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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    [quote name='tarcher' post='1170803' date='Mar 21 2011, 04:00 PM']So there you go.
    A bass thats given 37 pages of discussion,sorted out Sue Ryders stock,given a lot of pleasure to so many people as well as giving a test bed for you all to try out different things.
    All for sixty notes.
    Thats value for money.[/quote]

    Brings a tear to the eye and makes me feel all fuzzy inside :)

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    Posted

    [quote name='tom1946' post='1170312' date='Mar 21 2011, 07:56 AM']I think I might part out my 3 spare ones if they get that kind of money.[/quote]

    And you all laughed when I said they would become collectors items

    HOOO HHAAAA HHAAAA HHAAAAAHHHH :)

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    sterling ray 34

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    Ive just bought a new Ray34 Natural for £570 all in and its an absolutly beautiful bass. Build quality is realy good. Cant fault it one bit. Cant compare it to a real ray but Im happy with mine. I doubt if I could get a SH ray for that price in mint condition. Then again I dont do sloppy seconds :)

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    [quote name='silentbob' post='1169754' date='Mar 20 2011, 06:09 PM']Just spotted this on the bay, looks like a Ryder body. Wonder how much it'll go for?
    [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110662256290&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT[/url][/quote]

    Yep looks like a genuine Ryder body to me.

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    Posted

    [quote name='hellothere' post='1169662' date='Mar 20 2011, 04:32 PM']Is it a different neck (I thought it was until I saw the Ryder bit) or did you do somethign to it to make it look like that, if so what?[/quote]

    Hello there hellothere :)

    Im assuming you mean the headstock? I inlaid a strip of walnut burr veneer in the middle bit. The top and bottom is painted with green emulsion (standard B&Q tester for walls) as a base then sized with PVA glue and gilded with gold leaf. The 'Ryder' and 'R' Logos were done using asetate sheet (The A4 sheets you used to use for overhead projectors remember them!!) with the logos photocopied onto them. (I literally stuck the head under the scanner and cleaned it up using photoshop. Handy tip - I put a scale reference on a sticker when I photocopied it so that when I printed it out I could get it 1:1). You then have a stencil. This was stuck on the head with double sided tape and cut out. Did it twice. Once for the green 'shadow' then again for the gold leaf.

    The only two things Ive actually changed on this are the pups for Wizard Thumpers and veneered the finger board. Everything else is stock or cosmetic.

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    [quote name='setekh' post='1169003' date='Mar 19 2011, 11:24 PM']I'm guessing you played around with the fretboard, but did you also shave the neck?

    Great work, btw. This is what they should show on extreme makeover.[/quote]

    Hi setekh

    Yep the fingerboard is a strip of rosewood veneer stuck on the defretted original. Not sure what you mean by shaving the neck? If you mean thinning it in some way then no. Its as is. Just mucked around with the FB.

    Putting her next to the white stock ryder I have this one does appear to look sleaker especially the neck and headstock. It must be what I have done to her since they are identical physically.

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    I must say I am quite chuffed with the neck. I had Pete make a radius sanding block for it but I did give up on it most of the time and just did it by eye lol. If I could find my 1/4" to 3.5mm jack adaptor I would record the thing. Im trying not to play it too much since the vanish isnt 100% hard yet but Im having a mwah fest lol!!

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    Posted · Edited by apa

    Cheers Jose and ou7shined :)

    Well Ive been waiting between coats (about 10) of varnish lol

    To be honest there are loads of mistakes / things Id do differently but the whole point of it is using a £60 bass to experiment. Ive never done anything like this before on a bass. The last thing I did was years ago and just respray, refret and re scratchplate an old Kay.

    Anyway to summise.........

    Sanded the front and back and veneered Burr Walnut using cold pressure method. (The black bits are leaching from a plate of steel used to flatten the veneer. This was a waste of time since it 'boinged' back into a lumpy mess as soon as it dried!!) I think it adds a little to it. The neck was defretted and veneered with rosewood using the dry iron method. Sides were painted with a standard emulsion tester you use on walls!! The fun bit was applying the gold leaf. My god its like painting with smoke!!! Evil stuff. You look at it and it disintegrates lol. By the time I got to the headstock I had sort of mastered (read concoured my fear) it a bit. I used PVA watered down as the size. Then the painful task of sanding sealer/sanding/sanding/sanding/ spray/sand/spray/sand/spray/sand etc etc etc.

    Ive never picked up never mind played a fretless before and been having a strum for an hour or two. Damn it sounds fab lol. All I can say is MMMMWWWWAAAAHHHHH lol.

    If I can figure out how to record a decent sound Ill put something up but dont hold your breath lol.

    Strings are Roto pressure wound 55's and pickups are wizard thumpers

    I have to say a big thanks to Pete at Thermotool in Bridgwater (one of our tame tool makers) for his help and programming.

    So basically I have a 22carot Gold plated £60 Bass :lol:

    Any more questions shoot.............

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    The stingray has had a change of plan. Using the original body and sprayed it black with rose wood scratch plate and ebony board. She (Rosie) should be ready next week :)

    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    Improvement needed

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    jam along to ambient / chill toons. Theres so much space and time in that sort of music you can wander off into your own world for ages giving you time to have a play around and experiment with runs before anything changes. Stuff happens nice and slooooowly in that world. Plenty of space to breathe.

    hmmmm that came out all 'glasto' didnt it!! Maybe I'd better move to kent!! lol

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    [quote name='tom1946' post='1154857' date='Mar 9 2011, 07:00 AM']I have 2 spare ones, sonic blu & white.

    They have small chips where the neck join is, here:



    The white one is only a slight chip, much less.[/quote]

    Well thats knocked a couple of noughts off the resale value in the collectors market - bet your guttered!! :)

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    Sue Ryder Bass Arrived

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    [quote name='lemmywinks' post='1136899' date='Feb 22 2011, 11:31 AM']I gave mine a sturdy tap and it wouldn't budge. Didn't try any harder as i didn't want to damage the finish and [b]it's not like i'll ever be likely to change it![/b][u][/u][/quote]

    Thats right, thier collectors items you know :) :lol: :)

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