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I recently built (screwed together) a parts tele. I am hugely enjoying it but the non contoured bit which hits my rib cage when I sit down to play is uncomfortable. I accept that it is part and parcel of the beast. Do people route the back edge to make it easier on the ribs?

I bought one for next to nothing on here. I could not lift it on my own. I flogged it to someone a 3rd of my age within 5 days. Great sound though!

I am slowly getting sucked in here. I have an iPad 2. Is this going to be cool? It will be nice to have something to use it with, because it has kind of fallen out of favour really. Obv I will have to clean all the STUPID games my children have on it. That will not hurt too much

Just SUPER easy

I have thought about the Viol/gut thing but do not know if the gut winds all the way round and how that would work for me. What I am thinking about is a super long scale bass guitar with a super low note. My DB needs are met elsewhere

They certainly exist so I presume that it is do-able, however what I really want is a 41" long scale length to get some rumbly LF going on with nickel roundwounds and my hands in a DB position, so the arco bit is not an issue for me. Of course this is all a pipe dream at the moment

I have flogged my Kala as I now have a 5 string thing of beauty (you cannot spell Bass without a B ), but I miss the kind of funky comedy duality of the uke size/shape and the phat sound.

Just provisionally sold a bass................ struggling............ to ................not................buy................one

I spoke to Barry last week and he said that the next shipment was due in but he was not expecting a fretted doobrie in on it. We both agreed that it is a pretty niche market! He did say that if one appeared then he would call me in. The reality is that I want to try one and if it works for me I want to commission a full sized 6 string one with a bottom F# so I cannot even pretend that I would be buying one

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I have been away for a week, but will attack it again with vigour and new suggestions tomorrow.

I have looked at Thomann and they have a B stock one but I just do not have the £2K I would need to put down just to try it.

Thanks Gelfin. Will did the biz.

Thanks Dad, it might come to that

Hi, I am in Tenby in South Wales for the week and the bass I have brought has a dying vol pot. Can anyone reccomed a tech who put a new pot in at the drop of a hat fairly locally? TIA

Again, thank you everyone. The tack cloth does not seem to be shifting it The whole air compressor thing looks attractive, but where do I find one? It feels like I am the only one in the gang who does not have one in the garage for just this sort of occasion.

If I had offcuts it would suggest that I had the skill to craft something like this myself. Sadly not

Thanks everyone. My gut feeling is that the oil will do the trick, but I am a total noob so needed someone to hold my hand. The idea of giving it some Karcher is quite exciting though

Thanks Harry. I tried hoovering with a brush attachment yesterday, but the masking tape thing makes a lot of sense.

I am sanding a black walnut body down ready for a tru oil finish. I have worked my way down to 1000 grit but have sawdust in the grain and cannot shift it. When I damp it down with water it "disappears" but will it do the same when I put Tru Oil on it? I just do not know and do not want to present myself with a project which needs to be re-sanded. I am enjoying it, but not that much! I have "washed" it with Meths which has helped, but it is still there. [URL=http://s8.photobucket.com/user/peredur/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20140416_111011_HDR_zpsadoovnnm.jpg.html][IMG]http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/peredur/Mobile%20Uploads/20140416_111011_HDR_zpsadoovnnm.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Here is a link to my build thread, but I figure that the traffic in that forum is not huge. http://basschat.co.uk/topic/128791-shukfellow-i-need-some-sanding-tips-please/ Huge TIA.

Thanks Ben. Meths seems to be shifting a bit of it but it is still pretty obvious. If I knew that it would "disappear" beneath Tru Oil then I could ignore it, but I have no way of knowing