BassBus

Oooo, that's going to look good. Glad to see some movement on it.

I'm like a little boy waiting for Christmas. Just a pity I'm very, very far from being a little boy. 😄

Bass is through finishing and curing this week ready for final assembly next week. Here's a little tease of the finished top. Now radio silence until it's in my sweaty hands.

I'll second Newtone Strings. They made me up a batch of ten sets of the gauges I wanted in DBE. Very quick and easy transaction. Takes them about two weeks to make up a custom order.

Something a little different on a bass. I used two phased loops in the Flashback delay to create a drone and played the bass with the Ebow over the top of the loops.

Next is into sanding and finishing. Martin is just finishing the profile of the back of the neck first. All paid for now so not long.

No indication.

Any updates on progress? (pun intended)

Now the excitement starts. Work is coming on apace. Quilted mahogany front and ash body.

@snorkie635 Build times are certainly quicker. I've never got on well with filter pre amps either and already having experience of their instruments it was the best choice.

Martin assures me the woodwork is coming on well.

I am privileged enough to have commissioned a new build with Overwater. My first was a Scott Devine Signature in 2014. This one will be a headless Progress with some custom options. I like a 16.5mm string spacing and Chris has been able to source a Hipshot bridge/tuner system for it as their own bridge/tuner is specifically 18mm spacing. Bridge pickup will be 30mm from the bridge and a flat back to the neck, which I find very comfortable. First pic through is the face wood, quilted mahogany. How good is that going to look with a finish on it?

Excellent. I'm eagerly awaiting the start of my new build with them.

Something a little different. This is how I use a bass guitar and some rather lovely effects.