HazBeen

On 01/11/2020 at 11:47, ped said:

I think the whole 'it's for my son' thing is a cover up!

More a happy excuse

Love it! 

Infinite Bass IB-1.5FL and Infinite Bass/Status Hybrid 4 (I built them).

19 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Oooo...somewhere else to post photos of my Ibanez Roadster

 

Great basses!

First rehearsal..... wow, this thing really sings!

Watch tinkering then?

I am already thinking I might go 17.5" scale after watching the Basstheworld Mayones mini video with Ida Nielssen. I have a left over TC SubnUp Mini.... now imagine if I would build that into the cavity  

8 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

Should you prefer a P-Bass pickup instead, I'll offer you this one :

 

 

Thanks, but I have several soapbars in my “spares” draw. So am pretty well sorted.

So after I built a 30” for my eldest son, now my 6 year old is asking for a bass. As it is well possible, even likely, that they will not pick up playing long-term I need to build something I could use as well. So why not build a mini

Looking at the scraps I have left over it will be a swamp ash/dark ash/walnut laminate body (8mm strips and plenty wood glue), neck thru maple/wenge/maple 25” scale (maybe 24”), with a single soapbar pickup. He wants a blue & red bass .... ehm okay.

This will be a slow build.

As Borat would say, “very nice”

2 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Yep sounds fat indeed and nice too with the right amount of harmonics. Well done Harry.

Thank you Tony, appreciate the comment especially since you know a th8ng or 2 about fretless basses.

Quick sound snippet.....

Infinite Bass 5 FL.mp3

Fretless sisters.....

I enjoy this thread, tinkering with wood is always a joy to watch.

16 hours ago, durhamboy said:

Looks great. A really nice job, solid building skills and a classy refined look to the finished bass. You should be proud. 

Does it sound as good as it looks?😉

Thanks, much appreciated. I still need to finetune before I can fully answer that question. But first impressions are very positive.

Today I worked on the nut (needed to sit a little deeper) and sorted the string height out. After everything has settled (give it a week or two) I will tweak again and record something.

Thus far I am very happy, the wenge fretboard gives it a warmer rounder sound than my Status necked fretless. Acoustically it resonates well and there is ample “mwaah”.

More pics and sound bites will come

Still all the tweaking to do, but it is a bass....

4 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Then I put some copper foil in each of the bridge-block recesses and soldered a shunt running through a small drilled channel between each:

 

And a G string threaded through the ferrule should mean earth continuity between the blue wire and the E-string bridge block.  And we have continuity:

Love this solution! I went the easy option and bought a brass nut, but this is a really neat and clever solution.

Poor poor soul, I really feel for you 😂

Well done so far!

4 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Send it back ! What clown has been botching that up .... ?

I know, what a horrible example of inept home building. It should be forbidden.

Sneak pic after 6 coats

Doing 6 coats for this one, 4 on the neck.

Coat 2 went on this am, am doing 3 tonight. Then 4 and 5 Thursday and 6 Friday am.

Then will leave to cure, with a final coat of lemon oil going on Sunday. Will then wax, assemble and do the pre-requisite tinkering next weekend.

No further pics until then
 

First layer of finishing oil on!

I’d say Sire, Yamaha, Ibanez or LTD all give you great bang for the buck.

Just now, Si600 said:

What's the inlay made of? Or did I miss that in the depths of a thread?

Scratchplate material, sanded down to wood level.

13 minutes ago, Geek99 said:

Now you’ve totally gone and f cking spoiled it

🤐