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cocco started following NBD none more blue
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Lovely bass. Could definitely be bluer though.
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I went for a Phil Jones 17 combo in the end. will report back when it arrives as to what it sounds like.
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Let’s stick together. Roxy
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So how much are they? I am (unfortunately) into Cobalt Flats for my fretless, and they too are expensive, seem to last so far though.
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That is the first properly shonky Yamaha I've ever seen. Maybe the guy that was doing the book-matching for the Cort Space basses got moved to the Yamaha facility.
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There are some new Sterling by MusicMan basses, one is called the Session and is a recreation of a 90s/00s Stingray, and actually branded as MusicMan logo on the headstock. Looks like a nice Stingray option for those that like a new bass, but at around £1400 you could get a ‘proper’ one secondhand.
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They really really really don't want us putting aftermarket preamps in these, do they?
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Two bodies needing an additional rout, ideally I’d be able to do it by post/courier 👍
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Plus I made a (short) video this afternoon
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I also have a BP-2, such a great pedal. Need to check out that United Vintage DI, defo looks the business. BTW, did I buy your BR15 from Reverb? 😅
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The bridge rails use saddles of a Gotoh 12-string guitar bridge. Plus custom made base plates. My sister Pauline is a certified gold-smith. And she made the bridge plates from a brass profile: I sprayed them black with a 2K spray can to match the rest of the black hardware. The crazy graphics were done by cutting the pattern in a low tac film. Then spayed the black over the Lake Placid Blue layer. After it dried I peeled off the low-tac film.
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And the profile for the truss rod cover: Test fitting. All looks fine: Then glued the neck in: After the neck was glued in I filled the pores and sprayed the primer. No pics of that sorry. Here's a pic of the Lake Placid Blue layer:
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Body outline shape lookiing nice and crisp: Routed the channel for the binding: Glued in the pearloid binding. Using acetone to soften it and make it stick to the wood. I always use an old hair dryer to make it easier to do sharp bends. Routed the pickup cavities: And the neck pocket:
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With the neck almost in its final shape I switched to the body. I drilled some holes for weight relief. Plus some more holes for the controls cavity: Sawed the rough outline shape prior to glueing up the matching khaya top: Glued the top on: Routed the controls cavity to its proper shape: And then routed the outline of the body along the MDF template:
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After lots of rasping , scraping and sanding it started to look like a proper neck: Made the side position markers: And filled the gaps under the fret tangs with a mix of ebony saw dust and wood glue: Shaped the outline of the headstock. And sanded it to the desired thickness: Drilled ten holes for the tuners:
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Drilled holes for the position markers. (I used FindFret2D to calculate the fret angles). The bass has a 35" to 32" scale. And when the position dots were in place prepared the fretboard for the frets. Pressed the frets in: And when that was one I glued the fretted fretboard onto the neck. Left to dry overnight And then started shaping the neck with a shinto rasp:
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crazyhorse started following Squier JV precision medium scale (32”)
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As always the build started with buying some blanks for the body and neck. I managed to sore some nice khaya mahogany pieces. Routed the neck for a carbon reïnforcement strip in the middle. Then routed two slots for the truss rods. Since it was going to be a multi scale bass I chose two different lenghts: Cut out the headstock angle with the band saw: You have to think in 3D when you cut the angle!
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Basvarken started following Ten-string Multi-scale bass
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Get out your spandex. Tease your hair. 😉 Here's the Brooks EXB-MS-10 A multi-scale ten-string bass. SPECIFICATIONS: - Mahogany Khaya body - Laminated Mahogany Khaya set neck. Glued in - Black with Lake Placid Blue graphic finish - Pearloid binding - Ebony fretboard - Pearloid position markers - Jumbo nickel silver frets - 35-32" scale - Buffalo horn nut - Custom Brooks bass bridge set. Black Bridge base plates by [URL="http://www.paulinevandenbroek.nl"]www.paulinevandenbroek.nl[/URL] - Two double action trussrods - Carbon reinforcement strip in the neck - Lace Alumitone Bass Bar pickup combination - Pure Tone output. Black - Stacked Volume / tone knobs. Black - Three way pickup selector switch. Black - Gotoh GB 350 lightweight bass tuners. Black - Schaller GrandTune octave tuners. Black - Custom set d'Addario strings I'll post pics of the build process in separate posts below.
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Barefaced Super Compact silver cloth grill 8ohm £550
Larry_M replied to artemis's topic in Amps and Cabs For Sale
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Davy started following Sandberg California II VS4 Passive Bass Factory Aged Finish
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Sandberg California II VS4 Passive Bass Factory Aged Finish
Davy replied to ash's topic in Basses For Sale
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upside downer started following January Composition Challenge
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Tomorrow morning is the deadline? Argh! Thought we had until the end of Sunday. Oh well, bang goes tonight's TV watching...
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Get yourself up to the Curtis Brothers Gym in Lanark. Couple of sessions a week and within 3-6mths you'll feel and see a huge difference. You can really go for it and take on a Personal Trainer for 10 sessions if you feel you need to be pushed a bit. Been going almost 5yrs now Lee and i feel great. The 2 brothers Barry & Craig Curtis are ex-military but they are really nice guys. Very friendly gym with most people saying Hi when you walk in. Did you injure yourself or just completely unfit ? Dave
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dodgnofski started following Tonerider ‘The Duke’ Precision Bass Pickups
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Nice sounding powerful (12K) overwound P Bass pickups, with flat pole pieces - Home use only & in excellent condition. £25.00 including postage to the U.K. What Tonerider say……. Overwound for more low end response, the Duke P delivers more punch and thickness to your Precision Bass. Scatterwound coils on fully charged Alnico 5 polepieces allow for an increased output - making the Duke the perfect "Vintage Modern" set. Wax potted to eliminate microphonic feedback. The two coils are RWRP for noise cancelling operation - just like the originals. The Duke P is available with flat or staggered polepieces. Staggered polepieces work especially well with basses with more rounded fingerboards, such as the 7 1/4" radius boards found on vintage models and reissues. TECH SPECS The Duke Model P2 Magnet Alnico 5 Rod DCR 12k Inductance 7.5H
