Andyjr1515

#1 Andyjr1515 Had to be number one at least once in my life

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And very lovely it is too!

It is also so that I don't inadvertently cut the nut too low. The different materials used on nuts file at markedly different rates and on some it is ever so easy to go that tenth of a mm too deep...which is a challenge if it happens. And so I initially file the front edge down to the feeler - which is a teeny bit thicker than my target slot depth - and then do a few final passes without the feeler in place to finish off the break angle and also take the front edge down a smidgen more and to its final depth.

And so, I present to you the 'Maybe Not A Lull But Just Look At That Colour!' or, just in case the splendid Lull team have been following the thread, 'Maybe Not A Lull But Just Look At That Color!'

Ah...but not under disco lights

'Essence of Lull' And, trust me, that's much better than 'Essence of Andyjr1515'

And we have tunes! Still one or two cosmetic things to finish off, but the wiring is tidied up: And I've been able to string it up and play it through my valve guitar amp (yes, I know...). Sounds great and the 'mwaah' of the original has been retained Over the knee it is comfortable with no obvious neck dive tendencies and on the strap. Hands off, it basically stays where you put it: Finished weight 6lbs 15oz (3.15kg). I have an aesthetic tweak I might suggest that would take a couple of ounces off but that would be for the looks rather than weight. So just some final set up stuff and a couple of aesthetic tweaks and ready to pass across to Jack at the SE Bassbash I'll take some arty farty shots when the lighting is better.

1. Merton - ACG Mule, chambered short scale fretless, £1600 2. Merton - Warwick Rockboard ISO power supply with lots of different leads, £70 3. Merton, Barefaced One10 with official cover, £300 4. Nancy Johnson - Ibanez Roadster project thing. Haggle. 5. Nancy Johnson - Spector Euro LT. £££ I'll bring it ..would need same day PayPal. 6. Eude - Zoom B3n. Boxed as new, only used for about 30 mins, £100. Cash or PayPal on the day. 7. Andyjr1515 - 'Kert's' Camphor Single Cut, awarded No Treble's Bass of the Week. Open to offers around £1500

Adding myself. I'll bring a couple of my builds and will also be passing across the lightweight and very pink fretless to @Happy Jack while I'm there 1. MacDaddy - Custom Shukers / Rob Allen Mouse / Peavey Vypyr VIP III 2. Binky Bass - Binky 10 string, USA Conklin 8 string, ACG 9 string, 3 x ACG 6 strings, Reiver 7 string (geeeetar), GR Bass Dual 1400 & GR Bass AT410+, Helix LT, Pinegrove straps, Richter straps etc. 3. Cetera - Spector (USA NS2 & NS2X, Euro Classic, Euro LX (w/Haz),Euro 'Rachel Bolan', Pulse II ) Wal Mk1 'Geddy Lee', Fender FSR PJ with East pre, Hamer Impact, Pedulla Buzz 4 fretless and maybe Jackson TBird, GK400RB, GK Legacy 800 & Tech21 VT500 Heads, Genz Benz Neox212 cab. 4. Frank Blank - Jabba short scale fretted, ACG SS Recurve, Ibanez SRC6, QSC K12.2. 5. Merton - various ACGs, Zoots, Conway Instruments basses, Glockenklang Blue Rock, Barefaced Two10/One10 6. Eude - ACG Finn SC Classic 6 string, ACG RetroB 5, ACG TKO Modern 4, ACG ChubstRR Mikro 6 string, 2 X ACG Mule 4 strings (on loan from ACG), GK Legacy 500, 1 or 2 Barefaced One10 Cabs, Dod 250(r) modded with @Sibob 7. Stingray5 - MusicMan Stingray5, Tune TWB6, Tune SWV4-BB, Boss GT-6B, Eden EC15 combo OR Trace Elliot GP12SMX combo. 8. NancyJohnson - NS Design NXT5a EUB, Lull JAXT4, Darkglass A/O900, Darkglass 112 cab, Tech 21 dUg. 9. prowla: Obligatory Rickenbackers, a Warwick or two, maybe a Kramer aluminium necked bass, some pedals, Ampeg & Tech 21 preamps (subject to change), maybe the Minitaur & MIDI bass pedals. 10. Lozz196: US Precision, Ashdown ABM600 & Ashdown ABM PRO NEO 210s x2 Ampeg SCR-DI, Sansamp BDDI v2 11. Silverfoxnik: G&L SB1, BC Rich Eagle, Godin Shifter Classic 5, Sprackenbacker Ricky copy, Mesa Walkabout 15 combo, or Handbox R400 + Vanderkley 1156 MT. 12. Happy Jack: an assortment of weird 5h1t that I can guarantee nobody else will bring 13. WalMan (hopefully!): Wal, Status S1 & S2 & Zon Legacy Elite. One of the rigs (probably Mesa D800 & BF One10 or BBII as there's already One10's on the list) or Helix & Headrush. SkarBassOne pedal. May have an old case & 2U rack to sell/raffle 14. Steve Browning: Mesa TT-800 and Mesa Subway 1x15 cabs. SVL basses. Greco Pbass and Tokai Jazz. 15. OrangeFriday: Latest homebuild items - Tubular Bass and Basscape effects plus maybe Jellybean Bass (the one with a few LEDs in the neck) 16. BillyBass: Charvel Pro-Mod San Dimas V (J) and IV (reverse PJ) , Balaguer select series Goliath (HH), Tech21 GED 2112 pre amp, Barefaced Midget, maybe a super compact too. Not sure about which head yet. Jam pedals Lucy dreamer, Hamstead Subspace, Jam Pedals Ripply Fall. 17. Wolverinebass: Aside from bringing sideburns and sarcasm, not sure what I might bring. 18. Mudpup: Zon Sonus Std, Cort A4plus, Mesa Big Block 750, Mesa MPulse 600, Quilter BB800, Barefaced Big Baby cab 19. Simon C : G&L L2000 Tribute, Sire V7 Fretless, Ibanez EHB1000S Headless Shortscale. Various pedals (switch, tuner, Hypergravity compressor, Laney 85 Bass Octave, Bass Clone Chorus, Spectradrive) 20. Rumblefish: Reverend Rumblefish,Bernie Goodfellow bass, EBS HD 350,Vanderkley 112 MNT. 21. bass_dinger - Two Washburn 500s and a step-fronted SWR Workingman 12 with a three digit serial number. And maybe the Boulder Creek 5 string in my avatar. 22. Smanth - Harley Benton B-550FL, Kala UBASS, Roland Microcube Bass RX, TC-Electronics BG250-208, Line 6 Wireless, Some Zoom Pedals, Stompz if it is working, Bits for Phoenix. 23. Andyjr1515: Camphor Single Cut (see also For Sale listing); AJR's "Same woods and proportions as a Thumb but, wisely, a different shape" fretless; passing across the completed pink lightweight to Happy Jack.

