BIG SUB4 Upgrade!!!

[Baird]

I really went crazy this time. A new pickguard AND strap!!!

Pre-surgery...

Naked.....

My little secret, screw Polyfiller....

Taaaaa-daaaaa!

 

[NorM]

To me, That looks classier. Nice Job.

 

[Baird]

To me, That looks classier. Nice Job.

Thanks!

Amazing what a new pick guard and strap can do. Makes the SUB look more like a classic Stingray IMO.

And it cost me under $50 total for the strap and pick guard (and toothpicks. )!

 

[SquidLizard]

That does look fabulous. Obviously you have excellent taste. But I thought there was a rule that you had to use blue toothpicks. Or is that just for straplocks?

 

[silverburst]

That is quite a stiff strap you have there. Laddie.

 

[Danserrano]

agreed looks great

 

[kaaikop]

Very classy!
That fingerboard looks very cool, there

 

[LowDownDave]

So the EB straps are now available for purchase? They look pretty... stiff!

 

[Fraxture]

Yeah, but it will ride up with wear...
I like them, and nothing like using them excessively to loosen them up.

 

[Baird]

So the EB straps are now available for purchase? They look pretty... stiff!

Stiff? It has a mind of it's own. They must starch these before sending them out. At least I know it is made more solidly than those wimpy (and more expensive) Levy or Planet waves straps!!!

 

[Aussie Mark]

Excuse my ignorance, but if you were merely swapping pickguards, why the need to toothpick the screw holes?

 

[Dargin]

So the screws stay threaded in wood. It is an easy repair. I do it all the time when I change mine out except I use the ends of a wooden cotton swab.

 

[kevin]

Textured White with a matt black p/g is my favorite SUB combo, looks great!!!

 

[Aussie Mark]

So the screws stay threaded in wood.

I get that, such as when screw holes are worn, eg. strap pins, but unless the pickguard screws have been taken out and retightened many times I'm curious as to why the screw holes would be stripped? I've swapped a few pickguards on EBMM basses and have never found any of the holes to be stripped. Am I missing something obvious with this question?

 

[LowDownDave]

Same for me. I've swapped pickguards about 4 times on one of my Rays, and never had a wood/screw thread stripping problem. I just make sure the screws go back into the same holes and all is well. Can't imagine the need to toothpick every hole after pickguard swapping, unless there is a specific issue that arises which requires attention.

 

[58super]

Looks great Baird. I bet that Sub sounds great with the 2band! (Like every EBMM )

 

[EBMM7181]

That looks really good Baird! Where did you find that strap?

 

[Baird]

That looks really good Baird! Where did you find that strap?

At a small music store in a mall outside of Toronto. They had about a dozen of them. $20CAD I think which seemed really low.

 

[Baird]

Same for me. I've swapped pickguards about 4 times on one of my Rays, and never had a wood/screw thread stripping problem. I just make sure the screws go back into the same holes and all is well. Can't imagine the need to toothpick every hole after pickguard swapping, unless there is a specific issue that arises which requires attention.

The holes were a bit stripped, so I figured I would toothpick them. The TPs were out anyways for the holes for the new straplocks. I always fill the holes when adding straplocks.