Gizmo

Hey guys Started to get some oil on the top the quilt is really popping up now this is with about 3 coats and un-buffed [attachment=1240:top_pop.jpg] I'll aim for about 6-8 coats of oil then buff before i add a few coats of poly to give it a tougher finish Cheers steve

Hey guys Well i started to oil the maple sections of the bass before i poly over them as i feel it helps add a warmth to the finish I got about 3 coats of danish oil on the neck thur section today and i'll wet sand another few tomorrow that should add a nice gloss to the maple body section before its poly'ed and then i'll steel wool/rub the neck section back to give a nice satin feel to it [attachment=1212:back_oil.jpg] Cheers steve

Hey robbie Looking great as always,if you dont mind me asking where do you source your wenge,purpleheart & Amazaque from (i can only seem to find Amazaque in pen and blow blank sizes) Do you have a UK based seller/lumber shop or are you shelling out £££'s in shipping from oversea's sources? Sexy routers btw just like clamps you can never have enough of them Cheers Steve

I have a copy of "afro cuban grooves for drums and bass" for sale but its the tape only version its yours for £6 +del if you want it? (i do have the fully transcribed tunes on CD just non of the example pattens but im sure someone here who has it would be kind enough to run you a copy off of there cd's off if you ask nicley ) also recommended are Afro Cuban Bass grooves - Manny Patiño & Jorge Moreno & Adriano Giffoni - Música Brasileira Para Contrabaixo Vol.1 & vol 2 (both in brazilian as i recall but if you can read music you'll have np) Laters Gizmo

Hey steve Thx for the kind words She sounds quite bright & zinggy acoustically atm & thats just as i hoped she would that i guess is mainly due to the maple/maple/maple neck/fb & top combo and the lightness of the ash body wings I just started to get the finish on over the past few days but because its going tobe different depending on the section (as described above) it takes a little longer than just slapping on a danish oil finish everywhere like i did on my fish bass I was hopping the pups and pre would have arrived today but i guess there running a little late due to the postal action Heres a few pic's of the poly gloss going on to the body wings [attachment=1190:14072007.jpg] [attachment=1189:14072007_006_.jpg] Cheers steve

Hi Mybass I have a 4 string headless bridge/tunner unit that i brought for a project thats no longer going to be used as i recall spacing is 19mm (i'll check when i visit my workshop next) it does'nt have a string retainer but you could team it up with one from status your's for £25 (that inc postage) if its of any use to you let me know Cheers steve

Strung up [attachment=1092:strung.jpg] Action is pretty low with very little buzzing but i think i might recesse the tunners into the top by 1/8" or so as the strings dont bottom out when the saddles are zero'ed thats my own fault as i took the fretboard to 3/8 from the originally planned 1/4" and forgot to account for the saddle hight....doh going for a set of EMG 35j's soapbars(if i have enough of the maple top left i'll try and make some matching pup covers for them)and a BQS 3 band eq system so it should have a Jazz'y Bass tone with a little more bite & for the finish im going to go with danish oil for the top/neck/FB sections with a few coats of a water based wipe on poly over that for a little more protection and just wipe on poly on the ash body wings because im not to keen on the way danish oil yellows ash and id like to keep it as litte as possible which the poly does quite well on the test pieces of ash ive used it on Cheers steve

Hey all didnt manage to get the hardware setup on her today as i was late getting down my workshop due to the sh*tty weather.... but i did manage to finish profiling the neck now the fingerboard is on (ive gone for a septor ns2 feeling profile as i've had a US ns2 for about 14 years and i just love the feel of the neck) anyhows some one emailed me asking for a pic of me holding the bass so they could see how big is was because they thought it looked a little small...so here ya go [attachment=1058:bodysize.jpg] Cheers steve

Very Nice buckeye burl my old sei had it and i have to say its one of my fave looking top woods i'll give it a try on a future build sometime but i hear its murder to work with as it can have a habbit of chipping out a generally falling to piece's as you work it!

