70's Fender P Bass Gets The Works Part 2

[@63stratoman]

Hey man, I believe Jimi Hendrix used ronsonal lighter fluid on his guitars too! :)

[@4deuce31]

Hands down the best episode ever. To see Dave come a little unglued was priceless. I totally feel your pain man.

[@tweedguitar9103]

Great job Dave. cheers

[@jamesbacon8309]

I just had the same problem with on my 78 last night. One of my saddle adjustment screws was frozen on the E string. Probably from all the years of beer sweats getting to it. I soaked it overnight, didn't help. Heated it up in a pair of vise grips for a few min with a lighter and it loosened up. Thanks for all the info, Cheers.

[@TheScheckig]

When I was a young man, I'd look at a beat up old guitar and just see a piece of shit. Now, I see how much it's owner loved it. I think that's why I dislike the idea of pre-reliced or intentionally reliced instruments.

[@ramencurry6672]

I think some of it is bad storage. I bought a 90s guitar and it deteriorated. Probably from storage in a bad garage . Fortunately it’s in good condition now

[@daveclarke05443]

i love all your vid s simply because your teaching the world and that sir needs respect . from one guitar man to another . also im a Dave !

[@llengford]

man I enjoy watching your videos very educational I have learned a lot and you remind me of a modern-day Mr Rogers

[@TheTruthRocks]

@0:26: Dave discovers the Shroud of Turin. And it's not Jeebus. It's Wilford Brimley!

[@r0kka]

Cheers. Looking forward to seeing and hearing you play it.

[@georgelackey622]

Dave, I love it when you just need one part, which you don't have! LOL My life story

[@woodybear8298]

I need two of everything I have one of.

[@JGPorcello]

This guy loves his work.

[@Rogerwatersfan91]

I don't know why people give you grief for using a drill on the screws. The Fender factory does the same thing.

[@johnsimms3957]

Yes. But I wouldn't do it.

[@nancyleekellyproductions1616]

WOW WHAT A CHALLENGE THAT ONE IS ,, BUT YOU WILL BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE

[@davidallen346]

The amt of details you go into a guitar restoration and set-up is amazing. most guitar repair techs would maybe do a truss rod adjustment, turn a few screws and spray some guitar polish then charge a couple hundred dollars , whoever send u a guitar for a set up should considered themselves lucky.

[@coquicycles3502]

Great Video Dave, first time watching your work. I almost peed my pants when you forgot to run the ground wire on the bridge. Thanks for the laughs it reminds me of myself whenever i am knee deep into a project!

[@christianpfeiffer1123]

Looks great Dave!

[@christianentertainmentoutdoors]

You did a fantastic job on that bass. P Bass is what I think of when I think of bass, and that one makes it hard for me to breathe. :)

[@andrewhodgson8895]

You should always refit a screw and turn it backwards, first, so it drops into its original thread. Just tightening them with a drill may make a new thread and weaken the hold. Best tip I learned years ago.

[@rotorhead58d]

Left hand turned drill bits can be a help on loosening old rusted srcews.

[@egroegmcdonald9870]

Wow, she's a beauty.Good job Dave, well done.

[@davidaxt8628]

I have run across the "frozen" set screw issue a few times. What I find works is to heat the screw up really hot with a soldering iron, then remove the heat and quickly spray the screw with freeze spray. You might have to do this a few times but the screw usually will break contact with the saddle enough to unscrew it with vise grips.

[@williamadamsmusic3025]

I got suckered into buying a 4 fluid oz. Bottle of "lemon oil," I know I should have bought linseed oil... My question is, is there ANYTHING that I CAN use the lemon oil on?

[@CorvusCoroneCanisLupusSawel]

I had a Fender P bass similar to this, but mine was 1977. Same three colour burst, similar wear marks. It had no skunk stripe, maple neck but rosewood fingerboard, truss rod screw at body like this one, but no truss rod plug at the headstock end. Yet, the black/white two ply pickguard was the original one. Maybe the one in this video was a replacement, but just saying that mine came with the same pickguard as the one in the video. All original. Sadly, it came without the bridge and PU covers, but the previous owner/owners left the bridge coverplate screws in :) Sold it for £500 GBP around 2006. Wish I had kept it a few more years as the price doubled/tripled for 70's guitars a few years later. Ah well. I miss that bass...

[@thrillkillcult999]

Hey Dave, I recently started watching your videos and I'm super into your channel. Could you please put up a link to a complete setup concerning p bass in particular? I look forward to new and exciting videos from your channel in the future!

