EKO 12 string

Here's a vintage Eko 12 strinng with a very bad neck angle. As it is a bolt on neck, adding shims would fix the problem. I could've just used paper shims but making 2 wood shims would be more appropriate and also a time to hone those woodworking skills.

Here's how it went:


A 70s Eko I believe.



Neck angle is horribly wrong and as a result has unplayable action.






A small piece of scrap sapele is used to make the shim. After planing and shaping, a carpenter square is used to check that all the edges are square.




The shim is finalised and put into the neck cavity.



After bolting the neck back on, the neck angle is now correct.

BC Rich Truss Rod replacment

Here's a USA BC rich bass from the 80s (Yes, the original BC rich). Fretboard has come apart and the truss rod has rusted so badly it looks like it a relic fished out by Jacques Yves Cousteau.

Anyway here are some snap shots of how it went:


Look how badly the truss rod has rusted


A closer look at the rusted truss rod. As the new truss rod is slightly shorter, I filled up the excess length in the old cavity.


The fingerboard is clamped and left to set.




After the clamps are removed, the excess glue is cleaned up and the new truss rod works great. A pity that I forgot to take a pic of the entire bass!