Dom in Dorset

Great work, great visuals and yes the Adamson vibe is great too🙂 We also made a video recently and as (hopefully) you've started a trend I'll share it here... The band is a tongue in cheek country rock trio, the song is about cousin Billy Bob and his fancy new girlfriend. We recorded it in the studio at the shop where I used to work, no idea what system he used but it's essentially the three of us playing live to a click, vocals and guitar solo added after. The video was filmed and edited by my partners son who's a pro editor and up and coming comedy writer/performer. He was a perfect fit for the project, he completely got what we were about. We had to cancel the first days shooting (COVID) but that gave us more time to hone the script and sets etc. We had perfect weather for November in Dorset. The bass used in the video was alo used on the song , it's a semi hollow precision built by myself.

I play with a pick but that's probably going to look worse😀

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.