Looks splendid

And just how splendid is that! Beautiful.

Someone asked if I was going to add a fingernail scoop for the control hatch. I solve the hatch access in a number of different ways and sometimes do carve a scoop in the body. However, I'm no skilled nitro painter and couldn't be sure that it wasn't going to look a bit naff, so used an alternative that has worked pretty well on a number of builds. It's simply to shave half a mm or so off at one end of the rebate, so that a firm push in the right place lifts the whole thing that can then be just lifted off: I've had a decent day at it today: - fretboard re-dressed - neck re-slurry-and-buffed - still have to tidy up the wiring with some ties, but we have sound! So far I've just tried the 'tap test' - but the sound difference from the three different voices of the Fluence bodes very well indeed Tomorrow I'll get the neck and strings back on and see what we've got. Then that leaves just a tidy up around the now-fitted Dunlop flush strap locks and I reckon it's done. And the plan is to meet @Happy Jack at the forthcoming SE Bassbash, in a couple of weeks' time, and hand it across.

Just got back and had a cup of tea! Great, great day. Excellent to catch up with old friends and make new ones. @scrumpymike , MrsScrumpy and the Scrumpettes are all beyond legend for the organisation, the endless teas and coffees and, without question, the best lunch in the South West.

Lovely job

I'm in. Anywhere OK

And - the action is perfect! That is a genuine surprise. And it's useful too because it means that @Happy Jack will still have a fully-interchangeable-with-no-adjustment-needed fretless neck when he gets bored with the whiteness of his Mike Lull and decides he wants that repainted in pink too! There is very little to do with the neck other than sand any glue wipes away and re-slurry and buff it. Same with the fretboard. It's starting to look like a bass: If I get some time this afternoon or tomorrow morning, I'll have a bash at fitting the electrics.

Well, that's gone surprisingly pleasingly well! And even more surprising pleasing, is that it's flat! : So tomorrow, when the glue is fully cured, I'll get it on the bass and see what I need to do to get the action where it should be Bridge earth is also done so pretty soon I can see if I can get it wired up and making a sound or two.

The trussrod's arrived and so the clamps are out!

Lovely job

Strictly speaking, because the Fluence is an active pickup, the circuit shouldn't need shielding - but better safe than sorry: The knobs and inset straplock ferrules have arrived too. The body has buffed up nicely - the stripes are a reflection of the bars of the grandchild's cot: The trussrod is on its way - hopefully with me tomorrow. Main activity tomorrow, regardless, will be drilling for and fitting the bridge earth, drilling and fitting the ferrules - and then, all being well, wiring it all up Then it's just refitting the fretboard and finalising the neck angle.

Yup - I like it

Within reason, you can be fairly adventurous with the body wood/woods. As long as the timbers are seasoned and the bridge can be held rigidly, most other characteristics are not critical. For neck wood, though, it is best - especially for a first build - to ensure that the blanks are from someone who supplies specifically for instruments to ensure that the cut and consistency is fit-for-that-purpose. The most common (for common, read 'relatively reliable and workable') timbers used are mahogany or maple. Maple is harder to cut/shape/sand but is stiffer and more durable. Mahogany is generally lighter-weight, softer, easier to work with but a little more prone to dints and scrapes. It's a generalisation, but David Dyke (www.luthiersupplies.co.uk) neck timbers tend to be available planed and 'ready to glue' ...but therefore can be quite pricey. Some of the other suppliers' neck woods will be more 'ready to plane' but sometimes correspondingly cheaper. You will find most of the bigger specialist suppliers quite approachable and will generally be happy to advise - David himself or any of the team at David Dyke's and Kirk Bolton at www.exotichardwoodsukltd.com are particularly helpful.

I spoke to my band mate Pete to see if he'd got the Piccolo Bass at home but it's out on loan to one of his friend's who's recovering from a knee operation, so it will be just these two I'll be bringing: Clearly, the one of the left is the Camphor Singlecut and the one on the right is the SWAPAATBWADS fretless (Same woods and proportions as a Thumb but, wisely, a different shape) The Camphor Singlecut is the one that needs a good home. Offers around £1500 will secure. This was the 'No Treble' Bass of the week it was awarded in 2016: https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2016/06/20/bass-of-the-week-ajr-guitars-singlecut-bass

I like that contrast