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[quote name='Beedster' post='1277693' date='Jun 21 2011, 08:35 PM']Lovely work, I recently spoke to a carpenter about doing the same for some of my gear, might give RR a call instead [/quote] Cheers I reckon five or so BC commissions and Clarky gets a free cabinet

Cheers Clarky et al for the kind words. I guess this explains the attached spike in visits to my website ! It's heavy, but not SVT heavy, as it's only a little 100watter

Just a bit of advice re danish oil. Its purpose is to be absorbed into the surface of the wood, then to cure/harden so that it makes that (extremely thin) surface hard and slightly water resistant. Unless you have a very thirstry wood, anything more than three or four applications will result in the oil no longer being absorbed into the wood, but sitting on top instead like a laquer. This may look nice and shiny, but won't last. Also, sanding to too fine a grit (say, over 1200) will make it harder for the wood to absorb the oil.

Hi, Please can you elaborate a bit on the tone. Is it just an upright tone, or would you say a reggae "thump" or interesting old-school funk tone can be achieved? How does the fingerstyle sound compared to the pick tone? Thanks

[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Handmade-Vintage-Bass-Electric-Hollow-body-/120738474061?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item1c1c92e84d#ht_500wt_1156"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Handmade-Vintage-Bas...d#ht_500wt_1156[/url] A bit odd looking, but with a handy YouTube link to see/hear it in action "most of the work was done by hand and with the use of machines" is a great quote.

[quote name='Chris2112' post='1275067' date='Jun 19 2011, 06:27 PM']All the same, that Thumb singlecut...yuck. I can't believe it took two people to make that![/quote] I can - one to design the upper half, and one to design the lower half. Trouble is, they didn't talk to eachother

[quote name='AttitudeCastle' post='1274966' date='Jun 19 2011, 05:18 PM']Everytime i see that ACG it looks nicer and nicer, whats the top/face wood?[/quote] [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=107600"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=107600[/url]

Yes, Alan Cringean has a really good eye for design. The SC, being really top-heavy, is really hard to look balanced and elegant

[quote name='stingrayPete1977' post='1274496' date='Jun 19 2011, 10:37 AM']Why do you always make a perfectly well laid out post giving good reasons for your arguement then make yourself look a tit by dissing the P-Bass Chris?[/quote] Despite being not agreeing with some of what Chris says, I really enjoy his posts, especially when he's being Fenderist. Chris, you may be into 80's tat, but your forthright opinions make BC a more fun place to hang out.

[quote name='dc2009' post='1274588' date='Jun 19 2011, 12:12 PM']if Warwick want to provide a more well known avenue to the SC then fair play to them, they might sell one or two as well![/quote] Nothing wrong with that, the problem is they did a really bad job (imo) although I must admit the white version is much better than the wood finish

I agree that they are not in every pub gig, but they seem to be an option with all of the luthiers now, more so than in the past, suggesting that more and more people are asking for them. Reading Bass mags, there seems to be an increase in players using them, such as Damian Erskine, Dave Swift, Matt Garrison etc. edit: obviously the attachment is a crap mockup done by me on a saturday night - God, I miss gigging!

That's quite an unusual timber to make a bass! It'll be interesting to see (or hear) how the tone turns out. I absolutely LOVE that green - is that a genuine bona fide Fender colour?

I know that these have been around for ages, but it seems to me that their popularity is much more recent, and even Warwick have jumped on the bandwagon. What next? Fender Jazz single-cut? Does a Les Paul count? Aesthetically they are a dividing issue, personally I think they are really hard to design so that they have a good visual 'flow'. Some are fugly (Thumb SC), but there are a few exceptions where they can look balanced and elegant (ACG) Anyway, is there real benefit to the SC, or will they go out of fashion?

[quote name='mart' post='1274044' date='Jun 18 2011, 07:32 PM']a tiny bit (something like 1mm), before drilling the full-size hole.[/quote] That's the advice I was going to give too! The less material you drill out at any one time, the less risk of damaging the surrounding area

2500 should be plenty shiny, but if you want to, try super fine wire wool (grade 0000) and finish with an abrasive polish like Autosol

I talked in the OP about my bass being unable to push the amp into overdrive - turns out is was the cable! Doh!

[quote name='NJW' post='1272606' date='Jun 17 2011, 12:10 PM']Not nonsense then if its your experience, but it sounds like you were really suffering from bad cable-itis and now obviously are much more pleased with your cables! I think it would be inaccurate for people to expect more output with new cables because theyre only going to be dissapointed - a new shop bought jack to jack lead isn't going to be all that different from an OBBM one except it's going to break soon, it won't coil as nicely and the jacks on the end won't be as good/tough/pretty/well fitting. Speaking of valve pre sections, I just looked at the link to your Red Iron Amp photos. Do you have a thread up on BC about that anywhere cos it looks lovely! edit - yes there ARE differences in cables in terms of capacitance and resistance but generally - unless using REALLY unsuitable materials - these differences are minor (but relevant!). I would never underestimate the audible benefits of good cable, but I still can't see a situation where 2 healthy jack to jack leads with different cable would produce such a big difference in signal level.[/quote] Fair enough - I didn't mean to give a false impression of the leads. Cheers for the amp compliment, thread [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114328&hl=red+iron"]here[/url] - it's not quite as pretty on the inside, and has had its fair share of trouble, but is finally the amp that it always should have been!

[quote name='NJW' post='1272322' date='Jun 17 2011, 02:48 AM']I make my own, but using pretty much the same stuff as OBBM... so yeah... I recommend them! Sorry but either you were using very, very bad or broken leads before... or this is nonsense. OBBM, i believe, uses vandamme or klotz cable which is great for a number of reasons but nothing magical. If you have gone from NOT overdriving a preamp to overdriving a preamp just by changing cable then there is or was something wrong somewhere [/quote] Fair enough, but I can only relate my experience, which is not nonsense. The cables I had used before were both old (Venom and Whirlwind) and these produced the same result, ie not quite enough signal to produce distortion. As soon as I used the OBBM, I had enough signal to break up. Does the fact that it's a valve power section make any difference?

Lovely job - well done

If I were the seller, I'd pull the auction until I had done some research to see if it really was John Entwhistle's bass. A few e-mails later and you could have a very valuable instrument to sell.

You can spend bonkers money on an expertly crafted, prestigious branded bike, but it's not going to make you a better cyclist

[quote name='MacDaddy' post='1267522' date='Jun 13 2011, 04:44 PM']years ago there was a Yellow Pages advert, in which a French Polisher[size=1]*[/size] was called to deal with a nasty scratch on a table. If you have a spare bit of cash it might be worth giving one a call? [size=1]*[/size][size=1]this is not a euphemism![/size][/quote] # I'm a french polisher (no euphemism) French polish (shellac, made by beetles) dinks can be made to look like new, as the new shellac and solvents bond with the existing shellac. Your bass will have a modern finish where this won't be doable. I'd follow Mr Foxen's advice, an iron is fine, but this will only work if the wood fibres have been compressed (ie a dent) rather than chipped.

Note the Q&A section - seems this belonged to John Entwhistle (probably)