to Dave's funeral) Dave's ghost: "You used those kind of shovels to dig this hole? Come on! And what's with this casket? I mean, really. You couldn't get a prettier one? This casket is gooched. There's a rip in the fabric in here. Were you trying to save a few bucks or what? On my eternal resting place? Bunch of cheapskates. You lowered me in this hole and now I bet you're even gonna come visit me."
I have one, last owners put a deluxe p bass bridge on it (has 3 screw holed that line up with original) much better than the 2 saddle But id use a 2 saddle just fine
Luv the video! Just can't win. One guy complains that all the videos are the same. Somebody else complains that you didn't show everything. I was thinking the video was going to be a bunch of haphazard cuts after that. Guess that's why I don't make videos, besides me not being interesting...✌️
I don't understand your mantra about the strings having to all be the same height from the fingerboard. Following the radius for sure, but describing an arc which gradually tilts towards a lower action under the G string. I would never have the action under the top string same as under the bottom since lower pitched strings oscillate to a greater degree therefore need more space. Slight graduation of string heights will enhance playability as well.
Looking, looking, looking... There are much cheaper options on Amazon, but I see that Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supplies also has much more reasonable prices in general compared to StewMac.
"I'm never gonna be finished bitchin' 'till they bury me."
That's why we tune in Dave. No surrender!
Hey kids,
Don’t be disrespecting your old Uncle Dave.
I’ve been playing bass since 1967, and I still learn stuff from this geezer.
Respect.
Ya know, Dave, I don't play, I'm only here to learn and pick up some sarcastic comments I might be able to use later. I dig your style, I'm learning some about guitars, I'm 65 and thinking about maybe learning to pick up a few chops on a bass, just for something different to do. And I have picked up a few sarcastic comments that have come in handy. Thanks, man.
1951 - that’s my birth year! So now I’m 70 and still love guitars! And enjoy watching Dave, Ted Woodford, Trogly and Norman Harris amongst many others.
Me too!
The 51's are amazing basses, I think they are the perfect Precision. A lot of thud with some mid range clank.
I agree
I use one of these as my primary bass - with a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder pickup swapped in and it is a beast. Fat, thick sound with a little bit of a growl and decent high end. It's a bit heavy, and as Dave says, the body shape takes some getting used to, so it's not the most comfortable bass to wear - but it's worth it.
I also have an early 90's reissue with a SD Quarter Pounder..... FAT & toneful... beaut ease of play.. quality built basses
I always loved this bass.
Yes love to see the complete repair and less editing for you i think.The longer the video the better for me anyway.
I've worked with power / pneumatic tools for ever! From dash screws tightened to 4 inch lbs. To Otawa switcher trucks rear axle bolts at 1400 ft lbs. As long as you're the range for that application you're good.
If Dave showed the whole thing, it would be ten hours long, and no one would......complain. I'm just grateful for what he does show me, and I'm not gonna get tweaked if he wants to keep to himself some of the things that took him hundreds of hours of sweat and toil to discover. Truth is, if you watch every minute of every video, it's all there.
From Leo: It's your channel Dave, you can do whatever you want. Forget the "critics" A real tech can use power tools. As demonstrated, there is a torque limiting clutch that few people know how to use. I go through times when 1/2 of everything I do in the shop is replace cracked plastics and dowel stripped out holes. Carpenter tools used on guitars by beginners usually ends poorly.
Thanks for showing everything. It is good to see.
I have the same bass (1994), I love the slab body, killer bass.
Dave, just sitting keep on doing what you do. I have been watching you for a couple of years now and have learned so much. Thanks!
Dave, thanks for the full view video! Nice work again! Great lesson Professor!
I have one of these made in 2001 - 2 tone burst. Weighs a ton but it sounds and looks great. Fender Japan made some nice stuff back in the day- dare I say better than many US made items at the time.
They are still making this guitar! Man I want one.
It fills me with joy that Dave says Solder in the correct pronunciation! Owwww the joy!
Have you ever had anyone make a comment like:
“Dude - this is like literally symbolic or whatever. In this existential moment, don’t forget to become that bass looking back at you from the mirror of time to which you are all no way duuuude!” ?
