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[quote name='Mickeyboro' timestamp='1362513167' post='2000643'] I'd love to see this! Pm sent. [/quote] Someone else got ther first I'm afraid but I'll pass your name onto them so they can pass the DVD on when done. Cheers

Got a copy of John Entwhistle 'An Ox's Tale' on DVD if anyone would like it. Can I put in on here in the same way we do with books i.e. have a look at it then pass it on?

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1360959120' post='1979192'] is elm stable enough for a bass body? I've a friend who has elm floorboards and they are renowned for moving quite a lot... [/quote] I'm not sure to be honest - I have seen a couple of posts on the web that suggests the same but there some posts that reckong it is okay. I'm just going to give it a go and see. I got the wood off the 'Recycling' section on here so if it doesn't work at least it won't be an expensive loss! There's s few holes where some little wormy things have been - got to sort that first!! Couldn't see the holes until the wood was cut. I think this wood was an old table top or desk. It is really dry and (hopefully) won't move much once it is sealed. If it does move, I'll make another body and re-use the neck.

That does look nice!!

Got a speaker from Pete from the Recycling section. Recently nice bloke and interesting to chat to. Thanks again - much appreciated!

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1360843533' post='1977200'] Very nice, elm and sycamore are 2 of my favouritist woods. Looking forward to seeing them underway (and #2 finished). you have caught the bug ! Ian [/quote] Yep - think I have the bug. Just need more time and practice!!

Might be worth a look for anyone looking for a bit of a project bass [url="http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/electro-acoustic-bass-guitar/1009513797#gallery-item-full-2"]http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/electro-acoustic-bass-guitar/1009513797#gallery-item-full-2[/url]

Still not managed to get into the garage to finish off Scratch Built Bass #2 so started this one instead. Got a few bits of wood to make a couple more basses - cut one body from a piece of elm I got off Basschat. Making it the same shape as bass #2 (in the foreground) but will be 4 string with jazz pickups [attachment=127595:DSC03980.JPG]

[quote name='gelfin' timestamp='1360660818' post='1974012'] It seems there are no hard and fast rules. Just a nice social time. People can bring as much kit as they like and turn up when they like. My practise room is at the Church so pretty much all my kit is there already. Ideally you bring your bass rig with you. Plug in wherever is convenient and make some deep sounds. Meet the people behind the avatars. Try out some other basses & amps etc. [/quote] Cheers for the details. I'll see if I'm free and try to come along. Thanks

I've not been to one of these type of events before - sounds like a nice social event. Just curious really but what's the kind of set-up for the day? What sorts of stuff do folk bring with them and how many folk turn up? Cheers

My copy of Bass Guitar Magazine arrived in the post today and I was wondering if anything would be mentioned regarding last month's edition. Last months magazine had a number of errors in with the main one being a missing review of a Mike Lull bass that was replaced by a duplicate review of a Fender acoustic bass. I suppose I was kind of expecting some form of 'Whoops! Bit of an error....here's the review this month as well as the usual stuff' but ther isn't. There's an apology for an error to do with details on an Aphex pedal (which I hadn't noticed!) but no mention of the Mike Lull review. I'll drop them a mail to see if they will be publishing the review at some point. Was anyone else half expecting the review to turn up this month?

PM'd

Spraying not gone so well - oops!! Not sure what went wrong, could have a number of things:[list] [*]bit over eager and tried doing this when it was too cold [*]hadn't cleaned all of the dust from the surrounding area down enough [*]slightly clogged airbrush [/list] What ever it was, I ended up with a bit of a rough finish that I a going to have to take back down and try again. I'm going to have a look at cheapish, fine spray gun and try that on a few samples fiirst to see if I get a better finish before I try this again. Think I'll also wait for it to properly warm up before I try this again, in the mean time I've started preparing some wood and started trying to source some parts for the next project.

Cheers for that. I`ll give it a go.

Cheers. I've got a tin of wax that comes with Warwick basses, lemon oil, tung oil and a bar of Vonax. I'm guessing any of those would be okay wouldn't they?

Hi Steve, Nope - this one is using a slab of [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/176477-scratch-built-bass-2/page__hl__scratch%20built"]swamp ash[/url] . I'm saving the elm for another project as it has a really nice grain. When I do start that I'll drop you details so you can see how it progresses. Cheers again Jez