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de afwerking mk3-5 fretless


blablas
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[quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1370551376' post='2102703']
Wonderful! I can't get the "More Details" link to work, though. I would love to see more about the build.
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Strange! The link works fine for me. :mellow:

[url="http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/mk4/mk4fl%20details.html"]http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/mk4/mk4fl details.html[/url]

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[quote name='rubis' timestamp='1370551640' post='2102712']
That's lush
You must be so proud of your work, any sound lips we can enjoy?
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Of course I'm proud of my work, everything went as I wanted. B)

Maybe sound clips will happen later, not right now.

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[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1370551801' post='2102717']
Strange! The link works fine for me. :mellow:

[url="http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/mk4/mk4fl%20details.html"]http://home.online.nl/blablas/bass/mk4/mk4fl details.html[/url]
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Works for me now, too.

These basses are excellent. You are truly talented!

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  • 1 month later...

A week ago I finally decided to make a shim, I just could not get the string low enough to my liking.
I took a white plastic plate with a thickness of two millimeters and cut it exactly in the shape of the neck-pocket, now the strings can go as low as I want them.


And this is how the fingerboard looks after two months of almost daily playing for a least an hour.

The scratches you see are not real scratches, but where the string touches the fingerboard the stainless steel becomes extra shiny, you can see them but can not feel them.

It's a successful project, the bass almost plays itself and the the sound is exactly as I expected.
Now I need to leave it in the rack more and continue with the next build. ;)
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It has the brightness and detail of a fretted bass but with the possibilities of a fretless, a wooden fretless fingerboard sounds more dampened and a bit warmer.

Do a video search for LeFay Remington Steele for the sound, some of those gave me idea for this build.

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