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davehux
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Been a while since we've had a home-made paddle on here.

So may I present 'The Straight Banana Bass'

[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Made-Exotic-Wood-Canary-Padauk-Headless-Pocket-Bass-Free-Ship-in-CONUS-/171027189767?pt=Guitar&hash=item27d203d007"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Made-Exotic-Wood-Canary-Padauk-Headless-Pocket-Bass-Free-Ship-in-CONUS-/171027189767?pt=Guitar&hash=item27d203d007[/url]

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I raise you this
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modified-Yamaha-RBX170-Fretless-Electric-Upright-Bass-EUB-/261201325858?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd0cfef22#ht_760wt_1255"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modified-Yamaha-RBX170-Fretless-Electric-Upright-Bass-EUB-/261201325858?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd0cfef22#ht_760wt_1255[/url]

Up sh*t creek I think...?

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1366746588' post='2056851']
I raise you this
[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Modified-Yamaha-RBX170-Fretless-Electric-Upright-Bass-EUB-/261201325858?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item3cd0cfef22#ht_760wt_1255"]http://www.ebay.co.u...2#ht_760wt_1255[/url]

Up sh*t creek I think...?
[/quote]

Firmly at the top end of the creek, but yours is a simple fretsaw butchery job. Mine has had untalented woodworkery and an unpleasant choice of woods applied to it

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i learnt to build e guitars & basses via an instrument project i was involved with in Germany for the last 2 years , padauk was 1 of the woods we used for fingerboards ...like the orrible one sold on ebay in the pic . i had a violent allergic reaction to either this wood or cedro mahogany, that we built our necks from ,over a day & a half , my face swelled up until my cheeks & nose were a single unbroken surface & plasma was dripping from sores in my nose . in the morning i was rushed "chipmunk faced" into the local A&E for a hydro cortisone injection & a long course of tablets . . couldnt drink anything for about 2 weeks . that was the worse part . moral of this tale is .....exotic hardwoods.....if youre thinking about doing a DIY instrument ....read them up fully before you wade in & cover yourself in their dust ..

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Had a 'woodwork project' in for repair recently.

I refused to let the owner spend money on it and sorted the worst of the problems for free. Set it up so it was at least playable and then found I had a problem checking intonation and tuning harmonics at the 12th fret.

Turned out the fret markers were at 1 : 3 : 5 : 7 : 9 : 11 : 13 : 15 : 17 : 19 : 21 : 23. . .

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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1373405051' post='2137322']
Turned out the fret markers were at 1 : 3 : 5 : 7 : 9 : 11 : 13 : 15 : 17 : 19 : 21 : 23. . .
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Ahhh, that would be the Metric system then. Far more logical and intuitive than the outmoded Imperial markers.

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