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Another possibility; a gig bag for a half or three quarter size classical guitar.

You may find that your intonation needs a tweak too.

Did the gig go well?

That's very interesting. Didn't you mention once that you perform as a solo bass player?

Welcome Ben. I'm glad I reread where you said "have bass will travel though" because at first glance I read it as; have bass will follow through. Phew.

You mean... I opened my macintosh to you for nowt? Sorry, I just can't get a stiffie for a single cut. Good luck with it anyway. On a thread not far from here there was mention of a Wishbass. A few of us have already looked up the brand and wished we hadn't.

Maybe that's why my '80s Hohner B2A feels a lot better in terms of quality and sound than my five year old Steinberger Spirit? It puzzles me as my understanding was that Steinberger was supposed to be the Fender to Hohner's Squier, if you get my meaning.

My mistake, sorry. I've never had the pleasure of trying a Warwick so I haven't got my eye in with their range. Good luck with the sale. We lived a short distance from Ravenstone and Weston Underwood. Those were about the happiest days of my childhood.

I can indeed. I worked out that my two paddle basses would fit in a standard Phender bass case 69 fashion. I have the case but I haven't found anyone to modify the padding and lining yet. I'm resigned to doing it myself and have put the job onto the long finger. Trouble is, us bassists often have very long fingers.

Is anyone friendly with Guy Pratt? I gather he had issues here before but he could maybe do a book signing and a deliver a taster for his live show?

I wonder if Eric ever bothered to learn the bassline to the Wailers' version of I shot the Sheriff? I know both but jam sessions always seem to favour the Clapton version which is a bit boring.

Welcome Jam. That's a fine bit of timber on that Thumb. Striking grain pattern. I went to school in Olney for a few years. We moved away from Buckinghamshire as the new city was being built in the early seventies. I always think fondly of the area.

Outdoor Subs I was only joking when I posted above but it actually IS a thing you can do. Gawd help the neighbours. Tell them it is merely a mole deterrent when they complain about you playing Prodigy at five past midnight.

A successful completion to a home build. It looks grand. Those knobs should be easy to adjust with the edge of the little finger while playing. Cool.

Lovely birdseye detailed fretboard. Happy NWBD!

Oo. Picky. Heeheehee They are lovely things even if you never used them in anger.

At MBB5 on Saturday Andyjr veneered what we think was a Paulogrady body. It offered no indication that he was cutting into it when he trimmed the veneer with a scalpel. There were a couple of places that got unintentionally scalloped. On the plus side, it is dead easy to dress out minor damage. It is feather light though. Probably about the same as Balsa. For these, I'd say a veneered top and back would be a good way to go. Y'bugger! You've got me thinking about a scratch build now.

When the bridge is sunk to depth your minor error will become a nice feature with the oblique cut through one corner of the bridge rebate. Nice.

Seriously. I often wondered about using blockboard with a combination of Purple Heart and a suitably contrasting other timber. You can buy large chopping boards made that way that would take some of the labour out of it but without the full Battenberg effect. If you are a joiner with access to the full workshop, I shouldn't have to tempt you much. I'd imagine care would be needed to use a combination of timbers with similar shrink rates and seasoning times. Wotcha reckon?

Your next build could then be the Battenberg Bass complete with raspberry knobs.

No need to raise the saddles to compensate if there is enough body to take the neck pocket and pickup cavities the same amount deeper. It makes the forearm rest look a bit uncomfortable though.

I'll take civil engineering over ASBO engineering any day. It amazes me when I see the lengths that some people go to to install subs in their home. Heeheehee

Modest too.

If I ever get this ingrown big toenail removed I'm curing it like a conker* with the intention of using it as a plec. *How to cure a conker

Your English is fine. We have so-called native English speakers who could learn a lot from you. Heeheehee The images are good too. The body shape now makes sense. So it's the Multiscalpentorzedless Bass. Cool. It needs a loooooooong name just so the name plate doesn't get lost somewhere in that vast expanse of timber and fretwork (It's not going to be fretless as well is it?). As the owner of two paddle basses I got used to the lack of a forearm resting zone. I found a way of anchoring my wrist just where the palm of my hand starts on the edge of the paddle shaped body. Often the pick-up bezel served as a thumb rest but only for short periods. There has been a fair bit said and done about lightening of bass bodies elsewhere in the Build Diaries. I am sure you're aware. With a pioneering spirit such as yours I have every confidence that you will work out the wrinkles in your plan.