SpondonBassed

That's going to look special. As if you'd only inlaid the outline of your logo.

Right handers can do that just by looking in a mirror. Heeheehee. Seriously though it's not as hard as you think if you want to refine your fretting technique (and indeed plec/picking skills) without craning your neck. Just don't over-think it just as with shaving in the mirror.

Vulfpeck on YT Happy to see another member light up with the discovery of JD's admirable style.

Perflict!

Thanks for the tip.

No one's going to do you for it. I understand completely because we've all binged on JD clips. This is JoeDartChat Basschat after all.

Even if you do the upgrade to CF, you'd have a good spare neck or something to sell/trade here. There's something to be said for giving it a go. Even if it is just to get rid of that niggling feeling of what if? later.

I won't question your priorities this time because I'd agree with you if I was an ordinary punter.

All it's missing is a massive knob*. *(...and here I am!)

"Eh?"

Ultrasound works much better than that. It displaces the greasy deposits using a combination of solvent and the vibration from the ultrasound cleaner. It's less traumatic for your strings and hardware than the method you've seen. You will see the gunk sat at the bottom of the ultrasound bath after a three minute blast.

Sorry.

It's shiny though.

I saw Vulfpeck mentioned first about two years ago when a fellow member posted a link to the Beastly video on YT. They appear to have by-passed a lot of the baggage that weighs most bands down in the business. It goes without saying that JD is the star player from my POV. He makes it look as joyful as it sounds. All of the core line up are strong performers: - Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss, Joe Dart. Antwaun Stanley occasionally provides a powerful voice that goes well with Theo's. The flexibility of the line-up guarantees a grand spectacle with various collaborations adding to the novelty. The most memorable clip for me is where they perform in Dublin and the entire audience sings the bassline to Dean Town as Joe rivets the beat to the floor. That's a measure of the charisma that surrounds this band. Thanks for the link Pawel. That's a line up that I had not previously seen.

Ultrasonic bath used with 100 percent IPA. The one that my link points to is a little expensive. I got mine some years ago from ALDI's bargain aisle for less than a tenner. Use this method in a well ventilated room and take fire precautions. Make sure that you use pure Iso Propyl Alcohol - 100%. Less than 100% means that it contains water and it may cause issues with corrosion. I don't recommend it for coated or nylon wrapped strings however. It's ideal for gummed up metal watch straps.

Thanks. That deserves recognition so;

One Day is a beautiful song and Randy nails it solidly to my cool wall.

Thanks for those. I hadn't heard of them before. Liking them a lot.

Good strategy. Turn a problem into an opportunity to upgrade. Nice.

Interesting. Didn't Roy Wood perform those as one of the string section?

It's a nice idea to use a bass body though. It's been cut down somewhat from the old Ibby shape.

That's looking like a great start. Mine had a simple scheme that gave me individual vol and tone for each. Pitbull had included it with the kit. In addition, I had downloaded all of their YT clips detailing various aspects of building and wiring their kits. Two unbranded humbuckers were supplied. The pickups had all of the coil tails accessible so that coil tapping is a possibility. I looked at many of the wiring schemes that are in, I think, the technical section of this forum but in the end I stuck with the simple scheme as supplied with the intent of modifying the wiring later. Would you mind posting an image of your scheme as supplied? It isn't clear whether you meant that the scheme was supplied with the Pitbull kit or the Kent Armstrong pups but I might be able to use it in either case.

A guitar? Or are you going to do a six string bass?

Yeah. They're, like, so phony.