I have a friend who just should not be allowed to use a power driver on a guitar. He always runs it too fast, doesn't use the ratchet feature, and invariably, if I work on an amp or guitar of his, the screw heads or the threads are stripped out. Or just as bad, they have those gnarly, munged up sharp edges that cut you or snag on things. He's especially fond of stripping out T nuts in speaker cabs. I've tried to show him, but some people don't want to learn.
This is 1951 japan precision bass my dream bass!!! just like that, no body contour . Great review, great grumpy comments LOL. Dont change man.Thanks for the great content
Another Fab vid!
Keep it up Dave, loving them all!
Thanks for posting Dave.
It was wonderful seeing everything...
You Rock Dave!🤟
Wooooow, I like this Bass!
By the way, those are the only bridges where a "standing on one foot" - saddle is allowed. Just to match the radius.
The matte pickguard really gets me!
I think you may just be my new favourite grumpy old man.
Thanks Dave, now I've seen everything! 😁
Love your videos, don't change a thing!!
I got a tip from a guy who is a better sodder-er than I: Leave the guitar plugged in while you solder them ground wires - that way you hear when the connection is proper.
Dave was especially cranky on this one. 10/10.
Eric in Florida the crankier the more interesting ☺
Good job Dave. I have one of these guitars. It's 15 years old and plays really nice. My setup is close to the same. I did replace the bridge with a Fender threaded barrel bridge and also the clunky tuners with a set of Hipshots. I like your soldering iron and want to get one like it but can't make out the name. I have a Weller I want to throw away every time I use it.
Dave is the best👍🏻
I like the matte pickguard
Great to watch,cheers .
Thank you! Cheers!
This video is from October, 2019, I'm just now watching it in March, 2021, and I'm the first to like 👍this video; huh?
Sweet looking bass!!! I have the Squier version but someday I will have a MIJ. Good job Dave!
I wanna see everything Dave !!
Take it off , take it all off !!
Wooo whoooo
Awesome video Dave. If I'm ever in Canada, I want to stop by and have you work on one of my basses, whether it needs work or not!
Another great video
What we headphone users need is the fan, the belt sander and the vacuum cleaner all running at once. That’d be a perfect video.
Dave will continue making setup videos until the morale improves!!! Apparently some of us haven't learned that expertise comes from actually DOING something, as opposed to just wanking about it on the internet.
I NEVER use power tools on my guitars! I'm retired and can't afford them!!
Ut oh....Uncle Dave has his period. You straighten out those knuckleheads. Oil in the truss hole? Yeah, do that to your own guitars. Another excellent video from his Goochness. All Hail the Doctor of De-Gooching.
Wow those were some crunchy pots, wonder if the guy ever turned them.
I played in a band with a guy who'd go ballistic if someone or something moved is knobs. Even had the amp dials taped down. He had no clue how things worked and didn't care. One day his car engine literally fell off a motor mount even though it had been making loud clunking noises for weeks on the way to gigs. The dude could play guitar though...
Hey Dave, I didn't see where you bought the wire...
The intro sp00ked me
“they can be hard on ya”
“I said hard on ya”
“I quit”
classic dave
(without the sammich)
you're wearing my sweater again
If a person is not familiar with, or has no feel with, power tools, THAT PERSON should not use piwer tools on a musical instrument, nor anything expensive, valuable from a sentimental or historical perspective, nor anything that cannot be replaced.
Dave is correct, that the vast majority of instruments are made using power tools, also.
If you ad a Jazz pickup or a second single coil P pickup at the neck, will it cancel the hum when both are working?
I lost my noodle when you said that about the guy losing his noodle over the string height. It's around here somewhere...\m/
what neck relief measurement did you use? I have a Sting bass and the 7.25" radius seems more critical than other Fender basses I've had....
Beautyful thang that one is!
I've told you before, Dave, you should turn the screws backwards to find their thread, before you tighten them. Ring me. 👍
Never NEVER send me a free left handed bass, Dave!!!
DAVE....I WOULD LOVE TO BBQ AND DRINK WITH YOU. YOU'RE THE MAN
Hey Dave. Keep on rockin' those tree squirrels.
Gahd, I want one of these. Ebay's got some very reasonable prices on these new from importers.
Everyone is an expert!
What about the scratched area polish?
Look more like a teli bass not a problem bass
It's amazing, I have same bass guitar, sunburn though, with exactly same issues but for the scratch close to the pickup. I'm just wondering if I have same loose wire at the tone potiknob! I'll need to check. Thanks for the video!
