Bridgehouse

Yessir!

I’m giving up. My partscasters will only ever look like cheap imitations and amateurish scrawlings after seeing this level of quality. Grump.

So Mrs B and I are having a drink and a chill, and out the blue she says ”Can you build me a bass..? I quite fancy one to learn on” ! Is this a trap?

Neither did I. This is of course a lie to make you feel better. I did. And I neeeeeeed that tube sound for recording.

Sage advice. I will wait for at least 50 more replies before even vaguely going near a “buy it now” button

Interim outside shot - got a lot of coats to go yet tho!

I’m liking it a lot - the pics don’t do it justice as I’m indoors under crap lights due to rain (!) Its starting to get a really nice dark grain with this danish oil.

Thoughts so far: keep it simple. Standard P but try to source a vintage pickup and see how it sounds......

I wouldn’t want to gig it - but knowing I don’t have to crank the barefaced too much whilst recording to get some cab tone would make it actually more useful.. hmmmm

Peavey T40 borrowed from a mate whilst at uni to play in a wedding band. It was heavy. I kinda loved it. I have it back as I was skint. I’d like one again..

How loud do you think it would be through my barefaced Compact?

Second coat on and drying... I think as this builds up it should do just the job in highlighting that grain..

They are supposed to be £500....

So, popped down to B&Q and picked up some more danish oil - this time it’s dark mahogany. First coat on - looks alright. Going to be quite a few coats to build it up tho!

To be honest the wattage doesn’t matter - I can always turn it down or use an attenuator!

I bet! There must be other options out there tho, surely?

Nice one..! I had a go with a PF50t at the guitar show this year (was on a stand right near Ampeg). Now, it was going through a rather tasty portaflex 115, but it was the creamiest, most luxuriously sounding dollop of bassy tubeness I've ever heard..

(BTW if you let the CTM15 go for cheap I'll probably be interested anyway) 😜

See, you've given the game away by saying you have a PF-50T incoming, which is prob first choice at the moment..... there must be a reason you've spent the dosh on it as it isn't cheap...!

Having decided to keep the Barefaced Compact, and set up a recording rig with it, I've skirted around the edges of some sort of nice valve-y classic head to stick on it for too long. The procrastination needs to stop. Budget is about £700ish. Contenders already include the Ampeg PF-20t/50t and the Ashdown CTM 15/30 I'd also consider the Orange Terror 500 or one of the markbass hybrids as well. If thou were I, what would you be splashing your cash on? and remember - recording, not gigging. I'm more than covered for gigging. This is my attempt to stop being seen as the mass murderer of all things Rock and Roll following my FRFR thread.

Thought I'd try a panoramic of the Bass Room. This shows the 7 I'd say are my "current crop" L-R -> 64 Precision, Partscaster PJ, ACG Finn 4, 51P Partscaster with OCP Ric-o-like, Ibanez Semi, 51 Semi Hollow Partscaster, 74 Precision. I have a 62 AVRI P for sale in it's case, and the bits for the current partscaster P project..

Does this mean we can safely go back to plastic straws now Hofner have redressed the plastic balance?

This. Body and neck combo of the right dimensions would be easy, and a custom Pickup winder would do a set that did the job.

We should have some sort of a Preamp-in session somewhere - would be brilliant to put some of the ones I have up against these too

Dunno whether to do natural or a light colouring. Hmm. Might use some of the amber on it like the other one