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If only i'd had some warning 😭

Waaaaaaahhhhhh that's my old Betsy in the front !! Waaaaahhhhhh, i had that bass man and boy!!!! It was originally built for Steve Stroud from Bucks Fizz.

Im off for a big cry ! I should never had let this bass go .....sniff sniff !!

It's a DI out, i had a Pangborn for many years. Never ever used the DI out though (Did anyone?). Pangborn Electrics were typically 'hand made'  by one of Ashley's friends..he hated paying full dollar for electrics, i think margins were tight without adding an expensive preamp (cost wise a production pre-amp could cost as much as ALL the timber !) I played mine passive most of the time as the pre-amp wasn't very good anyway. I loved my Pangborn for the way it looked and especially felt,  not for the ahem cough cough electrics.  😉

Great source for Korina & mahogany

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/iana1174/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

On 08/06/2018 at 17:48, Andyjr1515 said:

That's no surprise to me - the only time I've seen a chisel that worn before was in the days that my father used to use his long-suffering Draper 1/2" to straighten up brickwork prior to plastering...

Hehehe that takes me back Andy...my old man was just the same

Aaaaah ...thought so 🤗

Brilliant stuff.....was wondering if you were going for the full Gibson Tenon Join.

Methinks there's more to you than just an amateur bodger Christine ( like Most of us in 'ere! ).

Ian 😊

Welcome Christine...looking forward to seeing your builds 

Nope should all be fine.

Aye Wishbass are not the purdiest of things.

Usually is Owen's fault .........he's just likes a nice bit of good Wood  !

Anyhooz i'm completely off this idea due to the overpricing of the hardware.

Still want to do something different so mibbies do a single cutaway 5 string instead (If i can get a design i'm happy with ...most SC's are fuglybassas ..imho)

Ian

Eejits 😄

Brother wanted small headless travel bass to take on his hols but it has to be a 5 'er, this takes the cost of materials to a new level.  Hard to justify the expense, especially when you can get a reasonable 5 string steinberger copy for a few hundred quid off t'interweb.

I could take the tuners and saddles as you say Bastav then mill a casing from the finest 24ct Gold..and it would probably still be 50% cheaper than an ABM !

First place i looked .....(i remembered you'd done some legwork on this already !)

Ian

Anybody come across any good priced 5 string headless systems (ie chinese knock off's ).

Can see a few 4 string bridges but nothing for 5 string bridge.

Monorails would be good too.

I can only find branded stuff (ABM) etc for 5 string and they are awfully expensive.

Ta

Ian

First Class Bastav looks fantastic !!

Very Nice Indeed 

Nice one Bastav ! Been on my TODO list for years, looking good 

Proper Lush !

Very nice 

Never got any lacquer on it before the cold weather...it'll have to wait till spring has sprung.

Cracking build Jez, giving Mr Allen a run for his money

Here here ! Always had a soft spot for the Moodies saw 'em at Edinburgh Playhouse in the early eighties (still have the T-shirt although thoughts of ever putting it on again are just a pipedream!).

Fantastic work Jez