[@mattgordon9229]

Hey Dave, you forgot the ground wire. LOL Nice bass. Hope that cassette bears fruit. I'd love to hear it.

[@Rickzenbackzer]

Has anyone noticed that while soldering the fumes always follow you and go towards your face? Or is that just me?

[@randolphpatterson5061]

It's exactly the same with tobacco. Put the ashtray anywhere and the smoke heads straight to your face. I need one of those soldering air filters.

[@SgtSteel1]

LOL smells like burning underwear xD

[@Bolandcustoms]

Oh that's one iv done many times on electric guitars, Cut a slot in the screw with a Dremel and turn it out.

[@DBYNOE]

next time you get a stuck screw and soaking don't work, an old mechanics trick of heating it with a mapp gas torch may prove effective. Try it on one of those parts you have already given up on.

[@matthewf1979]

I don't have enough time to use a screwdriver when I'm working on guitars. The clutch in decent cordless drivers are really good at consistent torque. I don't know why anyone would complain about that, maybe ignorance or cork sniffing. If you don't want to use a cordless driver, don't.

[@Agentgill0]

Matt Fields I think the sound of the ratchet in his driver rustles people jimmies. Sounds like stripping screws but it's working as intended :)

[@juxtaposeism]

Dave is the Frank Zappa of the guitar wizards ;-)

[@egroegmcdonald9870]

The funk of 40,000 years....

[@Davesintexas]

Why is it that the ONE part that screws up is that one part that cant be replaced or soaked in oil to get it to free up.? Im always amazed at the sad shape that pickup mount screws are in when Im replacing the pickups. Not the adjustment screws but the wood screws holding the mounts to the body,. They are Phillips screws that are so wallered out that no shape driver can get them to move at all. How did they get them to screw in? Meaning a broekn mount to reach the screw head or trying to get needle vise grips to grab and twist. Sometimes I feel like replacing the PUPs and screwing them back into the guitar.

[@stewsim]

I've got a bunch of those bridges & saddles…gimme a holler next time…;-)

[@Metalbass10000]

Dave! In rare form on this video. That's really the only thing I'm not looking forward to, in starting a business and communicating with people through multiple social media platforms.

[@110380michael]

That's exactly why those numbers are on the drills.

[@tallthinkev]

Cleaning. I have found that, for some reason, Tesco Daily Shower Cleaner works really well on ploy finishes. Haven't tried on nitro as yet and most likely won't.

[@ian-c.01]

I need to know more about that old pic in the intro, what TV series was it from, why are you holding up newspapers in front of a fan and when was it taken ? You look to be about 22 without the face fuzz !

[@floydlay9189]

get'em Dave!

[@davidsix8907]

This bass is fucking gorgeous.

[@gregg4164]

How are you going too attach the ground wire too the bridge if the electronics are not in it yet?

[@ian-c.01]

Aye Aye Cap'n !

[@Jdyke2059]

TELE6220 that's very helpful. Thank you.

[@BB2009LZ]

On behalf of TELE6220, I'll say "your' welcome! ;)

[@KozmykJ]

Hey Dave! What did you use to get the rust off that bridge? Re - Refitting wood screws. I feel for the the old thread by turning backwards till I feel it drop. Especially with the hardwoods you get on guitar bodies the thread integrity stays pretty good. You could get a machinist to remove that grub screw. Abom79 here on YT does a lot of that kind of reclamation.

[@walkerm777]

PB Blaster. It's what I've used in my shop for decades. It should free it up.

[@woodybear8298]

Do you wind the wires from the pickups to the pots to help with interference?

[@lepetitnabot]

Try heating up the screws with the old soldering iron.

[@ian-c.01]

Sometimes just heating and letting it cool a couple of times is enough to allow the penetrating oil in to where it can do it's work. Definitely worth a try ! The soldering iron should do it if you give it a minute or two.

[@lepetitnabot]

You can heat the saddle to expand it, but the trick is to heat the screw so the metal expands in one direction within the saddle, but shrinks in all directions as it cools down. Physics; they're awesome.

