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Solo VB/BB Style DIY

Bass Guitar Kit

Assembly Manual

VBK-1

V 1.03

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Page 3 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit Show Off Your Custom Built Guitar! When you have your guitar finished, please take a few pictures and send them to us for potential posting into the picture gallery on our website.
Page 4: Tools And Materials Needed
Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit Thank you for purchasing a Solo DIY guitar kit. This unfinished guitar kit has everything for building an electric bass guitar – you will need only some basic tools and finishing supplies. All challenging wood cutting, drilling and shaping is already professionally done, as well as fret leveling and dressing.
Page 5 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit finishing. DO NOT SAND THE FINGERBOARD. For sanding both neck and body, use a flat sanding block for all flat surfaces and by hand for edges and rounded/curved surfaces. Start with 180 grit sandpaper, continue with 240 and finish with 320, always moving along the grain only.
Page 6 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit finished), and that all surfaces have been cleaned up, you can 'dry-fit' the neck to the body (just hold it in place to see how tight or loose it fits). Remember that the gluing surfaces must be clean of oils and any finishing material you are using.
Page 7 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit board. (If you find the two surfaces do not align properly with the nut, you may have to adjust the surface that sits against the end of the fret-board..adjusting the bottom will affect the height of the nut and could complicate your set-up afterwards.
Page 8 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit The strings are numbered from the thinnest to the thickest from 1-4. (This means the top string when you are playing the guitar is the thickest and is number 4) In standard tuning the open notes are 1-G, 2-D, 3-A, 4- E.
Page 9 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit throughout the entire neck. Adjusting Strings Height: String height is adjusted by the bridge saddle screws (use included Allen key). Since the fretboard has a radius, the heights of all strings should also match it. Thicker strings need more room for vibration without “buzzing”...
Page 10 Solo VB/BB Style DIY Electric Bass Guitar Kit Adjusting Pickup Height: Before adjusting the pickup height, make sure that both the volume and tone controls on your bass are set to the full (“10”) position. Get your amp set to a medium/low volume and all tone controls to the middle. You will get a better picture of the pickup’s tone change during its height adjustment with a clear sound.

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