RichardH

...because you can't display PDFs inline. You would need to put them up as JPGs.

For those tempted to go in this direction, Electromarket have a 10% off voucher (REWARD10) running at the moment - they stock a lot of RCF stuff.... No affiliation, just passing on the info!

6 hours ago, Norris said:

I'm wondering if an offcut of your pickguard, suitably shaped and painted gold, affixed to the headstock (truss rod cover?) might tie it in with the rest of the body a little more 

This sounds like a great idea.

Great video!

It's a horn.

Probably needed more heat than the hairdryer could produce.

Yes, it works a treat. Try hair dryer first though - hot air gun can be a little too aggressive (I once nearly melted grillcloth by being too enthusiastic)

They almost look like mother of pearl at first glance!

12 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said:

Crikey! Did you buy the house off Prince?.....

No - we had it installed. Here it is fairly soon after installation (with a diddy 1x8 cab I knocked together)

...it has dulled down and gone silver/grey now though. Bloody heavy stuff!

Nice looking shape!

I have a whole decking area made from Purpleheart.... when we move house I'm tempted to whip a few boards up and take them with me....

Awwww - my first bass was a Guvnor Jazz copy, bought for me from a seondhand shop by a friend after I'd said "if I ever played anything, I'd want to play bass".

Have to admit I sold it on after I got my G&L....

14 hours ago, ped said:

Looks great! I’ve probably missed it but what scale length have you got here and how many ‘frets’

First post of the thread.....

On 15/02/2018 at 07:52, Bastav said:

Thought I'd share a project I've been working on as part of the winter build off challenge over at that other bass forum. The challenge was to use mainly walnut. I looked at the pile I had handy and decided to build something inspired by the wingbass concept (basically a headless 34'' bass cut off at the 12th fret).

 

From memory the inserts are smooth inside rather than splined, so I assume they are of a diameter that accepts all shaft types.

Excellent! Glad to have played a tiny part in helping this come to fruition. Can't remember what sort of shaft your pots have - splined?

Phew! I've been on tenterhooks with everything crossed for you. Excellent stuff!

WIth a beast of a 15" driver it was never going to be super lightweight, but at least it's a lot lighter than the old one!

Personally I like the ebony look - are you edge binding it? If so, that could add a bit of interest to the board if you're worried it is too "brown"...

I assume the driver was OK in the old cab?

When I did my fretless I got the nitro from Manchester Guitar Tech

It's certainly been a mammoth build thread...

Will be putting this up on eBay on Thursday.

I think the edge strip looks really smart, actually.

...From a quick google, both bi and dipole speakers use paired drivers to produce diffuse sound, but the difference is whether the drivers within the cab are in our our of phase with each other. So I guess it would be possible to offer a switch to flip between the two modes.

Yes, dipoles contain twin speakers that spread the sound. Having said that, the 77DS still kick botty - we watched the bluray of Bladerunner 2049, which has some very strong sweeping surround stuff going on, and there was no lack of rear aural pleasure, and very good placement of the audio.

Thinking about it, I would imagine that these height endoded speakers are also acting as an effect/surround source - so not for mega pinpoint stuff etc.

To illustrate what I mean about how they are mounted, here's a photo of our room looking back from the screen - there are two 77DS mounted at the back over the hanging rug, as well as the ones on the side walls.

...but it could be worth just using a couple of PA speaker stands and whacking a couple of PA speakers in place (if you have access to a couple of passive ones) just to try it out before spending ££ on a build.