SpondonBassed

That would make an interesting thread.

Congrats! You shouldn't have too much bother finding strings for it with it being a four. I had a bit of difficulty with my XT25 when I wanted a simple set of DBE wirewounds. Ordering from a major outlet in Derby took longer than it took Newtone to make some for me. When the shop rang to say the strings were in, I had already bedded in a light intermediate set from our local string maker. I'd consider modding my four string Hohner with the detuner bridge. I like the build quality and tone of the much older Hohner B2A. They're both good fun.

Having lived in and loved Dublin for many years of my early life I'd say leave the control plate off. Even if I hadn't got that connection I think it would be a shame to spoil the balance of the graphic. No control plate needed. It would detract from the effect of the graphic.

Welcome GFM.

Piano strings have an additional feature that used to be commonly available in sets of bass strings. They have no windings over the saddle. This means that it is just the core wire of each string is fixed at the saddle thus leaving the strings a little more free to vibrate. With these you can get close to piano tone with careful adjustment of technique and eq. Combined with multi-scale, you could get even closer to piano tone. Piano wound or Superwound bass strings, as they are sometimes called are not so commonly available now.

No. Just no. I'm not touching that one. That is an excellent guide. Thank you.

I get that but you said you had something in mind re: the neck pocket.

That or permanently bond the plate to the body with a flexible epoxy filler. I mentioned a bonded shim earlier. Using the two ideas in combination would reinforce the pocket fairly well, I think. I'm keen to see what you said you had in mind Andy.

I'd heard of The Rail by Westone but I'd not come across The Grabber by Gibson before. A neatly reproduced sliding pup mechanism in an eye catching body. What more would you want? I can't wait to hear about the tonal palette you'll have just from adjusting the pup position.

If I may; I didn't call it that. I wondered if that was what the style was. I don't get out much.

Simply beautiful. Credit due to the luthier for the build and to the client for the brief.

Sorry Andy. I apologise for a bleed-through from the Gibson weird behaviour thread. Sorry. Ignore my teats.

Paging @Joe86

Yeah yeah... but I'm still two short.

It still looks like you're a couple short - no offence like. Because... (All together now!)

Thanks. Fixed now.

Gibbocaster! also Lestrat and Paulbasscaster

A Barngibson. A Barngibbon maybe? Barnbass Basscrate Jimbass?

Then it is also possible to determine how much of his shizzle is pure bluff.

Trips right off the tongue doesn't it? Heeheehee

What would that style be called then?

I can't think what you're referring to. I'm young and no-one has ever nibbled my tang for me. 'Til now that is. Will you bring flowers next time please? Now that you've given me the idea I might take some time while I lock myself in the shed and invent The De-nibber™. Someone's sure to want to sell fountain pens to hipsters and start a revival in sales of blotting paper and Quink. Joking aside; Although I've only ever built from a kit so far - I've come around to thinking that if I did, I'd start off making necks with as standard a heel as is possible so that I can try them with different bodies. For me, the neck is the bit that's crucial to the character of an instrument. The tactile aspect of it interests me particularly. If it feels right, it usually plays right too. Frets are the tricky bit though. I hate the thought of hand finishing 48 fret ends for a double octave fretboard but it's gotta be done. I quite like the idea of a bound neck too. That means doing all of the frets to size before pressing them home. Nerve racking if you get one wrong. Great build my friend. Have some Afro-Celt sound system:

Isn't that what's called "Steam Punk" these days? I've avoided commenting on the guitars because they are guitars but I have to say I'm not a fan of the style so much. This is a bass however. That aside, it was better before. I think it looks contrived now perhaps because of the sanded back effect behind the new graphic. Sorry.

I don't think this came out as intended. As long as you don't remember anything bad about it, I'm happy. I'm interested to hear what you used it for because you say you used it a lot. Were you using it with the X15 four track or with other stuff?

Does we have any information as to how far apart James Curleigh's nipples were at the time of the photo-shoot?