Merton

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='219511' date='Jun 15 2008, 10:42 PM']Funny, I thought you were telling me to F.Off in Vulcan or something like that [/quote] I think I was trying to show how manly and "rock" I am.

[quote name='silverfoxnik' post='219174' date='Jun 15 2008, 12:14 PM']Went to see Merton's band 'Back In The Day' at The Crow's Nest in East Grinstead last night. Great band and the bass & drums were fabulous! Despite Merton's protests, he's a great player who knows how to use his gear to the max.. Cheers Mert; had a great night! Nik[/quote] Cheers Nik, excellent to see you and thanks for the kind words Hope the TV does the job, will dig out the remote asap. [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='219174' date='Jun 15 2008, 12:14 PM'][attachment=9640:Misc_058.jpg] Not sure what Merton was trying to say to me at this point, but I don't think it was "See, my right-hand technique really is improving" [/quote] But it is........

[quote name='Mikey R' post='218830' date='Jun 14 2008, 01:01 PM'](and the prize for the most original thread title goes to...) i hope these basses dont dissapoint, theyre not all that inovative, all pretty standard features. ive just never seen them put together in this combination. shape wise, its a collection of ideas we've been chatting about for the past 9 years or so and finally getting round to building it. funny that someone should mention status, a coleague of mine said it looks a little like a single cut status. anyhoo, Mertons thread so i'll let him fill you in. [/quote] Introducing the man behind the wood working skills, Mikey

[quote name='tauzero' post='218422' date='Jun 13 2008, 04:14 PM']One string with an oval body then. That's a pretty odd number of strings and number of cutaways. And it would be even odder to have fanned frets on a one-string bass. [/quote] [quote name='lwtait' post='218427' date='Jun 13 2008, 04:22 PM']lol! that made me laugh.[/quote] Me too Might get a pic of the body shape up this weekend if I can find where I put it.....

[quote name='s_u_y_*' post='218326' date='Jun 13 2008, 02:11 PM']For a while I was GAS-ing over their Ampeg AEB-1 copy, the EEB-1. [/quote] Oh yum. I like!

The Status Jonas Hellborg sig bass was far nicer than that but the Warwick ain't anywhere near the fugliest bass I've seen

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='217325' date='Jun 12 2008, 12:57 AM']This next bit would be better off in the build diaries thread.[/quote] Indeedy! But hats off to you (XTOFMARY) for really pushing on with this and to Robbie for being the man to do it - having played a couple of his basses you're in good hands! Will be an interesting build

[quote name='Faithless' post='217575' date='Jun 12 2008, 01:18 PM']Hmm, Lep's songs are Hysteria[/quote] See! E, C, D and G (and the occasional B to invert the G chord...) [quote]and Pour Some Sugar With Me..[/quote] Bottom C# mostly!

[quote name='chardbass' post='217516' date='Jun 12 2008, 12:01 PM']If I get the gig, what's the dress code and will there be food?[/quote] Hot food. And drink. And a room to chill out in.

Will do! I've never played a fanned fret bass before so it's totally a journey into the unknown just for a giggle... The pickups arrived from Andy today - brilliant service, again can't sing his praises highly enough. Maybes I'll treat you all to a glimpse of the proposed body shape at some point today, it's a singlecut of Mikey's own design and I think it looks awesome!

Go on then, sounds fun

Could just be a very dirty volume pot, my hifi amp did similar things for a while after I first got it out of storage, once in lots of use it's fine again.

[quote name='Faithless' post='217290' date='Jun 11 2008, 11:41 PM']There are some easy ones (I'm starting to 'like' Def Leppard ), and a few tougher ones - Bon Jovi's - Living on A Prayer, Whitesnake's - Too Many Tears and so on...[/quote] What Def Lep do you have to do? Generally you'll play three (or maybe five) notes - E A D G or C Living on a Prayer is easy, but then again I've been playing it week-in week-out for 5 years When we started our function band we all gave ourselves 3 months to learn 40 songs individually then bring them together as a band. It worked, 3 months with 40 songs is easy. 1 week with 25 isn't quite the same!

Yeah I know, just enjoy playing along We decided for the fanned fret thing just for the sheer hell of trying something different. It's 35.5" for the bottom B to 34" for the G; to be honest I have no idea what the standard fan is coz Mikey (the guy building it) has been doing all the research. He's only doing a bass for me as he was bouncing ideas off me for his own build, so he just decided to do 2 and I get mine at cost and with my own personal tweaks such as pickup choice (Andy @ Wizard was super helpful and quick in repsonding last week!)... Fortunately as Mikey and I spent 4 years at uni together playing an talking bass lots, we have similar ideas about things so we're both singing from the same hymn sheet regarding all major aspects of the build, makes it a helluva lot of fun

[quote name='Galilee' post='217030' date='Jun 11 2008, 04:56 PM']Oh, bass bass bass, that's all you people ever talk about.[/quote] I'll make you a bookshelf from the offcuts

Yes, a bookcase! More: This is the top of a bass guitar. The body is going to be mahogany, possible chambered but we're not sure. The neck and fingerboard are going to be maple. (A blonde bass!) There will be black hardware including controls of one pot and one 4-way switch. There's gonna be an odd number of strings and an odd number of cutaways on the body and the frets may not be parallel .

That Bacchus is gorgeous

I'm more than happy to keep looking out for Trace for you coz I keep a sneaky eye out for bargains myself, not that I need any more... What exactly are you after?

Wilkommen! You can't go wrong with Trace Elliot in my opinion

[quote name='walbassist' post='216956' date='Jun 11 2008, 03:25 PM']My guess is a new Status with that wood as a top. Am I right?[/quote] Good edumacated guess but nope. Tho the guy building it does originally come from Colchester, but that's highly irrelevant to everything really! EDIT: time for another few totally unhelpful clues. 1. My old friend from university is building this, he's not a luthier you'll have heard of before, but (hopefully) afterwards he may get some interest! 2. As far as we know there isn't another one of these designs yet (at least in the UK), but soon there will be the prototype followed by his and mine. 3. The pickups are being custom wound by Andy @ Wizard for mine at the moment

Nice bit of rippled olive ash top: [attachment=9523:aaa_020.jpg] Answers on a postcard about what you think is going to happen to it, the person closest wins, erm, a pat on the back. Hopefully this will develop into a build diary if my friend who is building "The Project" sends me photos. The prototype is currently under construction and we should be getting close to stringing that up in the next 2-3 weeks. It's all dead cool, promise!

And can you put this in the right forum please?

Funny Nik, I was thinking about this whilst walking to work this morning, I'm definitely in if I'm free! As last year I will also throw in the Harlequin Theatre in Redhill as an option, couple of function rooms combined into on are easily the size of the Northants bass bash room, plus there's a bar