Chopthebass

I have one and it is amazing for the money. Two pups and piezo. Doesn't get much better. Super low action.

I’ve only ever done ebony and rosewood fretless, but wenge is still pretty hard so should work well. I agree it is grainier so I would probably use grain filler and tru oil. That oil is polymerized so is pretty hard.

It’s quick once you have templates! What are you building?

I found a nice 2 piece body blank in my workshop that I totally forgot about! so decided to make myself a 24 fret five string. I’m kinda modelling the look after an Ibanez Adam Nitti 5 string, red with maple neck and black blocks. I cut the body and made all routs. Applied sealer and grain filler. Red pigment was added to the clear coat and I finally got the red I wanted. Now shooting clear coats.

It’s looking really good

No truss rod! Looks great

I bet it balances well.

No worries about hijacking! Your car looks like a lot of fun. It probably weighs nothing, so a 500cc engine I imaging pulls fine. Just worked out my engine is 14 times the size of yours! Jeez. Good job gas prices are cheaper here!

Nice! Reminds me of Jaydee.

Ha ha! I threw on a mix of strings and the D is a rotosound. And your right, the red wrap and reflection looks like a flame. this was a good exercise because the rotosound is the only string that sounds good. Much higher output and more tone than the other 4. yup it’s a Cobra replica from Factory Five in the states. They make the best most authentic replica. I did one in the UK using the Dax kit from Harlow. This one however is less of a kit! Body chassis windshield and a few other parts. Transport Canada have restrictions about what can be imported. Got there in the end!

I haven’t got to putting strap buttons on it yet! It weight 8.4 pounds. It should balance perfectly. I’ll find out shortly! I haven’t recorded how much I spent but I can tell you the big ticket items are ETS and East. Pickups were reasonable.

As requested by Spondonbassed here are some pics of the bass that appeared in the background of the ‘83 Élite I’m building. specs are body-ash, zebrano, black walnut. black sycamore. And maple top. neck- flame maple, black walnut , plain maple birdseye bound fingerboard, 35”, abalone dots Bass Culture DC5 pickups East Uni Pre with mini toggle for each pickup (series, split, parallel) ETS headless hardware.

Agreed. I only assumed it is flush with the underside of the board. If they buried it deeper, then its a bit risky.

A lot of 2-way truss rods are about 10-11mm tall and 6mm wide. Assuming your neck is on the chunkier side at 23mm @ first fret, I would assume fingerboard is 6mm at center, plus truss rod = 17mm. Leaves about 6mm of meat. I wouldn't take more than 2mm.

Yup I know exactly what you mean. Maybe reversing the bridge pickup would have less plink. I think I’ve seen BC Rich do that. But this is what my buddy wants. Maybe he likes plink! Is that even a word 😆

If this re-creation was my bass I would reverse the pickup orientation at both locations. I'm not totally sure if the 70's jazz location will put your pickup any closer to the neck. There are probably jazz bass experts here who know more than me! You'll need to make a custom pickguard if the neck pickup is different location to stock. All good fun though!

Thanks JTG. I do get a lot of satisfaction making sure hidden stuff is neat.

Body lacquer finished. I did a couple of tinted coats to get to a suitable amber colour. Same for neck. My buddy didn’t want the flames super accentuated, else I would have stained dark and sanded back.

I just put Bartolini B-Axis pickups and an East Uni Pre in my Mayones bass. What an improvement over the Delano's! I have EMG JAX in another bass and thought these were nice until I heard the Barts! Recommended.

I started making a 19.75” scale mini bass. It has built in headphone amp similar to Mayones. Biggest difference mine is 5 string

Not yet. Wasn’t planning too as it is a prototype idea.

Neck lacquered ready for fretting. Body sealed and grain filled. I’ll start spraying that tomorrow.