sshorepunk

This has slowly been coming together over the last few weeks! The new focusrite 2i2 arrived today, upgraded from gen 2 solo, still some way to go to get it how I want it! Need a monitor for my mac for starters, the novation SL is great but it’s keeping me on an old OS, which isn’t a big deal, but may look for another controller next year, the behringer x-touch is on my radar, then I can take auto map off and use the novation just as a keyboard Still need to paint skirting board and get something on the floor, but the dog likes it! And there will be a further addition tomorrow, update when I sort it! Tony

Oh go on then, that’s a very good price, if you can wait until Friday as I’m just about to buy some monitors for my little studio!

I like that! That’s very well put!

Well, after playing bass for over forty years, I’ve had a compressor on my board for the last few weeks and it’s been something of a revelation for me as I’ve never owned one before I’ve used compression during recording, but never had a pedal I might get shot down for this, but I’ve always had what some would call an “old school” belief that it should all come from the fingers and compressors are just there to tidy up, untidy playing! I've borrowed a TC hypergravity off a guitarist mate and it will have to go back soon, so now thinking about investing! i was just playing along to Chaka Khan, hello happiness and switched it in, works really well on a line like that! Tony

I set my new GoPro up on a gorilla tripod and took random photos of the bass being assembled all put together in the GoPro Quik app! IMG_7348.MOV

Followed by clear gloss nitro laquer light sanding and then a polish, didn’t take much as the paint went on really well its not perfect but I am more than happy with it i still have to get the wiring sorted, I put the bridge on without putting the ground wire through, doh! And the jack is tricky to fit, it needs to go in first and go right through the hole so the circuit board clears it, then it can be pushed back to the correct position I’ve then got some soldering to do, hopefully up and running tonight with a fresh set of Dunlop super brights on it, which do work well on MM basses, in my opinion! Tony

Sonic blue nitro cellulose

This one is coming together! Really pleased how this has turned out! tort pick guard is an option and I know where there is a clear one!

Feeling very pleased with myself this afternoon! still got to sort electrics, getting the jack socket in with the board is tricky, so turned to a glass of red wine and will revisit that one tomorrow!

This has been a while in the making, mostly due to work and enjoying the summer as much as through odd times The paint in my metallic blue sterling was looking a bit tatty, so I figured one of the more classic colours was more my thing so off came the paint, lots of preparation and into primer, then paint But the grain was still very visible, so off came the paint and in went grain filler it worked ok, but not as good as I would have liked, you don’t really see it until the paint goes on on went primer, plenty of paint, then more paint and some sanding in between to get rid of a few gremlins and then on with the gloss clear coat Its turned out ok, I like it, but wasn’t easy, learnt a few things along the way! The spraying is the easy bit, sprayed many things in my time and can get a nice even finish! It’s the prep, getting it A1 before paint, a lot of things you don’t see until the paint is on So here it is now, with the neck on for a week or so, then it will come off for final sanding and polish I had a parchment pickgaurd made, but not sure now, think tort’ might work better with the black p/up, unless I can get a white p/up cover! But I have a few option now!

Here’s my musicmen! caprice and dismantled sterling which is a work in progress, I really need to get my head down and finish this, just needs some more paint and clear coat

That’s nice!