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Well, why the hell not eh!! Some talent however you look at it

Never got Zappa but that tune is mental (in the best way!!) As for the bass, well, I wouldn't like to cover it

[quote name='lee4' post='903541' date='Jul 23 2010, 08:30 PM']Hmm,could be a process like that used to make a product called Thermowood(I sell it). Timber is exposed to high temperature steam which causes the cells to 'die',making the timber highly resistant to rot or fungal attack,and also approx 15-20% more stable.[/quote] That's it exactly I'd say. What it does for a guitar though who knows....? Maybe deep frying will be the next big thing!!

Heard about DR's on here and bought some Hi-Beams............. the difference from the Rotosounds I was using is stunning, I can actually hear every note through the band. Everything else is the same so it has to be the strings!

Make sure they are the right drugs mind.......... Really though, its down to mood, desire to play and being relaxed. I find sometimes if I'm practised up to the hilt, it all goes wrong on the night, whereas if I haven't played for a bit it can all be fluid as if its a relief to be playing again................. of course, this also works the other way around on occasion!!! Those nights where its right is what makes you keep going back

Best looking bass ever. Simples. Just like everything though, there's good 'uns and bad 'uns. My 1998 Gibson IV has absolutely no neck dive, sustains to the end of the earth and as for them being a pick only bass, I have to disagree as I never use one. The Epi I have has a wider neck than the Gibson but you soon get used it. I can see why Entwhistle created the 'Fenderbird' though!!

Sounds like the way to go to me. Defo no filling and sanding as there's no way you will a) match the colour and contain the filling/sanding area to avoid ruining the finish around it. You must be getting bad neck dive to bother though, where are you moving the button to? Mine stays right where it is but I know that some are worse than others.

That's telling me!

But I am very, very drunk!! Thanks for the encouraging words, very very early recordings on a dv camera.. hope to update soon. How about starting up an original Welsh band with two basses and nothing else...??!! Pob hwyl!

Hi Ben, Just saying hello and wow at the Cv! Where did my life go wrong...? Beth bynnag, ti'n siwr a gadw dy hun yn brysyr (ti weld ddigon prysyr yn barod!) Dwi yn Ngogledd Cymru hefyd, yn chwarae blues [url="http://www.myspace.com/blueroosterlive"]http://www.myspace.com/blueroosterlive[/url] Pob hwyl! Apologies for slipping into the vernacular there folks

I'm convinced, I'll re-string it and see how it sounds. It may get an outing sometime! Props to the lawnmower man! Can't seem to get pictures up at the moment but will keep trying.

Fair play to you, you must be a demon on the wetstone Whilst I love working by hand as much as possible, the workshop has to earn, which means bleedin' windows and doors most of the time. Working myself up to a life of furniture and basses! Woodcare (Wudcare?) do a 60 minute pu now which is really useful by the way. Sorry everyone for turning this into a woodworking thread

[quote name='henry norton' post='856384' date='Jun 3 2010, 06:29 PM']Holy Sh#t! I have nightmare visions about losing fingers/hands/arms in my machines - I can't believe your finger had an argument with a planer and you're still playing. Just think Tony Iommi I suppose [/quote] I've defo done my joinery apprenticeship, and have been very, very lucky to keep working, nevermind playing. I spent almost two years not using the little finger but now its virtually back to normal, albeit a bit shorter and fatter! Quite good to be forced to use the third finger though cos I know a lot of people don't at all. Don't mess with machinery kids and keep your mind on the job I'm starting to feel it would be ashame to cut the Peavey up too........... Might take good advice from you guys and try a neck from scratch... just need to pull my finger out........(oh dear, sorry! )

Once turned up to dep for a rubbish blues band with a grouchy alcoholic singer and took the bass out of the gig bag and all four strings were broken! Couldn't understand it 'till I remembered the 4x10 falling over in the back of the car, the corner landed on the neck and bust all four at once I guess that doesn't really count though...........

Not this time............. Lost the top of my left hand little finger on the planer 3 years ago though......... Amazingly, my physio for the tendon was a bass player and he just told me to go away and play

Looks like a solid enough job mate Tell me you haven't planed all those walnut strips by hand....? I will hang my head in shame I use a fair bit of pu glue (Woodcare is best I reckon) but would hesitate to use it on something like a guitar body as there's a risk of putting too much on. You can easily end up with faces not quite coming together due to the expansion, which is why I asked, as any spaces would obviously be catastrophic in something like a laminated neck. Look forward to seeing the finished product!

Woodwork and basses........... heaven! That pristine workbench is alien territory to me though Is that titebond pu or the original?

Cheers for the ideas........ going to have to look up some bits and pieces. Any recommends on suppliers..? Have stripped all the gubbins off and it will only take a moments boredom to throw it through the bandsaw (the same bandsaw that severed my index finger tendon before Christmas and nearly ended my bass playing career altogether!!!!) Love the bike Henry!

Got it, nice one!

Been looking at the Barefaced Vintage now................! I'm happy with the AH-500, I took my old Laney 4x10 (1980's?) to practice the other week to leave it there (save taking the van!) and I was very bloody surprised to find that it sounded very nice, even with one blown driver. So maybe the TE cabs just aren't for me. I can well imagine that a pair of DB's would be a big difference from just the one though.

You're not wrong Mikey but I figure the neck is the thing that needs most knowledge, accuracy and time. Accuracy I have, time I do not! I guess I can glean the knowledge from somewhere though. Maybe as its a first go at it I will stick with the original fretboard as its hardly played anyway. I'll try and get some photo's of the 'dungeon' up for you! I think maple but defo not walnut. Looks mahogany like, some exotic hardwood anyway. And the wings I believe are Koa. Its a very light bass so would be nice to get some heavier sides on.

I was singer in a band that needed a bass. Still a lead singer and bassist and love doing both. Jack of all trades, master of none...... Recently started taking it seriously though and loving it more and more

Have been thinking about this for a while so any ideas/advice very welcome....... I bought a 5 string Peavey Zephyr? I think, for next to nothing. Hate the shape, hate the sound but the neck seems very playable and is a 7 ply laminated through neck, so, I got to thinking....... How about cutting off the wings and re-attaching some wood in my own shape/style/species, cutting sides off the headstock and doing same again, adding some decent pups and electronics and hoping to get a unique and good sounding 5 string? (I'm a joiner by the way so the wood side is not scary at all). I'm not into slap or too bright a sound, deep banging bass is my thing. So any advice on..... pups, passive/active, bridge, tuners, new fretboard or not etc. etc. etc Trying to get photo's up of it.