Evil Undead

Now you just need a stingray and you'll have all the sounds you'll ever need! Nice bass

After gigging with a band for three years, I discovered that I don't really enjoy it. Dealing with drunk people, loading in and out, carting my gear up and down three flights of stairs, playing the same songs every week. And at the moment, I'm not really enjoying jamming with others either, but I'm sure I'll get the itch again soon in that respect. I think I just need a break from it. I've decided that I'm going to stick to being a bedroom bassist from now on, at least for the foreseeable future. I can play what I want, when I want, and how I want to. And I enjoy it

Sold my Protec Contego to Nick, great guy, would recommend to anyone

I may have misunderstood. I thought you were talking about the kinda uneven board ski slope thing up at the dusty end that so many fenders have - if it is that, then no amount of relief or lack of will fix it. But yeah, it's worth giving the truss rod a try first just in case it is a relief issue.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1396122326' post='2410232'] Another zombie thread resurrection. My Nate Mendel sort of curves up at the dusty end. There is a little relief in the neck but don't ask for measurements, my eyes will tell you to bog off If I shim it, I just can't get to grips with HOW this will make the fret board flat. Mr Red's fabulous diags don't have any with a fretboard that fractionally curves upwards at the high notes end. It is not the only Fender I have seen this on, so any advice gratefully appreciated, ta, Karl. [/quote] Hey Karl! My understanding is that it's pretty common on fender basses to have the frets a little higher from around 19 onwards or thereabouts, but I've never been sure whether it's the frets themselves or a curve in the board. I always wondered if there was a reason for this - maybe better access? Anyway... Unfortunately a shim won't fix this. The only way to really get rid of it is to either de-fret, completely level the board and then refret and level the frets, which would be time consuming and pricey, or just have the frets levelled so that the height of those top ones is reduced - much cheaper but not viewed as a proper job by some crazy folk. I know which I'd prefer though, if it really bothered me

I used to have a similar bass (tanglewood curbow) which was the same design. Only complaint was that it was almost impossible to play whilst seated.

[quote name='Mr Anthony' timestamp='1394756040' post='2395016'] Cheers. I actually quite like it. I swear if they cost literally pennies, I'd have every single bass I could. But then I guess most of us would, haha! [/quote] Yup! I'd love to make my own one day.

I have two short scales, the Squier VM Jaguar, and a Warwick Rockbass Corvette. I'd recommend either, they're both great basses.

[quote name='Mr Anthony' timestamp='1394722140' post='2394419'] [/quote] That's awesome

I finally got the link to work, and maaaan have I had some fun with this! I'm not as creative as you guys, but I like these. [URL=http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/ImaginaryEvil/media/bass4_zps852f4d97.png.html][IMG]http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/ImaginaryEvil/bass4_zps852f4d97.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/ImaginaryEvil/media/bass3_zpsfc2f5983.png.html][IMG]http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/ImaginaryEvil/bass3_zpsfc2f5983.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/ImaginaryEvil/media/Bass2_zps4b250d58.png.html][IMG]http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/ImaginaryEvil/Bass2_zps4b250d58.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/ImaginaryEvil/media/Bass1_zpsdcdecece.png.html][IMG]http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a407/ImaginaryEvil/Bass1_zpsdcdecece.png[/IMG][/URL]