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And Nobby Holder on the other side.

Actually, my own photos are still OK on the thread - luckily I was already using imgur. The formatting etc is all over the place but - it being 27 pages long (!!!!), I suspect the photos are the only things most sensible readers might be interested in. There is only so much Andyjr1515 rambling most sane people can cope with. Certainly, that's a view expressed often by MrsAndyjr1515

I set the last inlays in the other headstock today, looks good I think Well that will be it now for a couple of weeks, we're off on holiday to the distant land of England. When I'm back it will be bind the headstock, cut the trussrod access slot and drill it's hole, Finish the neck tenon, fret the fingerboad fit the side dots and stick it on before carving the neck.

Having been an Ampeg fan for a LONG time, my days of lugging the full size kit have been drawing to a close. I picked up one of the Aguilar cabs at PMT and I'm blown away with how great it sounds. I road tested it with my 3 piece rock 'n' roll band last night and the drummer was asking if I had changed the basslines. "No, you can just hear it now!" I replied.

This is far too cool. I love it!

"Real bargain for the festival season". Great for banging in tent pegs...

Some of you may have followed the diary in the build forum, but for those of you who don't frequent those parts, here's my new ACG Krell E-Type 6: These are Alan's photos, but it arrived yesterday. Spec: Alder body Indian Cedar top 33" scale 24 frets Ash neck Macassar Ebony fingerboard (with a very slight radius) ACG RFB dual coils East Uni-Pre 4K I believe it's also one of the first with Alan's new headpiece, which really tidies up the string ends on headless basses! I've already recorded the theme for the new Basschat Podcast with it, loving the sound, so make sure you download that and have a listen when it's available in the next few days. Si

I use the ACS pro 17s and agree that I'm probably missing out on a hell of a lot when I do. Ear damage to start with. Ears ringing for days after a gig or rehearsal. The lead guitarist bawling out the rhythm guitarist. The singer bickering with the drummer. All just washes over me with the plugs in. Actually, I'm thinking of wearing them all the time.

Did I ever tell you about the time I was next to Shakin Stevens in the Gents...?

It's probably only experience that's missing, I'd suggest. Give it a bit of time, have a bit of patience and the gigs will sort themselves out as you become accustomed to the new sensation. Whilst you're waiting (it won't take long...), just reassure yourself that you'll be hearing the gigs (and more...) better, and for far longer, than if you were unprotected. Well done for taking the step; wear 'em systematically and you'll soon be fine. Just my tuppence-worth.

@ped Si

Thank you. Corrected and apology given. That's 2 spelling mistakes I've been reprimanded for in this post and that's before the chidings I expected for my depicted misconduct. But it's good to see that BC is doing its bit to maintain high standards, (oh no, I started this sentence with a conjunction).

By the way, I've just remembered where the Aluminium DB GAS started - the London Bass Guitar Show 2016. The ones below were not for sale - just there as exhibits. I think they belong to the previous publisher of Bass Guitar Magazine.

Thanks for all the positive comments - I hope it carries on going well!! I've done the neck shaping this evening - good old Shinzo rasp!! The neck is obviously a completely different shape to a normal neck being headless, short and single cut and I have tried this before so I was expecting a few issues but it all went smoothly. I had to make a couple of rough jigs to route along the join with the body with a round bit. I did this as I wanted the join from the back of the neck to the body to be nicely rounded (this might make sense when looking at the picture of the neck on it's own).I modified the round cutter like a template cutter by fitting a guiding bearing on the shaft. It only needed a channel a couple of mm deep so I cut that first then changed to a normal template cutter, made another jig then removed a couple of mm from the back of the neck leaving me a level surface to start cutting from. After a bit of rasping and sanding I ended up with this (note the threaded inserts for bolting the neck on with allen headed bolts): And fitted to the body this is how it now looks (note the previous scars on the bench work top where I cut a bit too deep with a router in the past...) Next job is lots of sanding of the body.....

This is now being shown on BBC2 at 9pm on Saturday 30th June.

Spot the misdemeanours.

Musicman liked the V shape enough to copy it with their Cutlass 😏. My VS4 does look a bit small on me but I'm used to it now. From an aesthetic point of view, if I was so worried how I looked when gigging I'd probably have spent less on basses and more on gym membership...

I think Hugues dont need my coments ! But I need to say this . Thanks Hugues that you are not wasting my time . He knows what he wants! Nice guy to deal with. Thanks for the fbass Hugues

Love the new one. Lighter, smaller, more comfy.

Two reasons, I wanted to compare the two Rocklite fretboard materials side by side and I might be able to sell one to help fund the one I end up keeping

Aside from the above, maybe one more thing I'd add is chorus. It adds movement and depth to an otherwise static synth sound. I tend to use either filter for funky bass lines, or chorus on pretty much everything else. Not essential tho. Also, of your playing solo or over a sparce arrangement, reverb can add an extra dimention to the sound.

Don't want to hijack this thread but I'm sure if people are interested in the photos you could post the link rather than the photos themselves. Mean while back in Gotham city...