[@ian-c.01]

It's going to be just about impossible to heat the saddle piece and cool the tiny screw enough for expansion to do it's thing, just putting a seized nut and bolt through a couple of heat cycles is sometimes enough to free it if you apply some releasing oil as it cools. It doesn't need to get too hot either, steel expands to it's maximum between 50 and 100 degrees C. Sometimes a sharp tap on one end of the screw while it's hot would be enough to shock it loose, (small hammer, no need to make it worse). It's probably just has a drop of beer and some sweat soaked it and got sealed with other random organic compounds. It's not an aircraft or marine craft or been used in a hostile environment for long periods, it's just neglected.

[@KozmykJ]

You don't need the physics of differential expansion. Just heating a piece often breaks the lock whether it's corrosion, galling or cold welding ... or all of the above. Still need to be able to get a purchase on it though.

[@leelauder4411]

Damn!! She sure is peerdy!! I like 70s models!! Some don't, but they all have character!! Peace brother

[@hunterfagan6272]

did they stop putting nitro finishes on in 1971?

[@ssn0651]

Bridge ground Dave , bridge ground .

[@krustybuzzard2477]

Dave if you want to clean something that is solvent soluble like that from a cigerette.go to your auto paint store and pick up some prep Sol.and for water soluble use Windex with ammonia

[@U2BROTHR]

Did I miss the part where how he cleaned up the bridge?

[@offbeatbassgear]

The oxidation around the pickup cavity is somewhat curious to note as well

[@brk932]

"The oil pressure. I forgot to check the oil pressure! If Kramer hears about this - the shit is gonna hit the fan"

[@brucesahroian1482]

Dave; What kind of method do you suggest for a aged "checked" finish! Its all over my bass for 1975?

[@JayjayWalkers]

I had one of those once. Wish I never sold it.

[@BrentHarmon]

What brand and Model of camera are you using Dave?

[@MrStevelovesguitars]

Hi Dave, hope you are well, i have a guitar with a crack in the finish at the neck joint ( set neck) should i be worried? no tuning problems and it plays great just wanted to ask if you for your 2 cents.

[@gregg4164]

I spoke too soon haha.

A little late but one of the best penetrates i use on frozen fasteners is a mixture of wd40 & transmission fluid. The mechs at the Air National Guard base near us swear by it they call it "weasel pee".

[@johnsimms3957]

I install the screws and remove them by hand. And when I remove them I place them so that I put the same screws in the same holes. I feel they fit better this way. Why do I do this? Because I don't like stripped holes.

[@dickr9345]

Yeah, well, you're a cat...so...whatever

[@CorvusCoroneCanisLupusSawel]

Looks very similar to the '77 (made in March of that year, if I remember correctly) I used to own, apart from mine had a rosewood board and it didn't have the truss rod plug at the headstock. Sold it for £500 in 2001, like an ass. Should never have parted with it. Always wanted a '76, the year I was born. Maybe one day.

[@IamUncledeuce]

Naphtha is lighter fluid... cheaper too, but some states do not allow it. But they will allow lighter fluid and even stove fuel (which is also naphtha).

[@krustybuzzard2477]

try heating those. frozen parts to help break them loose it may discolor it a bit though

[@buckhorncortez]

"Buckle Rash." Weren't they a punkabilly band from Blind River?

[@jamesleaver5689]

Nice to see you forget the ground wire, Davey. Makes me feel like a bit less of a goofball.

[@stoutlager6325]

One of a long list of mistakes everyone who works on guitars will make. Maybe they haven't made that specific mistake yet, but they will, at some point, and hopefully not take until the strings are back on before you notice the problem.

[@MaskedEnforcer]

Just make sure the other bridge saddle adjustment screws turn as well.....don't want to repair a gooch with another gooch!

[@wobbbs]

hey Dave I'm Fat Dave, a retired precision engineer, i could remove and restore the threads in this bridge saddle, it's a piece of piss for any engineer that can be arsed, so given i'm many leagues across the sea, you need to find a guitar friendly engineer that is a little more adjacent than I. I would happily do little thread jobs free, gratis and for nothing but the joy of helping but the postage may be prohibitive, that said i'm game if you are kind regards love the channel (Y)

[@fearnpol4938]

Any reason you put the bridge on before putting the earth wire in place? I wish I bloody waited until the end before fucking commenting!

[@2000SkyView]

what's wrong with 100 80 65 45?

[@terrynorton3182]

Fancy mic’ ROCKS

[@MichaelJ023]

Just think, there will probably never be any more old guitars with 40 years of bar smoke patina. Smokey bars are gone. So 30 years from now all these new guitars with arctic white poly finishes will never get that aged look.

[@louissparks2496]

Some of your stories don't have happy endings.

