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Special Walnut Fretless Jazz build


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On 24/04/2021 at 07:00, TheGreek said:

Wow....

You must feel like a kid on Xmas Eve...

I am having fun. Being retired, I need projects to keep busy. After coffee and waking up a bit more.  I’ll be working on it again.

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I mounted the neck, bridge and pickups.  I put an old set of strings on it, did a quick set up.  Plays nice so far.  Just the controls and strap locks to go.  And lots of tweaking the setup. I only get one chance to put the controls where I want them...

 

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I put the switches in and wired up the stereo output jack.  I have to enlarge the hole for the jack...it’s way to tight and it shorts out the jack if crammed in.

I did give it testing though.  It ROARS! Very distinctive sounding.  Pics to come as promised.

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I finished it today. It still needs a little more tweaking though.

First impressions, it roars! Those custom Tom Brantley tapped PU’s are powerful!
And the PU locations are very distinctive. FULL bassey gobness! And treble crunch snd punch for days. With both PU’s on in stereo a very separated sound field.
I still got minor problems, I have to expand the output jack route a bit...the stereo output jack is just crammed in there. Wire and connections are shorting.
And...I did put in the stereo/mono switch. Very useful so far.
Pics will come eventually...
Union Break, sit in the sun, and maybe an adult beverage...where have I heard that before?

Did I say it ROARS?!

 It’s just what I wanted!

 

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On 25/04/2021 at 06:59, wateroftyne said:

Is there not a risk of the bridge pup being overwhelmed? There’s going to be a massive difference in the amount of string movement....

Actually, the bridge PU is surprisingly powerful.  
The bass plays and sounds fantastic!

 

edit: I did fix the string spacing too!

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On 25/04/2021 at 19:16, stereoplayer said:

It ROARS! Very distinctive sounding

We need a new emoji-thingy to say:

This Thread Urgently Needs Sound Clips!!

Anyone capable of making one?? Like this.

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Ya, we’ll… I tried to replace the stereo/mono switch. I had to make the control cavity a little larger for the switch.  It broke the top of the bass…

I’m very POed at myself.  
This  was my solution…for now.

I’m not really happy about this.

 

 

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On 29/05/2022 at 22:18, stereoplayer said:

I am playing in a band again.  It’s been almost 10 years since I last played out.  This bass is playing and sounding great! No regrets in this build!

Everyone seems to like it including myself.  Sounds great! Cut through the mix good. Lots of compliments.

I love playing it!

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