Hey guys thx for the feedback and kind words i dout myself a little less everyday because of them well the lace wood dust and epoxy/super glue combo worked out pretty good i think & i know the lace wood will darken quite a bit once i oil it and the hardware will also cover some of the area i was thinking about replacing the bridge/tunner with gold hardware but i guess i'll see what its like once its all back together All the best Steve

Hey all Got the fret fileing and beaveling finished and glued up the fingerboard to the neck Im just waiting on a seller to get back tome about a set of EMG soapbars and an EMG BQS pre-amp but i'll see about getting the rest of the hardware install over the next few days so i can dress the frets and string her up Cheers steve

Hey all Well i got the FB fretted,im using stew mac's medium fretwire (i just got 56ft of the stuff!) it still needs fileing close to the edge and beveling but i'll do that tomorrow & i started on the tummy tuck Cheers steve

Hey Robbie Not sure about the forums BassBash but [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1077"]Bassday 2007[/url] is on at the Royal Northern Academy of Music in Manchester on 11th November 2007 Im still waitting for gary to post a list of participants but if its as cool as the 2005/2006 lineup i'll be there Cheers steve

Hey all Well a bit of an update on this body build After doing some photoshopping with a lace wood top i had lying around i decided id slap it on this jazz body Had a bit of slipage on the lower side of the body during glueing so i had to mix up a little epoxy+ lace wood dust to fill the gap hopefully it wont look to bad once it's dried out and sanded back Cheers Steve

[quote name='skelf' post='25056' date='Jun 29 2007, 06:46 PM']Don't use the site e-mail him and ask him about what you are looking for. Say hello from me while your there. Alan[/quote] Will do Alan & again thanx for the info [quote name='thumb4bob' post='25451' date='Jul 1 2007, 12:21 AM']cheers for the websites guys finished my first re-fin a while ago and now ive just got to take the plunge and actually build one, the canadian sites prices are amazing[/quote] Nice to hear Bob id say go for it as it can be a real blast but pick up a copy of Build Your Own Electric Guitar by Melvin Hiscock or Building Electric Guitars - Martin Koch first (if you have'nt) both aregreat books and should see you well on your way [quote name='RIM Basses' post='25494' date='Jul 1 2007, 08:04 AM']Steve mate, great looking bass bud. You gotta love the singlecut basses, I cant wait to build another one next year. Keep up the amazing work. Robbie.[/quote] Hey Robbie thanks for the feedback coming from you (like Alan) it means a lot to me i look forward to seeing another of your SC design's they totally rock (well i look forward towards seeing anything you build really) btw are you gonna be at this years bassday? Not much of an update on this build atm apart from i cut the fretwire for the board i've had little free time this weekend as everyone and everything wanted a piece of my spare time & what little i did have on sunday went on the jazz body im building but i have most of the latter half of this week clear of work so im hopping to atleast get the FB fret'ed and glued in the next few days will get some more pic's as soon as i have anything worth photographing thx for the kind words & feedback it really means a lot to me All the best steve

Hey mybass Well as the lumber the body wings came out of was 10" wide x 2" thick and i only needed a 1 1/2" thickness for the wings (over all thickness of the bass is 1 3/4") i rough cut the lower wing shape on the bandsaw then flipped it on its side and sliced about 1/4" off all the way along to give me an almost matching piece for the backplate so yep you pretty much nailed it Alan thx for the heads up on Larry at Gallery hardwoods i've taken a look at his site quite a few times but he never seems to have any shipping prices or upto date pick of what he has instock but i'll be sure to give him a quick email as soon as im ready to start getting the wood together for my next build cheers steve