[@TheMightybasstone]

jb weld a bolt to the saddle screw and then back it out...

[@mcbassguitar9899]

hey i yelled at you about the ground wire...heh

[@6410daniel]

the drill has a torc clutch

[@Stratboy999]

It starts with gloves....and ends with full rubber body suit in a basement somewhere being chopped up with a Samurai sword by Bruce Willis....beware!

[@-suphur]

Get the Gimp. Or is it, Get the Gooch?!

[@Stratboy999]

Who's Zed?

[@-suphur]

Zeds dead baby, Zeds dead.

[@sledgehammer347]

If I don't know what it is. It's GerB!

[@giggs102]

are these nitro or poly finish?

[@johnvenditto2908]

Trying to find out the same thing, I have a poly finish problem and it looks just like this.

[@PC160]

Poly.

[@johnvenditto2908]

+PC160 thanks

[@JosephNine]

WHY IS IT CALLED A P BASS ?

[@luiello]

It's short for "Precision Bass" by Fender. :)

[@89schofe]

Your stuck screw dilemma- If you're carful you should be able to clamp it in a vice & ease it round with a centre punch

[@offbeatbassgear]

Interesting to see how much crud has built up even though he wasn't a smoker. Wonder what all of our lungs look like from gigs

[@ian-c.01]

One of the best things about living organisms is they replace damaged parts over time, it's doubtful your lungs look anything like that if you don't smoke !

[@seamanjive]

You have become Walter White.

[@nancyleekellyproductions1616]

HEY LOOK IF THEY HAVE NOT KNOCKED YOUR BEEL SUBSCRIPTION OFF YET AFTER THE DISASTER PARTY LAST NIGHT DAVE THEN THAT MEANS THEY REALLY LIKE YOU DAVE ,,THEY REALLY LIKE YOU! BUT DON'T TAKE THE GOOD GRACE FOR GRANT! HAHAHAHA

[@CJ-rf9jm]

It always ends up that way on projects. Get all the way in n need 1 freakin' tiny part. On another note you could do a seasick video for whoever was whining about how you mounted the bridge back on. Nothing wrong with using that power driver the way you did. Besides power tools of all sorts get used all day long in any guitar factory of any size.

[@Headwind-1]

9.55 earth wire? . . .

[@Damaged262]

But the smoke adds character....

[@Damaged262]

Oh, and naphtha can be bought in gallon cans, might save you a bit-o-cash.

[@gregg4164]

Gives new meaning too Tabaco burst dont it.

[@gregg4164]

I see the grammar NAZIS are out in full swing.

[@rsixel]

Hahaha... soon realized the ground was missing...like solder the cord without the jack cover...

[@davidbarrow6608]

Buy some batteries day you’re a great

[@davidbarrow6608]

I’ve met Dave buy batteries Dave great great great channel

[@jjeson9115]

technically you are talking to yourself. ... Dave lol

[@ecc84]

you should have drilled the old one out and re-tapped it.

[@markharvey3007]

sound was better before!

[@ian-c.01]

I don't like the new mic sound either

[@strangersound]

The noise floor increases dramatically with the "fancy" microphone. This could be coming in at various points in the signal chain, likely too much gain somewhere, but when the noise floor of the "fancy" microphone is introducing a constant stream of white noise that's really apparent, it's hardly an improvement. A good mic would not introduce that much white noise, even at extreme levels of gain.

[@brendancasey5208]

the loch boy g

[@francescroig2446]

Have more dirt that Sid Vicious bass.

[@SgtSteel1]

Smells like burning underwear! xD

[@YTPartyTonight]

A lot of that built up crap on top of the finish of that P body I suspect is from tobacco smoke which I also suspect represents a key common why-factor among so many old rock stars who've all died over the last 10 years or so, around the age of 69 to 71.

[@paparazzi323]

try rechargeable? just saying.

[@strtofdrms]

If you don't realize that sound is the bit stopping you have never used a drill!!!!

[@Ron_Padgett]

It's a screw gun. Clutch.

[@todhollo1961]

hahahahahha , ground first......

[@tsekscenski]

Why not just scrub the crap off the body with the surgical brush? Wouldn't that be quicker?

[@Ottonic6]

Ronsono works, but Naphtha's Cheaper...

[@GriffMJ]

Rubbing alcohol cuts through the shit soup very quickly Dave.... cheap too.

[@fongy200]

Flat wounds for me.