bassmandan

MU rates are currently £28ph (£14 for half) for private lessons. I'd have said people were more likely to charge less for the first one (lesson) as an introduction maybe.... or do you mean charging more for the first [i]hour[/i] of a few?

Cheers Mog! have a look at [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113510"]number two[/url] when you've got a mo - Dan

and a nice cheesy one to finish! if you look closely, you might be able to see the decal looks a bit like it's Squier, it actually reads "Squid" (hand crafted in England by NÖE guitars blah blah blah) as it was made for someone named Lydia (nickname Squid) y'see!

So, to accompany the [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113498"]build thread of my first Bass[/url] I thought I'd post some pics of my second. It's a slightly different kettle of fish really and it was made for somebody else, so I no longer have it in my possession. The ingredients and processes were a tad more exotic and even though they were both sort of being made alongside each other, it was important for NÖE #1 to reach the finish line first. As a result this one was always a few steps behind and therefore had the benefit of any minimal experience I'd picked up with the making of the first one! Ways in which it differs from NÖE #1 are: - the body is all Maple (bookmatched quilt on the front and one piece flame on the back) - I didn't do the initial shaping of the body, I bought it on here from Chopthebass a few years ago (it was just a radiused Jazz shaped slab though, I did all the carves and routing, neck pocket etc.) - pickups are Wizards not Barts, still an East preamp though. - pickup config is obviously different P / MM (with three way coil tap) - Wenge f-board no dots on front, brass dots on side, no binding. - Gold hardware. - finish is obviously the main thing with this, gloss amber-cherry burst.... very happy with the results, in time I'll forget the pain..... maybe! - oh yeah, and Gold strings! here are the pics: tbc....

Cheers Guys! good to be back..... Dread, I finally got around to posting my build diary after nearly twelve months procrastination!: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113498"]here[/url] and the "chav" Bass is so called cos of the blue lights, there's not much else Chavvy about it thankfully. Actually now I come to think about it, it's got a strange mix of shiny Gold machineheads, matt Gold bridge, black plastic knobs and the SIMs switch is chrome..... that should probably get dealt with at some stage..... along with the dry joint in the control cavity more to the point! it was bought from a guy who posts on here actually, but years and years ago before I even knew about basschat/bassworld, on ebay. Can't remember his name or owt but he moved from the UK to the States about five years ago hence the sale.

Barts: East: wired it up and it worked first time! I've been using it for nearly a year now and I love it. I plugged it straight into my EBS rig on that first day and it immediately screamed Marcus (albeit a particularly hamfisted version of). A problem that I've never got around to addressing is the MASSIVE and clippy signal that you get get from the Bart/East combo if it's wound up fully, all that needs to be done is some form of internal attenuation (I'd always assumed the East would have that built in)..... and it's DAMN HEAVY! .... but other than that it's pretty much perfect, it's become my first Bass and it's not as though the others are particularly shabby (unless you're a Warwick hater) which says a lot I guess. I intend to try and do a decent recording of it at some point soon so watch this space thanks for reading - Dan

frets: then followed many months of grain-filling, sanding, grain-filling, sanding, grain-filling, sanding, lacquering, sanding etc. during which time I cut through the lacquer one too many times before thinking "sod it! this bad boy's gonna have an oil finish!" (which I now much prefer anyway ) then I bolted it together: bridge and machineheads were from ebay, chguitars I think. A friend of mine designed the decal logo that's also in my profile pic and some company (can't remember which one) printed it! tbc.....

Hey Folks, despite my best intentions I didn't take nearly enough pictures of the process to make a proper build thread. But nevertheless, here's a selection of fairly poor quality pics of various stages of the process: I started off with a nice single block of Swamp Ash from David Dyke, stuck on an MDF template I'd made from a drawing of a popular shape of Bass somebody had given me (any guesses?!) trimmed it with a bandsaw and then used a follower router cutter on the edge, then radiused and did the arm and belly carves with an angle grinder (sanding attachment) I'd also made templates for the pickups and control cavity and plunge-routed those. I had somebody mentoring me through this by the way! A friend who's been making guitars for over thirty years was on hand to explain all the processes and advise when the numerous botch-ups occurred! and usefully, loan me the the space and tools to do all this, although I've since set up my own workshop for future projects. He was pretty insistent I made pretty much everything from scratch (with the exception of most hardware and electrics etc.) so next up was manufacturing some dual action truss rods (I was undertaking to make three Basses at this stage!) using mild steel rods and bars, a blowtorch, tap&die, a file, hacksaw and some electrical tape if I recall correctly..... this was about three years ago now though! ....then, again using Dyke as my supplier I sandwiched the rod between some tasty lumps of Maple, quarter sawn flamed neck and curly flamed f-board I made a solid Maple neck and profiled it by hand just the way I wanted it, which was a pretty heartbreaking process cos I knew it was just a template and I was kinda falling in love with it (and hating it at the same time obviously!) it was a pretty laborious affair. But it all paid off when I was able to whizz all three necks off in about 20 minutes using this nifty "spit-type" device that Tony (my mentor had made many decades ago). You just clamp the template to the top spit and the neck to the bottom. A rounded pin follows the template and a router works on the neck. Both spits rotate together and you just do a dozen or so passes with the router and hey presto; quickly profiled necks! pearl blocks from ebay and binding next...... It gives me a headache just remembering the various trigonometric calculations that were going on at this stage! I made a perspex template for the blocks and used a Dremel and chisel to cut the reliefs for them, just shaped the blocks on a sanding disc...... smelly! tbc....

Hey Folks! I used to spend hours every day on here, not posting particularly frequently, but very much enjoying the banter, info and stoking the GAS fire etc. I'm working more these days and so have far less free time (which has got to be good, right?) but intend to try and get more involved in the near future..... I used to play in [url="http://www.uxlofficial.com"]this[/url] band, but sacked them back in August for a variety of reasons, not least being that we'd basically stopped writing and gigging about three years ago, and done very little of any worth since..... I've just started making Basses; two down and who knows how many to go. I threatened a build thread a while back, and will get onto that shortly..... I was a bit of a compulsive buyer of Basses until recently (as you'll see in my sig) but since finishing making my own I think it's demystified it all for me a bit now, I think I'm now mostly cured of my addiction!.... I teach [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGw3rCu9GMQ"]music workshops[/url] in schools most of the time, using other instruments wot I made..... I'm doing quite a bit of (Bass) playing at the mo, some function stuff, occasional recording sessions, and pretty regular Jam Nights around and about to keep limber..... I also play Drums and after a fifteen year hiatus I've recently dusted off my old Cornet and joined a marching band! good to be back! - Dan

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='986673' date='Oct 13 2010, 10:18 AM']John East![/quote] +1

[quote name='urb' post='366861' date='Dec 31 2008, 09:19 AM']Er, any votes for Dave Holland, probably in top three jazz bassists on the planet today.... and one of the few to play with Miles Davis and still be going very strong today... and from Wolverhampton[/quote] HOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY! [quote name='Veils' post='366864' date='Dec 31 2008, 09:27 AM']A vote for Wolverhampton is a vote for evil.[/quote] BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ...... back on topic, it's gotta be Cottle for me.