I cant coment on the Ashdown but id say avoid the 35B i got one early last year and it was horrid,poorly built,almost no variance on its bass/treble control and it had a very strange attack swell when i played anything in the lower end about 5 days after i got it a roland cube 30 came up on the (old bassworld) board's and i grabbed that and the 35b went the way of evilbay cube 30 is a really great little practice amp with a lot of sounds in it thx to the built in fx and amp sim's the low b on my 6 SC is pretty clear on it and id recommend it to anyone it might be worth asking in the wanted section if anyone has one they'ed like to sell on laters gizmo

[quote name='steve' post='24161' date='Jun 27 2007, 09:57 PM']£6? unbelievable! its one of the nicest tops I've seen, give's the impression of folded cloth in places, and the knots are ace If it plays like it looks it's going to be a killer bass, have you decided on the pups and pre yet?[/quote] Well i like the EMG pup's/pre in my SC6 so im thinking of sticking with those not sure if i'll go dual soapbars or p/j yet i'll do a little photoshopping to see which looks funky'er [quote name='skelf' post='24176' date='Jun 27 2007, 10:13 PM']All looking really good. I could do with a whole pile of £6 tops that looked that good. Alan[/quote] Thx Alan coming for you that means a lot as i love your work Yep i think the seller was having a post xmas blow out when this top (and about 8 other's like it) went up on evilbay all sold for less that $20 BIN as i recall it came in at about £21 total as the shipping was about £15(i hate paying shipping on wood its so frustraing not beeing able to get funky/exotic tops in the UK) as i said earlier i missed the sister piece to this one which i was a little miffed about as i planed to do a matching back/front... Btw if you dont mind me asking where do you get your black limba body blanks from & what do they run you inc shipping? im thinking about using it for my next build after this one(a 7 string headed SC which im planing atm)as the body wings but if its gonna cost mega bucks i might go with idigbo as i can get hold feet upon feet of that stuff pretty cheap locally Not much progress on this atm as i've been awaitting my fretwire from stew mac that came today(56ft of the stuff so im also prep'ed for my 7 string build) i've had some real life work todo (self employed PC tech) so i wont get around to touching it till the weekend Cheers Steve

Gratz on your order alan does some killer work i look forward to some pic's of the progress All the best Gizmo

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='21529' date='Jun 21 2007, 07:10 PM']Is the ramp made out of another cut of the veneer or is it cut out of the top? Looks cool not having visible pups but i'm not sure what the ramp is really for - something to do with slapping? Thats so 80's. Been there, done that.[/quote] Quite the opposite really as it hinders slap/pop this link should clear up the ramp ? [url="http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/theramp.html"]http://garywillis.com/pages/bass/bassmanual/theramp.html[/url]

Dam thats nice ive seen a load of bud's work over in the luthiers corner section of talkbass.com and it's never failed to impress/inspire me in fact someone was selling a 5'er of this model of there forsale section about a week or so back for the bargin price of $1500 thats less than £800 atm total bargin if you ask me i look forward to progress pic's All the best Gizmo

[quote name='steve' post='21370' date='Jun 21 2007, 01:42 PM']that top is absolutely phenominal, if you ever decide to sell it, i'm at the front of the queue (hopefully)[/quote] Hey steve thx for the kind words glad you like the look of the bass & beleive it or not that top was only about $12/£6 infact it cost over twice that to have it shipped from canada to the uk! i think the seller didnt know how good it would look on a bass hehe Here's a daylight shot of the full top before it was hacked up by me (clicky for larger) wiped with white spirit's [url="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1342/570931508_f23da82151_o.jpg"][/url] This is only my 2nd build and im still working out just what the hell im doing so i guess i got a few more builds to get done before i can decide if my basses good enought to sell on hehe All the best Gizmo

Hey Alpha-Dave Thx for the tip i've been having a look around at some Redwood tops over at [url="http://oregonwildwood.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=EGLamTopRedwood"]oregonwildwood.com[/url] theres some real nice tops there though a few are a little think for my taste's also his Macassar Ebony tops reall get my pulse racing aswell hehe so looks like having to plan 2 new build's to staisfy my wood cravining's Cheers Gizmo