Bassman Sam Posted April 6 Posted April 6 That looks amazing. I'm so glad that you are going ahead with Nick's design. Looking forward to buying a few tickets. 1 Quote
steantval Posted April 7 Posted April 7 On 04/04/2025 at 18:01, Grainger guitars said: Here’s the staining of that beautiful flamed maple top, Nick wanted the same burst as he had on “Greenie” his Kratos bass. We’ve now sent the body off to T Dog customs to be finished in a high gloss IMG_3051.mov Would that be finished off with a high build two pack lacquer? Quote
silverfoxnik Posted April 7 Posted April 7 On 30/03/2025 at 16:08, Grainger guitars said: Around October last year our friend Nick Smith came to see us about having another bass made but to his design of shape which he called the “Midas” We lost Nick in January in a tragic accident before we got past the design stage of his new bass. However he had selected all of the woods and we’d gone through the detail on the spec that he wanted. Following Nicks funeral at the end of February Gav and I felt it was only right that we finish Nicks bass, and after seeking approval from Nicks family we decided that it would be fitting that once complete we would hold a raffle or auction with all proceeds going to a charity close to Nick and his families hearts. Over the last few weeks we’ve been progressing through the manufacture of Midas number 1. And over the next week or so we’ll share the photos and videos of its progress so far. This video shows the design of the bass, technical specs follow “Greenie” the Kratos he had from us a few years back which had become Nicks main gigging bass for Genesis Connected. It features a one piece ribbon sapele body with a beautiful book matched flame maple top, flamed maple one piece neck with ebony fret board, Aguilar HJ pickup and 18v preamp, led fret board side dots, Grainger bridge, hipshot tuners and Evo Gold frets! Once the details of the charity raffle are tied down we’ll post on how it’ll all work, but we should have Nicks Midas done within the next 6 weeks! Stay tuned for more updates! SOLIDWORKS Premium 2023 SP1.0 - Midas Full Assembly 2025-03-29 09-46-28.mp4 What a stunning looking instrument @Grainger guitars, and a truly wonderful gesture on your part to complete the bass in Nick's honour! This is exactly the sort of gesture from within the bass community that Nick would so love to have seen and want to have supported... It really is fantastic of you! 👍☺️🙏 4 Quote
Grainger guitars Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 20 hours ago, steantval said: Would that be finished off with a high build two pack lacquer? Yeah, T-Dog amazing work Quote
Grainger guitars Posted April 8 Author Posted April 8 14 hours ago, silverfoxnik said: What a stunning looking instrument @Grainger guitars, and a truly wonderful gesture on your part to complete the bass in Nick's honour! This is exactly the sort of gesture from within the bass community that Nick would so love to have seen and want to have supported... It really is fantastic of you! 👍☺️🙏 Thank you Quote
Grainger guitars Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 The Nick Smith Midas charity build has taken another step forward with the high gloss finish being completed by T-Dog Customs. Toby is part of the Jaydee Bass family who all knew and loved Nick. Toby has very generously completed the finishing work on the body for free and we’re so pleased his work will be part of this special build 😊 14 Quote
BassTool Posted April 18 Posted April 18 Fabulous gesture, and a fantastic looking instrument, beautiful work 👌🏼 1 Quote
Burns-bass Posted April 19 Posted April 19 I love this bass and even more I love the thought behind it. 2 Quote
Blondy Posted May 19 Posted May 19 On 18/04/2025 at 14:30, Grainger guitars said: The Nick Smith Midas charity build has taken another step forward with the high gloss finish being completed by T-Dog Customs. Toby is part of the Jaydee Bass family who all knew and loved Nick. Toby has very generously completed the finishing work on the body for free and we’re so pleased his work will be part of this special build 😊 Quote
Blondy Posted May 19 Posted May 19 Hi there, Thank you so much for detailing the Midas construction. It's a part of our brother that lives on... From a cardboard drawing to this! 💚 The bass community is truly a humble and generous one 🤟 3 Quote
Grainger guitars Posted May 23 Author Posted May 23 On 19/05/2025 at 14:19, Burns-bass said: When can we buy tickets? We spoke to Nicks sister today, Nick family are putting on a memorial concert in Peterborough on the 7th September and wants to draw the raffle then so I’d imagine we’ll start selling tickets 4-6 weeks before then Quote
Grainger guitars Posted May 23 Author Posted May 23 After a few weekends off from the workshop we made some progress today! The fret board was machined with the channels for the fibre optic side dots in the underside of the board. The headstock face was then machined with the fretboard clamped in place to get the smooth transition 👌. Tomorrow we’ll add the side dots then run the fibre optics 🙌 6 Quote
Grainger guitars Posted May 24 Author Posted May 24 More progress today, putting the side dots into the fretboard, fitting the fibre optic strands and glueing the fretboard to the neck 7 Quote
Grainger guitars Posted May 31 Author Posted May 31 This weekend saw the Midas neck sanded up to 400 grit and the fret board to 1000 grit, evo gold frets cut and prepped and pressed into the fretboard, ends trimmed and left for the glue to set, next weekend will see the frets leveled, crowned and polished 💪 12 Quote
EBS_freak Posted May 31 Posted May 31 im not usually one for green basses... but this looks very lovely! 1 Quote
Grainger guitars Posted 4 hours ago Author Posted 4 hours ago Whilst we still have a handful of jobs left to do to fully finish the Nick Smith Midas, today saw a massive step forward seeing the frets leveled, crowned and polished, electronics wired and fully assembled and strung! We heard her voice for the first time today and the pairing of Aguilar Amplification HJ pickups and two band cut/boost preamp are sounding sweet! It feels bittersweet that Nicks vision has reached this point yet he won’t be able to see it or make it sing 😢 She’ll now be given some time to settle before setup and the last few jobs completed at which point we’ll tie down and announce the details of the charity raffle! 3 1 Quote
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