Dom in Dorset

I've changed the thread title because things have changed. I'm still going to make the headless, I've got the hardware for it and hope to make a start in the next few weeks. In the meantime I've started another bass, probably a p shape with Jazz pickups. I play in a slightly silly country rock trio and have taken to waring double denim on stage and so I'd like a bass to match. This will be fairly standard but with a top made from resin encased denim. From the top: the body , this will eventually be covered in denim. Mahogany neck blank. Oak, walnut and mahogany fretboards, not sure which one I'll go for as yet. All of the wood is from old pianos. The body blank from the back. It's got nice rosewood veneer, this but won't be covered. Body blank from the side showing the two layers, both poplar. At the moment it's about 35mm thick , the denim/resin with be 5/6mm thick. I'm working full time elsewhere now (don't worry it's doing something similar for someone else) so I don't have as much time for this now but I'm getting a few hours a week . There's also a flying v guitar that I'll be building in parallel.

Thank's😉

I will try a jazz it up a bit but after spending hours wrestling with an unfamiliar system I'm done for now. If there's an apostrophe error you'll have to be more specific please, I've read everything and haven't spotted it.

Thank you everyone, I spent last night and this morning getting to grips with band camp and I'm there (I think) https://thedooksband.bandcamp.com/ Let me know if there's anything I'm missing. Cheers x

I'm try to put a simple web page together for my band so I can upload songs , a few pictures, gigs etc. Out of the available platforms such as band camp etc what would you recommend?

Still talking commissions and you're welcome to come down and try some basses, drop me a line when you're ready.

Hi all, Please accept my groveling apologies but I'm not going to be able to make it this year. Firstly I my Yorkshire based brother is visiting that weekend and secondly the urgency to make something of the Scavenger brand has been somewhat diminished. A Dorset based guitar company made me an offer I couldn't refuse, in part because of a networking opportunity provided by a previous bass bash. So I'm now working there full time and Scavenger is now a hobby/retirement fund. I'm still going to be making a few things, there will be a couple of build diaries coming up soon ,I may still have something for sale every now and then. With you in spirit if not in person, maybe next year. Dom

Seriously considering that option.

Fixed thanks 🙂 I think it was only there since July 🤣

Already corrected! (And ordered) If that doesn't work I will try Timetech, go back and stop myself fitting a dud in the first place 😅

Thanks Andy, I'll check out tone tech. Dom

It was a dual action truss rod, headstock end adjusted. The nut seems to have come off and is inside the retaining tube. I pushed it out of the nut end by hitting the heal end. Anyway it's out now, I just wanted a recommendation for a reliable replacement.

The fretboard is bound and as it's 100 year old oak it probably wouldn't survive the process. I'm only going to buy one that stands a chance of fitting. Someone here did the same on a bass so I'm confident that it can be done.

I've been working on a g****r and it was nearly finished when I discovered that the truss rod I fitted was faulty. It broke the first time I gave it a quarter turn. A huge amount of work potentially down the drain. I drilled into the pickup cavity and managed to push it out. Now I need to try and get a new one in. Any recommendations?

In this case it almost certainly means backing vocals, there is a parallel universe where it means boiling vomit.

The drummer is in three bands , guitarist one is in three, guitarist two in at least two! Essentially it was just a misunderstanding amplified by communication breakdown. All sorted now.

Some people in are shocked to hear that the song "A horse with no name" isn't by Neil Young and that George Harrison's "I got my mind set on you" is a cover.

Not such a jaw dropper but Mrs in Dorset is a big fan of both Black Sabbath and Jethro Tull...she had no idea that Tony Iommi was briefly in Tull.

Better only in my somewhat biased opinion 😉 . The two bands are both do Americana but have different styles,sounds and approaches.

Me too! This has taken months to resolve , at first they were unaware that there was a problem and then they were too embarrassed to do anything about it. I sent the guitarist I strongly worded text yesterday as I had got so frustrated by their lack of communication and that seems to have done the trick. It's not all bad as my other band had been treading water for some time and this has been a real wake up call for us, we are back rehearsing regularly and new material is taking shape....and if course we had a great festival gig to aim for.

I did get an apology and their side of the story this morning which I have accepted. I had got frustrated by their lack of communication after what felt like a collosal slap in the face which made a bad situation feel even worse. We are friends again.

Yes, that's about where I am, I just needed to rant it out to move on .

Possibly some perceived rivalry/professional jealousy from the singer. I front a similar (but much better) band and he possibly didn't see want me to asserting undue influence on his baby. It's nothing we couldn't have talked about and in all of my many previous appearances with them I'd made a point of standing at the back and keeping it solid ,with four guys at the front of the stage there's already plenty going on. Whatever the reason it could have been handled very differently.

A long story that I'll try to keep short... Firstly if anyone reading this is the "other guy", I fully understand that you are entirely innocent in this and I hold no grievance against you. There is a band I have known for donkey's years, I've depped for them more times than I can remember and know their set inside out. Two of the band members were also in another band with me for ten years and I was also involved in a band with the singer for a while. I regarded them as friends. When the original bass player quit I was slightly narked to hear that they had replaced him with "X". I was only slightly narked because I had relocated a bit further away from their centre of operations and he's was already know to most of the band. "X" tragically died before he'd even had a chance to learn the set and I was contacted to stand in for an upcoming gig. At the rehearsal for the gig I asked if they had a permanent replacement in mind and when they said no I said I would like to do it. Myself and several band members (it's a seven piece) had a conversation about me joining, apparently the only reason they hadn't asked me before was that I'd moved further away and they didn't think I'd want to come all that way to rehearse . I said that as I am still in the area three days a week that wouldn't be a problem. We discussed potential rehearsal regimes and new songs we might learn. I was in the band. A couple of weeks later we played the gig to a great response and went our separate ways. I didn't hear from anyone regarding getting together again but a COVID restrictions were still going on and no more gigs were booked I wasn't concerned. Imagine my surprise when I found out (by accident) that they had auditioned and hired "another guy". (A total stranger who lives an hour away) My partner had even been trying to get them some gigs , she even succeeded! Thankfully gig only came through after I discovered that I wasn't in fact in the band (we told the organisers that they were no longer available but my other band could do it!) I've tried to find out what happened and most of the members involved in the conversation claim not to remember it. One who does sent me an apology but rest all come out with the same excuse "we didn't know that you wanted to join the band , we thought you just wanted to dep" As far as I'm concerned they are either lying ,suffering from dementia or there's something I'm not being told. I didn't even want the job now after that slap in the face ,they are well and truly off my Christmas card list Rant over

Thanks, it does look quite interesting but sadly I'm two hours from Paignton.