Maude

Kumbaya - H. Wylie

My mistake. It's got twin rail pickups so humbuckers. I'm still interested to try it but the seller has just put offers, rather than an actual price. No idea what it's worth, but they are only £375. Although after looking on Retrovibe's website a plan might be developing. 🤔

My, completly stupid, fear is that guitarists will think I want to be in their gang. I'm a bassist and proud of it. 😉

Another thread reminded me that I never updated this thread. As I was doing this bass I decided I'd had enough of my job and left. I'm still panel beating, but in a smaller bodyshop half a mile from the home, rather than the 50 mile round commute I was doing. The money's not as good but it's a lot more relaxed and they appreciate what I do for them. Money isn't everything. Anyway, I hurriedly lacquered the bass before I left but as the lacquer is straight onto woodgrain, which had slightly raised from the waterbased ink, the finish isn't deep enough. I've flatted as much as I dare, as I don't want to break through, but there are still low spots in the grain. I want a completely flat finish. It just needs another couple of coats of lacquer but it's too cold now for me to do it at home, and I haven't been at the new job long enough to start borrowing the spray booth. 😁 It will be finished and it will be be lovely, but not just yet.

Thank you Andy. 🙂 You're indirectly responsible for the look though 😁. I thought I'd try some calligraphy ink after seeing you use it frequently, and very good it is too. Full thread here if it's of any interest. There is a reason it's not finished but I won't bore folks here with it.

Well this has just popped up for sale five minutes from me and I'm intrigued. I've never seen one before. It's a 30" scale, Stratocastor bass. Tele headstock rather than a Strat style strangely though. Most punters couldn't tell a guitar from a bass and this would really hammer the final nail in. I'm quite intrigued as to how it sounds with its three single coils.

If you were to put a veneer over the front and stain it teal, you could still mask the centre laminates on the rear to keep them visible, then lacquer or oil finish the whole thing. I did (I'm doing, still not finished) this to an old neck through Kay I was given. This is before lacquer.

The Chase Is Better Than The Catch - Motorhead

Ha, I bought a Variax years ago as that'll be the only bass I'll ever need. Why have I got two of them? 🤣🤣

It'll be a shame to cover up the lovely neck through laminates. It works for Rickenbacker though. Would a pair of large pickups with surrounds work? That bridge p/u route is a big old hole though. Keep us posted though, it'll be interesting to see what you come up with.

I saw that one on ebay. Lovely looking bass, but the pickups 😬. What are planning to do with the pickup routes?

Green Sleeves - Trad.

13 Women - The Renegades

That's the one. 🙂👍

There's someone in Scotland, Glasgow I think, that does them. He sells on ebay. I've only ever bought blank sheets to do my own but always had good service and have only heard good reports about his work.

Loose Fit - Happy Mondays

Queen Bitch - David Bowie Double pointer! Ah thangyoo, g'night.

Song of the Count - Count Count

1963 - New Order

Sweaty Betty - The Macc Lads

Get on with it! I'm lacing up my winklepickers as we speak.

I used to relic my Doc Martins back in the grunge days. I hated that shiny new boot look so tied them to the rear bumper of my Mini by their laces and drove round for a bit. Perfect! Would this work on an Embassy?

I couldn't be doing with that. Personally I like a band to be tight, and for me that means everyone knowing exactly where all the changes are and sticking to them. It's no good me launching into the chorus if the guitarist decides he wants to noodle on for a few more bars. He sounds like a bedroom guitarist that never learnt to play with a band, knows his shortcomings and makes excuses for them like "I play by feel", and gets angry when he's 'found out'.

Yeah it's just me being fussy, and the photos make it look worse. If I'd refinished it I'd be annoyed with myself for letting those bits go, but you can't expect that attention to detail in a cheap, mass produced bass. I doubt exchanging it for another would improve things as there'd be other bits wrong probably. I know I don't sound it, but I'm really happy with it. Most folks would never notice.

No, my bad (as the coolest kids say). It's VBT, but I meant with the blend half way between both pickups and just the neck one, at 7.5 if you will.