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It's a stunner! Good thing it diddnt end up there or I'd have probably had to have considered it. So thanks! If you ever look to get rid, I'd like to be contacted if you can

my god thats a beaut! where did you find it>?

Did you load the v3 patches on? This is an essential step

Love that your using my patch mate. Chuffed actually!

The great thing about constant thickness aluminium is that it dosent need machining. I dont have access to a mill, and prefer to keep all the manufacture in house (my actual house)the only part ill be ordering is the ALU plate itself waterjet cut from a local supplier that i know and trust. I intend to drill and tap into the aluminium for the strap buttons. This way the load will all be taken through the backbone. The body will likley have to be printed in 4 or more pieces, and im thinking about dovetalling the pieces together, which may look nice, it may not. It will all be in the development. if it looks attractive then i may choose a clear as you suggest. I had assumed that the edge of the aluminium will be unattractive but i like your suggestion about leaving it exposed, ill give that some thaught thanks. The body will be designed to function without glue. The glue process at the end will only be once i have valitated the design and this will help the body become more momodgeneous and remove any vibration between parts/fill gaps. Id likley use an adhesive that can take up any movement if there is any. But over a length so small (400mm) and the temperature differential its likley to see, im not really that concerened as any sheer loads would be incredibly small.

is ABS considered soft? hardness is usually corelated with flexural modulus (stifness) Glass/carbon filled nylons are really only common on SLS printers. I only have FDM which limits me to PC, PP, Nylon, PLA, ABS and CPE. Glass/carbon Filled nylon is available as an FDM material choice but its hard to print with and ebrasive on the feeders and nozzles and i just dont feel its necessary.

thanks for your input @Andyjr1515 i actually want the bass to look and feel like a "normal" bass eventually. Once i proved out the concept, and everything is working playing correctly, i will bond, filler and paint the body like any other. With that in mind the aluminium actually serves another purpose of distributing the mass throughout the body. This is to avoid the bass "feeling" odd. For example if you were to pick it up by the upper horn. I antisipate many fixings across the "sandwich" eliminating the posibility of any sliding betrween the layers (especially once glued). The ABS components are intended to be an integral part of the design, not just a beauty cover over a minimal metal guitar body. The sandwhich construction will go a long wat to achieving what is effectively a composite. The 2 materials resonating at 2 very different frequencies effectively dampen eachother. Yes aluminium alloy, probably 6082 as my local cutting shop keeps a stock. I have seen bass/guitar bodies entirely made of 3D printed polymers, so i know its feisable..... But the Engineer in me is saying its not stiff enough. Hense the additional metal in my design. The main reason for using ABS over PLA is its resistanceto impact. Than and that it can be chemically smothed/bonded to itself with acetone which may come in handy later in the project. Great to have you on board!

thanks i wont i literally strted drawing this today so still loads of work to be done!

the currently modelled ALU plate is 8mm and weighs in at 2.3kgs which is about what id be shooting at for total body weight. so once ive removed material for electronics cavity, holes for mounting etc, i dont expect to be too far off as the plastic part will be roughly 0.7kgs. Regardless, i can tune the mass of the bass by either making the backbone thicker, or cutting holes in it.

I have never built a bass before, but I recenlty acquired a bass neck and i intend to build a bass around it. The neck is 35in scale 5 string. ebody board with compound radius, and 24 frets. string spacing at the bridge will be 17.5mm The intention is to build a bass body from a 8 or 10mm aluminium plate, sandwiched between 2 3D printed slabs made from ABS. The idea being that the neck and the bridge will be directly mounted to the aluminium creating stifness. Ill be putting nordstrand blade in the neck and nordstrand blademan in the bridge with john east preamp. Theres some scheme drawings below to give you an idea of design. The neck has been scanned and loosely modeled. bridge chucked on for ilustration purposes. Id welcome any feedback from the more experienced builders if youd care to give it. Particularly if you have experience with metal or 3D printed guitars. ill keep this thread wpdated with progress for those interested.

Ive played through all the barefaced kit extensively (i know a guy who makes them) and the BB2 is my favourite by a long shot. I get to compareit to ampeg, eden and GK cabs occasionally and it always blows then out the water. except maybe the eden which weighs more than my car.

I know everybody likes a moan now and then, but seriously!!! Even if the present sounds aren't to your taste, There are hundreds maybe thousands of user published patches out there on the net so do yourself a favour and audition some, find some you DO like....Then load them into your unit.

It was this demo that highlighted it. 1.40 ish. He isn't playing hard, but the B string just doesn't have the piano like tone of the rest of the strings.

Is metal good for anything?

Better ask the guy who owns both.

Looks the same to me

i went down that road once. couldnt get on with it at all. had sto send my Jake 5 back just been listeneng to some ibby sr2405 5 demos and the B string i really think would be an issue for me. they sound flabby. nothing like the rest of the strings.

i love the look of the ibbys but there string spacing is way to tight for me! anything with 19mm at the bridge?

shoebrush. seriously, a soft shoe brush is amazing at getting sust off pedals.

I'm genuinely interested.... not trolling I promise! But why is someone who has never used effects, browsing (and replying) to a fx thread???? I ask because I'm an addict and want to explore strategy on how to get clean. The first step on the road to recovery and all that

does anybody have a solution to insert an effect, lets say chorus, with previously set parameters? effectively changing the initial preset paramaters? thanks