JohnH89

The slots in the bridge are radiused .

Superior bassworks deluxe blood red. Love them and quite inexpensive.

Just a quick post to entertain and inform . Had an idea of building an EUB . Had one before and liked the general idea . I have played a doghouse bass before and love it but the practicalities , storage and transport of it have put me off . That , and the fact I would have to leave home at the age of 58 and start again in life cos the missus would not be too happy . And the tiny little micropub that we often play in is not ideal for double bass , as most of the customers would have to be outside on the pavement . So this idea was born . The plan was some sort of electric instrument , to be played mostly with a bow for long drone bass notes to accompany some irish music . After some refreshment (ahem!) , this plan was born . Neck/body is 1 5/8in aluminium tube with 1/4in wall thickness . Fingerboard is some unknown ( possibly sapele ) hardwood from the garage , machined to fit tube and given a radius . Tailpiece made from the same . Single bass bridges used as string anchors . Hipshot tuners . SBW weedwhacker strings . Endpin is most of a telescopic walking pole . PIckup is electro acoustic guitar piezo . I was going to have onboard buffer/EQ but decided to go passive in the end and feed it to hi impedance buffer and EQ pedal . Still need to finish it , just side markers on figerboard and a final polish and wax and we are done .

Agreed . The pick of the bunch for me . Gets more playing time than the other 5 combined .

You would have to drag me screaming to eat or drink at wetherspoons . Still , keeps their punters out of the decent pubs . I'm sure they are not worried about my absence , and neither should you be . 😁

take the headphones out signal from the amplug and run it through an attenuator and then from that to the PA /amp ?

A second recommendation for the Nova system from @andrepassini from me . Have used it in the past on a P bass conversion and it is a masterpiece of engineering .

A choice between finishing the bass or a six string ? Oh come on Rob , this is BASSchat . 😁

A true legend . The world is slightly poorer without the wonderful Danny Thompson .

I always fancied a jazz pickup at neck and another one in in normal neck position . I have a Burns Bison and I love the sound of the 2 pickups closest to the neck . No bridge pickup for me . YMMV 😁

The Yamaha is half the price of the Bose . lighter and louder by a noticeable amount . There is a BTR model that has a battery included so can run without mains . About another £60 . It has a yamaha bag available or aftermarket from Terralec . I bought aftermarket for £20 and it fits perfectly .

Just bought a Yamaha Stagepas 100 for use as a monitor for small band . FOH is taken care of by Yamaha DHR10 . The Stagepas is a great and easily transportable monitor with 2 channels , one can be used as a Hi impedance for instruments and also has aux in . I just feed channel 1 from the monitor feed on the mixer . Can be stood on floor and tilted or mounted on mic stand . Also bluetooth . Worth a look and works a treat .

Loving the look of that . It could be a stunner . Here's one I made earlier .....

Sorry , my bad . The Burns has LaBella LTFs , the 760FX are on the Yamaha . They have snot green silks .

Labella 760FX . Got em on My Burns Bison and just had a look .

4.5 x 45mm screws every time for me . Straight through the neck plate . Never had a neck fall off yet Rob .

It fits fine . A bit of space around the neck but I'm always super careful with my basses . If you want a bit of extra protection , go for the FB1225 .

I have a Fender FB610 which fits mine JC fine . The FB1225 or FB620 are both a step up in quality and price but still reasonable enough .

Burns Bison . Found one local to me last year after a long look . I love it .

I have bought PA equipment from them . Great prices and decent delivery .

Carbon brushes from a motor to earth the rails ? I still think you will probably get away with not needing an earth .

Off the top of my head , I would say don't worry about an earth connection at this stage and address the problem if it arises . I will give it some thought and get back to you . Is this another 3D printing exercise Rob ?

For that sort of money I would take a drive down there as you are in South Yorks . You will find they are lovely folks to deal with .

As recommended above . The only case I found that would fit my Burns Bison . Same length as the Bongo . You will have to remove the additional cushion at the bottom which is attached by velcro . Not tried it but the Fender FB1225 was the only other one that may have fitted . The Gator is a fantastic case .

I would seriously check out a Sterling in person . The one I bought brand new was one of the shocking QC fails with a busted truss rod and tuners made of toffee . It was returned to the seller in person . Never again for me .