Pea Turgh

A wedding, in a tent, at the seaside, in a storm! Oxwich Bay Hotel is almost on the waterfront, and they have a marquee for weddings. The wind and rain were lashing down, with the sound of waves smashing against the rocks - it was exhilarating! Thankfully the marquee was solid (and in a sheltered spot). The crowd were great, the sound guy was great, the buffet was great! The venue has noise level restrictions, so electric drum kits only. Our drummer is very loud and a rocky, so the look on his face when he saw his kit for the night (bottom of the range Roland) was priceless!

I am happy with this...

Popped my neck off tonight making adjustments, took a pic just for you!

This looks great! Just looking at the way the body and neck cleaned up is so satisfying! What about getting a 3D printed copy of the pickup cover? Or just getting a neck pup that doesn’t match but is roughly the same size? Maybe one of those uk-based pickup makers would love the challenge of making a new one to match the old one?

Erm, is that a trick of the light, or are you wearing a gimp mask in that middle picture?

The scratch plate arrived this morning. I had to widen the pickup holes, cut in to the neck pocket corners and cut the truss adjustment hole (original neck was headstock-end truss nut). i am really pleased with the neck - it’s perfect! Look at this grain!!! I have no affiliation to the seller, just thought I’d add a link to them as they do a few neck options... musicalaccessories https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F232723568523

So that’s slightly longer than an actual double bass?! Hats off to you, Sir!

Heck they’re nice!

Would love to hear some sound clips Andy!

The neck is on, and straight too! Just got to wait for the scratch plate and buy some new strings.

You can have it! The new one arrived today - I only ordered it yesterday! Looks lush. Will try to fit it later after domestic duties are complete.

Just bought one of these... https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F332666821217 Lovely bit of wood from the piccies, I hope it looks like this when it turns up!

I thought a twist was Game Over? How do you do it?

Pay day! New neck on its way. I was going to go maple fretboard, but the binding here is alluring, and I love a slight flame. Black pickguard also en route, though maybe tort would sit better?

Damn, I thought you were back then.

Hey cool - it’s torzal!I think i’ll stick with the original plan of putting a maple fretboard neck on instead - those twisty necks are too exotic for me!

I’d seen that, but thanks for the reminder!

Will do - once the Tasmanian devil (or son, as some people say) is asleep.

Not tried it yet - got dinner on!

Yo yo yo. Just popped in to mate’s on the way home from work, where he offered me his Squire for free! The reason for the freeness is the neck is warped. You could drive a bus under that action! Now I read this site every day, any bass is a ‘project’. This one only needs a new neck, so here we are! I feel bad not giving my mate some sort of financial redress though. How much would you give your mate for something like this? It’s from Indonesia. I’m feeling black plate, maple board.

Slightly OT (sorry Jim) but I would LOVE to see a bass with a body in Vantablack and smokey chrome hardware!

Microphones are low output, so would need a mic level input on your amp. Phantom power is for capacitor mics, but is not needed for dynamic mics. The Superlux will require phantom. Plugging a mic in to an instrument level input will sound weak, so that could be what you are describing above, so I don’t think a separate phantom unit is the way to go here, as it’s still a mic level output.