silverfoxnik Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 10:44, Happy Jack said: Given the way this story unfolds, why not start with a happy ending? Here's the end-point of the story: The bass sounds great Jack and that's some very impressive walking bass work there too! 👍 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvia Bluejay Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, silverfoxnik said: The bass sounds great The sound engineer was very good that night. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Silvia Bluejay said: The sound engineer was very good that night. And Jack's been walking for decades more than some of us... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoulderpet Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 13 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Well if we have no pictures it didn't happen, right? Here are the pictures. Original bridge: 13 hours ago, Silvia Bluejay said: Original wiring: Wow that bridge and the wiring are shocking, the groove for the A string looks like its been gnawed by rats and taping the preamp to the cavity Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfalex v1.1 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 That bridge 🤪 How does one adjust the intonation? Just oudh the saddles back and forth by hand? And the reason it didn't work- they forgot to put a pickup in it! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Jesus wept, what a botch job. That bridge looks ridiculous. Glad you were able to get some sort of result in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mastodon2 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 10:45, Happy Jack said: Andy's heart is no longer in this. The Grosmann has been hanging around his workbench like a bad smell for far too long, he wants shot of it and is giving it only the most cursory attention. He fits the new preamp, the bass works intermittently for an hour or so and then it doesn't. Game over. Was he doing the work for free? Because if he was charging for the work, that's not a great attitude to have. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 Agreed, but Andy's services are very much in demand and by a lot of musicians better and more famous than me! I think he had just decided that this was one prject he should walk away from. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 16:11, KiOgon said: What have I always said about preamps? Stay at least a field away from them! Good luck Jack and well done Gary! Unless it’s in a decent bass with a proven track record (I haven’t owned a passive bass since 1980 and have never once had a problem with a preamp!! 😂) Well done @Happy Jack - for patience and perseverance - even though that body colour and figured top are really alluring I think I’d have given up or chucked it away in frustration way before 😧 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverBlackman Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I do like the idea of a hollow body with figured top but I think I would commission an Overwater like this one. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 If you can get that for £900, or even for the £1250+ I ended up spending, do please send me links! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Mastodon2 said: Was he doing the work for free? Because if he was charging for the work, that's not a great attitude to have. Yeah, really hope he waived any fee when he just gave the broken bass back?! Glad it's getting somewhere now, but fill in the massive blank for me; what on earth caused three preamps to break?? I have been using preamps in basses for 15 years and have never had one fail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 10 hours ago, Kev said: Yeah, really hope he waived any fee when he just gave the broken bass back?! Glad it's getting somewhere now, but fill in the massive blank for me; what on earth caused three preamps to break?? I have been using preamps in basses for 15 years and have never had one fail. Can't really answer that Kev, but at times during this project I was thinking that the bass was possessed.😕 One morning I came down to start working on it and overnight it had rejected the string tree that, had been living happily on it since its construction. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 22/06/2021 at 11:44, Happy Jack said: Given the way this story unfolds, why not start with a happy ending? Here's the end-point of the story: You don't do the double bass fall trick anymore ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris2112 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 I still see a lot of the shonky looking crap this guy is peddling over the net. I always remember this thread. That bridge, Jesus wept... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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