alittlebitrobot

[quote name='umcoo' timestamp='1507650521' post='3386996'] Thanks all. Alittlebitrobot - haha. That first picture isn't really representative at all of the colour. I'm glad you liked it in the end though![/quote]

This is one of the things I love about this forum. I know what I love in instrument design but seeing things I thought I didn't like, and finding them convincing, changes my view on things. Change is good

Now there's a surprise! When I saw the first photo of the pink, I was (to be honest) repulsed but it turned out great! Very nice.

[quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1507117784' post='3383405']
I'm really struggling to work out what's going on with that bridge
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yeah, what's the story? What's that vertical bit between the A and D strings?

Ahh, this is lovely. Really amazing-looking.
As you say, it's an idea that's been done before with varying degrees of success, but I think this might be the best one I've seen. The little bit of relief in the text is great.

I've thought about it, and I'd like to try it, but I'm convinced I'd mess it up in the end, probably by sanding away the character of the piece of wood. You've kept all the charm of the wine crate.
Great stuff.

[quote][color=#000000]Actual photos and details to follow[/color][/quote]

....or you could've just added them when you made the listing for a 1300 pound guitar with no name.
Or am I crazy?

The break looks clean enough to be glued and clamped, but I'd probably just re-make that part.
Still tempted..

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/3-4-Size-Electric-Double-Bass-Vintage-Burst-DAMAGED-RRP-449-99/272851919401?hash=item3f873de229%3Ag%3A8i8AAOSw2rFZbelT

11 hours left on this. The bridge actually looks like a quite an easy repair if you've some knowledge of woodism.
My offer of £190 was rejected

I played a 5 string in Wunjos a few years ago, and my main bass at the time was a Peavey Grind 6. Basically a budget, passive Cirrus. Probably because my first bass was a Peavey Dynabass, Peavey necks are the most comfortable necks I've ever played.
The Cirrus felt great in the hands and the tone was lovely. I'd describe it as "warmer" than a lot of actives I've played but we make fools of ourselves when we attempt to describe tones through text. There's a guy on Youtube that does bass lessons, called Josh Fossgreen and he as a Cirrus. His videos are well recorded, so you'd get a decent taste of the tone from them, I think.

I would've saved up and bought a Cirrus by now except that I ultimately had to admit, as much as I love the tone, I just can't get on with the scale length.

I've voted but hadn't commented. There was two I really liked and a couple of others jostling for third. I have no doubt that there's at least three worth voting for. I'm really impressed at the standard of entry month after month, considering the brief.
And it shows me that there is something muscular about composition. It's not just lightning-struck inspiration, but something you can improve at by doing it repeatedly.
...or, at least, I hope one can improve..

Submitting as an also-ran
https://soundcloud.com/alittlebitrobot/senusret

I've been away from this site, among others, for a while. It's two years since I took part in the composition challenge. I'm happy to see it's still going strong but I. AM. RUSTY.
I've named my track Senusret because if you've seen the pyramid of Senusret I, it's a good indicator of my attempt at building a pyramid here.

My tracks always seem to come out so quiet. I really need to do some research on compression/limiting or something.
If I set the waveform to [i]just [/i]below the point where it's clipping, it comes out quiet. Very frustrating.

So this track is of no use to anybody listening on laptop speakers.

[quote name='scojack' timestamp='1502623096' post='3352476']
Ta ☺
i still have the holes to drill for pickup screws.
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aha. That makes sense. Because the shielding looked totally sealed, I wondered if there was some other fancy method afoot.

[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1502628928' post='3352527']
Wetted down the fronts with some water to let the grain pop to roughly show how they will look after oiling and also to let the wood fibers swell a little so the final sanding will be even smoother.

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oh yes. Yes yes yes.

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These are beautiful but, for my own purposes, I'm curious; how does one raise or lower the pickup height with a construction like this?

Nice one. I laughed out loud at that decal. Nice touch

[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1502057984' post='3349084']
Re-added the pictures.
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Thanks for doing so. People should see this amazing work and, with a couple of builds planned, I use this forum as a reference library so it's great to have a thread like this fully illustrated again.

A piece of music inspired by Toblerone. Got it

[quote name='ben4343' timestamp='1493279071' post='3287025']
My point: I gave up 'the chase' about 2 years ago because things would sell out literally instantly; I think the thread worked out that there were probably scripts running to automatically purchase decos as soon as they were listed. It rather took the fun out of it...
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Sorry to resurrect this thread but just, as a possibly final word on it, the page of "decorative" instruments on the Thomann site is almost always empty these days but their eBay page is more frequently populated:
[url="http://www.ebay.ie/usr/thomann_gmbh?_trksid=p2047675.l2559"]Thomann_gmbh[/url]

There's no 'buy it now' option so they're obviously trying to maximise their money on it, but I've seen a few nice things go for good prices.
It's funny to see this [url="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Marcus-Miller-V7-Swamp-Ash-4-BMR-Gebrauchtware-/401372476601?hash=item5d73a9f4b9:g:M9IAAOSwS35Zd1Hf"]Marcus Miller Sire V7[/url]s condition listed as "for parts or not working" when the only problem is a dent in the wood near the bridge.

[quote name='Bass_Guardian' timestamp='1501001501' post='3341705']
How many times is this thread going to be duplicated. I'm sure this is the 5th one in the past few months
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ah crap. Sorry. I searched and didn't see it. I must've messed up because I just searched again and saw two from May.
Welp..feel free to lock this one, mods.

[url="http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Mute-Aid-Bass-Guitar-Mute-Turn-your-Electric-Bass-into-a-Double-Bass-5-Pack/222590591527"]http://www.ebay.ie/i...ck/222590591527[/url]

It's "specialized".

Yep. I'm in.

[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1500883516' post='3340720']
[font=sans-serif]Anyway, just off to build my 16 string glass-composite uke. It's going to be my best build yet....[/font]
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Just the 16? Keeping it simple for your next build?
Disappointing.

Great stuff!
Interesting that you used watercolour to stain. I made a bass a couple of years ago that I used oil paint on. My thinking was that I wanted to avoid adding water to dry wood, but I suppose the amount is so small that it makes no difference.

Either way, I was very happy with the results. I thinned some paint a little bit with turps (fine art bg here too ) and rubbed it in with a rag, then let it dry and then rubbed in a heavier coat.

By the way, since it seems nobody else has brought it up, well done on getting a bottle of Lagavulin 16 yr old for 20 notes

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wow! Those strings are the perfect choice. Great work.
I think, for myself, I'd call it Blob but, for public consumption, maybe something like Amoeba.

I've just logged into BC for the first time in a couple of years, due to personal mumbo jumbo, and I couldn't have asked for a better return than to find another amazing AndyJr build.

Thanks to TheGreek for patronising this bizarre, brilliant build Such a fun thread to read.

The funny thing is. I have a design for a bass I want to build and, although it's not a headless type, I was planning on doing something similar with anchoring the strings at an angle through the body or around the edge. It's hard to explain in text but I came down to a couple of designs. One of them was a lot like what you did here, Andy, and you've put me right off it I'd only mess it up, so I'll be going with plan B instead.

I just wear marigolds. Yes, it completely destroys my technique but it's worth it.

[size=1]Crusty jugglers...[/size]