Geek99

Some of you folks @JohnDaBass @Harry K might like my new thread in general called “relic refuge” tell us more about how you did it.

If you’re offended by relics, don’t read any further and don’t post any negative comments. if you wouldn’t have one, or don’t think they look good; you’re entitled to your opinion and I won’t try and change your mind. if you have one, or are planning one, post your ideas and pictures here. here’s mine I used the back of a kitchen knife to roll the fretboard edges, a bradle to do the rsndom dinks and the same knife back to do the edges. I was careful to think about end grain. Bare wood was sponged with tea. I used a green dish sponge to take the gloss off the paint. I thought about the strap rub points. I did nothing with metal parts. No belt sanders were harmed

I’ve not seen one yet, tbh and I’m not that picky

Ich liebe das total I totally f ucking love it. This is mine - I’ve not done a relic before

[blush] If you put a thin wind of ptfe on the shaft, drilled out the knob and then put a dot of silicon in it, it would conform, grip and also be removable

Drill them out, use ptfe or use some silicone sealant to get the Splines right @ikay

Why not just wind some PTFE tape around the shaft ? ** ** I’ve paid good money for this ...

That’s a bit unusual

Are the pups the same size (exactly)?

Good call

Hard metal, not cheese metal or death metal

Those look like the ones I got (packaging v similar) . They were usable

Nothing wrong with that

Suggest you look up Kate Davis and also Post Modern jukebox - in one vid they have two guys playing a double handed bass solo on just one bass. It’s the one with three girls singing in glam dresses

It’s not called “the dusty end” for nothing....

A Japanese 62ri jazz that I bought from the late oldgit. Also a natural 75 ri jap jazz scored for just 300£ on eBay because stupid scheduled it to finish at 2am

Yes get metal ones - best for playing metal

That’s glossary 1.0, ready made, right there. Good work mister

It worked out for Sting ...maybe it’s okay because he is already in the police ?

It would be helpful for any newbie if you could explain at least the outline of what they’re about ? Kind of like “showing him/her where the toilets are”? figuring out some of “the darker magic” of basschat could take quite a bit of thread archeology. I’ve been here ten years and I still don’t know the reference behind “a waste of TIM”. @ped could we consider adding a glossary? We are getting to a point of jargon-load where there are too many references to obscure things that no newbie can expect to unpick and so integrate ?

Take A look at this @julietgreen She’s not tall and managing fine