SpondonBassed

They do also come in orange however...

If this will be your YOB bass, I'd be very interested in the follow up as I was born in '62 myself. The notion that this could be the iconic British bass has just been posted. Given a lottery win I'd have one and encapsulate it in resin for posterity.

Just don't put felch and belch together else it'll get a bit messy 'round here. /facetious twaddle Anyway... what Gibson recovery?

Cool. From the image before it looked as if your G post was going to foul the D string run. Glad to see you aren't obsessed by symmetry on your string runs. I also love the way you are giving a classic looking instrument new legs, so to speak. Fives are great. How old is the body?

There are far too many G clamps for the key of F sharp. Would you settle for G flat? Clamps

It's a funny shaped f. That's all I can say. If you don't want to call it a hamster-nest-orifice what about calling it an eyebrow hole? /larks I like the way that you have lined the visible bit of the cavity interior. Is there any further finish going on that?

I'd like to have heard that. Have you any recordings of it?

Ah, I remember my first. Thanks for bringing back some youthful memories. PS: Please move this to the profanity topic.

That term both sucks and blows. Not necessarily at the same time however.

I don't know why you don't just say what you mean. Heeheehee On the UK ice cream industry; you could argue that the price of a ninety nine is threatened by the possibility of US owned Cadbury having tarrifs imposed upon Flakes. Anyone who wants to point out that these aren't imported from the US to the UK ought to take account of the fact that this is already a flaky opinion and they should not encourage me to derail this topic any further.

That's a very good example for this topic. Does any bass player succeed in playing Rhythm Stick with a plectrum? That would serve well as an answer to the question posed by the OP.

That's gonna be a highly desirable residence for today's thrusting young bachelor hamster.

As a matter of fact I recall Kanye West was saying he would run for office. How impossible would that be? Not much given what's been happening to pave the way. Scary Link

There are always alternatives. Be careful. You might find yourself following @Andyjr1515 over to the dark side and make yourself one of those widdly little six string thingies. Hang on though... would that be a neck through headless at 950mm? I'm liking it.

Nice. What ideas is it giving you? A mahogany neck perhaps?

I can forgive you for thinking that. Of course, all wright thinking folk know that this is the true face of funk... in Britain anyway:

(Nice product placement there chap! I followed your link from the play the upper register thread.) Good build up. Singing and playing works well for you. Nice bit of upper reg ornamentation near the end. I liked it.

Cheers. (One day I will loose my hatred of search engines.)

I've always thought that too. Isn't it the same with die-hard Harley Davidson owners? Image is all.

NOT You are but a nipper in comparison to many of the mature students here. Crack on with impunity.

...and you were pussyfooting about your demarcation lines. I bet you wish you'd gone for it now. Heeheehee. Of course, with the lay-up being part of the body and by taking an oblique cut across like you would on your own build might it make it look too busy as you suggested. They're looking good Jez. When the neck is shaped they'll have the effect of hand painted pinstripes of the highest quality. The bird's eye neck doesn't need them. That'll be a stunner as is. What causes those sparkly little whorls to grow in bird's eye maple? Does anyone know?

Spoken like a true defender of the lowlands. Heeheehee

Bass wall of the month!

You made me check. My SR605 hasn't got a convex surface on the back after all. It just feels as comfortable as if it had due to the shallow curve that takes the body shape out to a thin edge where the bass, my belly and my forearm all meet. Similarly the front isn't as fully convex as some of the Warwicks but it is enough to loose the sensation that the body was cut from a slab. For the LP body shape, I wonder whether the bass would hang in a way that makes the edge/forearm interface an issue for extended sessions. It may be that the carved top takes care of that issue.

I can almost hear you chomping at the bit mate. I am confident that the reward for your patience will be sweet.