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  1. I make necks for my Zoot bass range from Roasted Maple I buy in from my supplier in the USA. In the workshop when I cut through the bulk timber, the colour throughout is consistent with not lightness in the centre or anywhere else. However, when I clear coat the finished necks, the natural colour goes at least two times darker than the raw roasted timber. I have to say that the scratch on the headstock in the picture does indeed look to me to be a bit suspicious? Maybe they were trying to sell it as "Roasted maple colour tinted" and not the real thing? I maybe wrong, but I'm not convinced it's the real deal. Here are a couple of shots of what Roasted Maple looks like before & after. I only tend to buy in "Flamed Roasted maple" but the colour of the non-figured would be the same colours. I hope this helps.
  2. Video of mark collecting the bass
  3. The finished Bass. Mark is due to visit the workshop this Friday to take delivery, and we may make a short video/sound check.
  4. Pickups are wired the "Old Way" to allow the coils to be either series/parallel. The switching is done on the tone controls via push/pull switches on the pots.
  5. More work on the Multi-coil "Wal" style pickups for Mark's custom build.
  6. Great question Mark, and I, for one, do not know the correct answer.
  7. Yes, the new Zoot Boudica shape seems to be a favourite for my "Wal-a-like" builds. Here's another one going through the workshop, and the customer asked for blue over Bird's-eye with a 34" scale, similar to the one Justin Chancellor has in the band Tool.
  8. Cheers Robbie, good to hear from you.
  9. Looking good Mark, and thanks for the mention.
  10. I was able to make this bass with a 24 fret neck, meaning I could push the bridge back further towards the back of the body compared to a standard Fender Jazz/P. Add that to the fact that I used Hipshot ultra-lite machine heads and string bar, and the weight distribution came in just perfect.
  11. Many thanks Martin, I knew you would love this bass, and it was a pleasure to build it and work with you. Also, thanks for suggesting we swap you original spec's to a 5 string version of the 4 string Japanese Kei Kato Zoot Funkmiester I made early last year, without that suggestion a Zoot 32" 5 string Funkmeister may not have existed. Mike.
  12. When buying or selling to trade up or down, just remember this simple rule, "If in doubt, stinky poo out" Basically, if you have the slightest gut feeling it maybe the wrong move, don't do it.
  13. CORRECTION. This was one of a matching pair of cabs made for Chris Chitticks, The serial No. for the other cab would have been CC002. Therefore, this cab may have well been fitted with Celestions by Chris, as I do remember we had some NOS Celestion Neo drivers in stock at the time I made these cabs for Chris and I offered them to him for these cabs at a reduced price to clear them off stock. Other than that, all other Purple-chili branded cabs would have been fitted with FailtalPro drivers. Here's a picture of the two together the day I finished making them. Sorry for the confusion, but it was about 2004 I made these cabs.
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