SH73 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 18/11/2017 at 10:27, honza992 said: Ok here's a teaser photo. Proper ones will follow.... Wow,This is a really lovely fretless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted December 18, 2017 Author Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, SH73 said: Wow,This is a really lovely fretless. Thanks for that! At the moment it's also sitting unfinished in a case. Nothing major, but the electronics need finalising, it needs a string retainer, and a couple of imperfections in the finish need sorting. I finally got to the point where the mess and chaos in the workshop was sapping my motivation - the endless tripping up over power leads, dragging a shop vac around from one machine to another, the endless looking for stuff! So, I am in the middle of completely re-organising, getting power and extraction to every machine, assigning everything it's true and proper home from which it will never move (honest guv, I'll be tidy in the future). And building a new table, workbench and shelving. This will be finished in January, I promise. Probably....... Merry xmas to you all, see you in the New Year. Basschat is without question the friendliest place on the 'net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 On 18/11/2017 at 10:27, honza992 said: Ok here's a teaser photo. Proper ones will follow.... Saw this one in the flesh this afternoon. It is so, so, so well built it's crazy. And it's lightweight! Top drawer on both counts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I had "the real thing". If anything this looks better. Good work that man.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 On 5/23/2018 at 17:48, Andyjr1515 said: Saw this one in the flesh this afternoon. It is so, so, so well built it's crazy. And it's lightweight! Top drawer on both counts On 5/23/2018 at 18:07, TheGreek said: I had "the real thing". If anything this looks better. Good work that man.. He he thanks guys that really means a lot to me. This building thing is sometimes a solitary pastime, so having other people like what you do is ...well...amazing. The guy in the next door workshop is a photographer so did a couple of vanity shots....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Just as well that is not a fretted 5 string! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 (edited) 17 minutes ago, owen said: Just as well that is not a fretted 5 string! Ha ha it's funny you should say that, but I've already (mentally) planned out a fretted version using the Graphtec Ghost piezo saddles set in a custom wooden bridge like the one on the fretless. If anyone has any experience of the Ghost piezos I'd love to hear! Edited May 24, 2018 by honza992 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 That has turned out beautifully!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 I have a set of Ghost saddles in a bass. I once had a Bolin NS bass and foolishly sold it. I NEEDED something else. Live and learn - one day maybe. Anyway, it had a lovely, lovely piezo sound. I have tried to recreate that with this set of Ghosts. I have not managed, I do not know if it is the bass, the saddles or the preamp or a combination of all. They just do not bloom like the Bolin did. Mind you, nothing else has either (MM Bongo with piezo bridge and another custom). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I have this bridge http://www.chguitars.co.uk/bridges/bass-bridges/b41-four-string-bass-piezo-bridge.html In a 40" p-bass.I was expecting a huge boom,eath moving sound,and i get a very clean sound.If i play only the piezo bridge,i can turn all the way up the bass knod,and all the way down mid and treble knobs in my amp,and stil the sound is clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 On 5/24/2018 at 23:57, owen said: I have a set of Ghost saddles in a bass. I once had a Bolin NS bass and foolishly sold it. I NEEDED something else. Live and learn - one day maybe. Anyway, it had a lovely, lovely piezo sound. I have tried to recreate that with this set of Ghosts. I have not managed, I do not know if it is the bass, the saddles or the preamp or a combination of all. They just do not bloom like the Bolin did. Mind you, nothing else has either (MM Bongo with piezo bridge and another custom). That's disappointing. Have you tried using exactly the same strings that you had on the Bolin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honza992 Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 On 5/25/2018 at 04:37, Saved said: I have this bridge http://www.chguitars.co.uk/bridges/bass-bridges/b41-four-string-bass-piezo-bridge.html In a 40" p-bass.I was expecting a huge boom,eath moving sound,and i get a very clean sound.If i play only the piezo bridge,i can turn all the way up the bass knod,and all the way down mid and treble knobs in my amp,and stil the sound is clean 40?!? Inches?!?! That is insane. Any pictures? (sorry to hijack my own thread...) How would you compare the piezo and magnetic P sound? I did think about putting a traditional pickup on this build (and may still do at some point), but assumed I would put a jazz in the bridge position. Do you ever mix them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saved Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 This 40" bass,soon will be my short scale.. check this out here is a pic of this In this pic,it has the normal bridge. i dont have piezo preamp on it.The piezo goes in a jack.The magnetic pickups go with these ways: parallel: the P straight to one channel in stereo jack (no vol no tone) and the mudbucker have push/pull tone (like the yamaha attitude II) and series/parallel & in/out phase and to the other channel of the stereo jack. series:i can use them in series with a toggle switch in the back side,that makes them go in series and the tone control with the other wiring affecting only the mudbucker. To compare the sound of piezo and magnetic,as i said,piezo is CLEAN.Cut everything in your EQ and boost the bass,and you have a bassy sound without booming. There is also a huge difference in the volume level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 1 hour ago, honza992 said: That's disappointing. Have you tried using exactly the same strings that you had on the Bolin? I did, but the Bolin had a Fishman OEM piezo pickup and preamp set up that I could not source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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