Only listened to first hour so far.. But... really enjoyable, well done everyone! For my personal taste; for podcasts I prefer a slightly less scripted approach, the content was well read and engaging though, so I can't complain. The conversational dialogue really worked well I felt. Well done indeed! Can we get it onto Apple Podcasts?... Would help with easy downloads and listening as an Apple user... (don't let that derail the thread though, all you Androids out there)

Good pics though! "International bidders welcome" I bet they are 🤣

I left a comment on the Soundcloud itself, but I'll repeat here... Well done, all involved in setting this up and getting such a good result. Stuff to iron out a little, surely, but as a 'pilot', you've done yourselves proud. Did I listen to all of it, all the way through..? No, indeed not, but, then again, I'm a drummer, so the finer points of... Well, just about anything, really... leave me somewhat cold. 'P', 'J', Wilkinson-Smilkinson... My loss, I'm quite sure, but I wish all the best for the concept. Others will doubtless bring much more pertinent feedback to the venture; I simply wanted to assure that the technique works, your voices were not entirely lost to the ether. Thanks, lads and lasses, and good luck with it all...

Link to the podcast: Soundcloud - Basschat podcast #1 Link to feedback thread here.

I agree. Blind Faith barley gets a mention, how it started and fell apart, same with Delaney and Bonnie. To much time spend on his affair with Patti Boyd that could have been spent on the music and musicians.

I'm on this side of the fence. IMO foam works in the studio. I love the sound of a P bass with flats and a ton of foam right next to the bridge but on a gig I prefer as much dynamic range as I can get.

I really enjoyed the Jeff Beck doc too. As a big EC fan, I found his film enjoyable although with massive gaps of importance/relevance. Maybe would have been better to have done it in two parts to make it more conclusive? The Clapton film is listed as 2hrs and 5 mins on the BBC tonight, with IMDb having it down as 2 hrs 15m, so should be fairly complete I think. Will no doubt be on the BBC iplayer for a while after transmission too.

Oasisn't is quite good, as is Status Quote. How about a PC Brotherhood of Man tribute called Siblinghood of Person?

Glad to hear it’s sorted. Have you switched it into “extended mode”? If not, you should as you get 24 filters in total. I find I mostly use the 4-pole filter but there are some really nasty-sounding others in there. The controls are very interactive and can be quite extreme. For example, when programming a down sweep envelope you can often only use the “slow attack” side of the mod source dial, the speed knob no higher than half. You then need to take care to not set the frequency too low if using a large depth setting as it’ll just go straight into sub territory and stay there. Since I can’t share preset files with you until you get a hub, try replicating these from my screenshots below. When using the Octo-Nøjs, try experimenting with its volume levels as it has a big impact on how the filter responds, often you’ll need to back the volume off. Definitely get a hub otherwise you’ll kick yourself when you lose sounds you’ve created. @BenR24

My 62 ri came with these which I suppose would do the same job but unlike the gadget you can’t unmute without taking them off

The bass name came last, so the thread was called something very different It's here but it is a bit Andyjr1515 long and rambling... https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/302963-finished-a-bridge-too-far/

Yes, foam! That's why Lakland bridges are that shape, y'know.

I think of the The octamizer as a octave signal doubler. The octave sown sounds more like the original signal but at an octave lower... As opposed to a generated synth tone from an oc2 pedal for example. The octamizer has a filter on each side to reduce the harmonic content overlap. This means its far more versatile for me and works equally well after other effects. Most other oc2 type octavers only work 1st in the chain. S they need a clean signal to get pitch Info, to create the synth tone.... Its a different animal. For me... Synth is all about creating a harmonic lt rich sound, and then filtering some frequencies out. Mastotron into octamizer is the most harmonicly rich sound I can make. It's the foundation for all my best tones.

Royal Ascot? I could have sworn I was in Lewisham...

Isn't the bass in the OP "double stained" that is the first application of stain is allowed to penetrate deep into the wood and then the top is partially sanded back to remove the stain from the less porous areas. Then the whole body is retained again which gives a higher contrast effect on the grain. If so depending on what sort of finish the OP is intending to apply it might involve either a lot of sanding to remove the first deep stain or very careful sanding to only take off the second stain.

I was once at Nomis Studios with Killing Joke (just ligging at a rehearsal, not playing or anything) when I popped off to the loo, mid pish I realised the urinal to my left was occupied by John Taylor and at the urinal to the right was Andy Taylor, a thoroughly 80s toilet experience, there.

great! welcome to the club! just a word of warning... it takes a while to understand this thing! dont give up too early. the sounds are in there, you just have to learn to coax them out.

The Elbow tribute band, derrière (caught by the censor!)

Here's my pair, UK hand made from scratch, no Chinese crap, and not cheap either. I couldn't decide on WB or not, so decided to have both! 4005 Fireglo, chequerboard binding to rear, full width crushed pearl inlays, 60's spec throughout. 4005 WB, Mapleglo, plain white binding to front and back. Both full 60's spec in every way.

Here are my two lefty 32” medium scale Squier precisions made in Japan between 1984-87.

Here we go with 2 although to be pedantic, one is a Telecaster bass:

Luminlay fretmarkers installed: By the way, Mick - don't panic. That's the garden chair it was on and not the lower horn!