Man I love the look of a 51 precision. I'd want a split coil pup though. Less hum.
Hi, I have a bass with a max out truss rod, won't tighten any further. Ss there a long term fix for this?
Got my sticker. Thanks!
hi dave i just bought a squire 50s p bass im getting ready to buy new strings for the thing but what scale of strings should i use its 21 frets on the neck thanks
You're supposed to use flatwounds dipped in gravy for one of those! Slab body.
@ 5:40 "I'm never gonna be finished bitchin' until they bury me."
(Fast forward to Dave's funeral) Dave's ghost: "You used those kind of shovels to dig this hole? Come on! And what's with this casket? I mean, really. You couldn't get a prettier one? This casket is gooched. There's a rip in the fabric in here. Were you trying to save a few bucks or what? On my eternal resting place? Bunch of cheapskates. You lowered me in this hole and now I bet you're even gonna come visit me."
Silly question: Why are Fender bass truss rod screws on the butt end of the neck instead of the head end like most guitars?
I have one, last owners put a deluxe p bass bridge on it (has 3 screw holed that line up with original) much better than the 2 saddle
But id use a 2 saddle just fine
Luv the video! Just can't win. One guy complains that all the videos are the same. Somebody else complains that you didn't show everything. I was thinking the video was going to be a bunch of haphazard cuts after that. Guess that's why I don't make videos, besides me not being interesting...✌️
NO I'M NEVER FINISHED BITCHIN'! Love it.....lol. Thanks, Dave. I enjoy your videos. Subbed!
I like your show 👍
Glad to hear it!
Dusty Hill-tastic
So check string height at 17th for basses? Or just a Dave preference?
I'm sure it's in a guitar repair book some where lol
It’s where it meets the body
Keith Roland thanks!
1700 thank you's for just this
More knob stroking using the expensive lube.
I gave it a like.
I don't understand your mantra about the strings having to all be the same height from the fingerboard. Following the radius for sure, but describing an arc which gradually tilts towards a lower action under the G string. I would never have the action under the top string same as under the bottom since lower pitched strings oscillate to a greater degree therefore need more space. Slight graduation of string heights will enhance playability as well.
good job!
What I would have done was start the screws in by hand before I zipped them in with the screw gun, but what do I know?
It sounds like a jazz on a neck pickup
But thicker lol
All depends from your AMP
Someone please send him a Rickenbacker bass to work on. Makes for must see viewing.
I like ultra-closeups, just on principle...hahaha...But, then, I also enjoy the smell of melting rosin core!
👻💀🤡👺
Happy Halloween!
Nice intro Dave!
Tell all the haters to TAKE-OFF EH! nothing better that a good ole Hoser snub.
"You never show us eating a sandwich" after you finish a project.
That would be an awesome vlog series. "Dave eats a sandwich and muses about life"
Hi. New to your vids love em. Question, are these your basses, or working on customers basses?
Fuck the system, YES! Love ya Dave!
There's no cure for stupid when it comes to some peoples comments. Keep doing what you're doing Dave!
Clamp the neck a little beyond straight taking tension off truss rod, saves stripping or embedding,
sorry I'm new..Thanks
Dave I love your I don t give a sh$& attitude…it s refreshing!
Love ya you GOB ....... from another GOB .................... ;-p ...... mechanics are just that way ...........
👍🤘
// I've been meaning to get a notched straightedge. Why the hell do they cost $110 US/$140 CAD at StewMac?
Looking, looking, looking... There are much cheaper options on Amazon, but I see that Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supplies also has much more reasonable prices in general compared to StewMac.
get them from Solo guitars neckcheck guitars
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Thank you for that great tip. I'm checking that out. 👍
Use a capo to hold the strings that way you don't have to take them off
You should have used a power tool to adjust the truss rod! Just saying! 😉
4:30 is the headphones moment
Whatever you do,If you cant use a power tool,don't use a power tool.Same can be said if you cant use a tool!Don't!
I had one of these. Nice bass, but the neck was not comfortable for me.
Everyone look out! Dave's in a 'mood'. :-)
"I wonder if it makes noise?" (twiddles knob) "Eww!"
Sometimes I watch your videos just to get a laugh! 😂 Also, NEVER use power tools on a guitar. 🎸 😜😂😂😂 You'll GOOCH it! You said, " Hard on ya "!