BassTool

58 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

Excellent…

*dons fez, cleans glasses, settles into deep armchair, lights pipe*

You'll need a decent supply of Condor and a big book Frank...

.... for a month or so 🤭

On 25/04/2021 at 15:25, benh said:

WOW. That is all 🙂

^This^

Oh, and... stunning 👍🏼

On 27/04/2021 at 12:32, Andyjr1515 said:

 

 

 

There's a volute!

There's a volute!

Does he of this BC parish - what doth love a volute - know?!

🤭

Those pickup positions remind me of 70's Kramer basses 👍🏼

20 minutes ago, Reggaebass said:

I think that’s too nice to put in the garden , what a lovely memory 🙂

Yeh, as soon as he saw it he said there's no way that's going in the garden!

Got to say I was more than relieved 😆

1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

Really nice job BT, and I like the stand seat , what a great thing to keep 👍

Ah thanks RB, he originally said he was going to put it in the garden to remember his Dad.

It never did..it stands in his hallway 😊

On 15/03/2021 at 16:15, SpondonBassed said:

That's put me in mind of Jack's last project in our workshop.

Prior to this he had made clocks and ukuleles.

A neighbour saw how well our garden chairs' restoration had worked and asked him to restore their knackered bench.  Jack was unable to do much other than rip down the Sapele boards into batons for the job before he got ill and I finished it for him.

We used Green Hammerite and it really enhanced the cast iron sides.  I think we used yacht varnish to finish the Sapele.  All of the bolts, washers and nuts are stainless steel.

Ooh nice! Bit of a thread derail mind, but that's a cracking transformation @SpondonBassed 👍🏼

Can I join in? 😖

Got asked by a friend if I could refurb his recently deceased Dad's old Roker Park Clock Stand seat, from Sunderland Football Clubs old ground...

It looked like this when I got it..

He gave me free reign, but I told him my plan to replace the rotten wood with new hardwood and redo the metalwork in black, and he gave me the go ahead.

Ended up like this:

He burst into tears when he saw it..

I stood in total silence thinking ...s h i t 😲

Turns out he was more than happy... thankfully 😳👍🏼

@mhoss32

Utterly brilliant.

Everything.

Absolutely.

What an incredible build.

Well done Sir 😉

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

👌🏼

23 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said:

Isn't that a recipe for salad dressing?

Well 😆 yes it is JLP, but leave out the salt and black pepper 😉

It works brilliantly though 👌🏼

Yeh me too, nice one 👍🏼

2 hours ago, dmccombe7 said:

They start at £75.

How do they justify that price. 

I'll pass on them.

Dave

WOW, that is v expensive 😳

Never seen one in the flesh, so I'm curious...😯

What's the best playing method for a 12 string? Plec or fingers?

A lot of strings to cover right there 😳

🤔

On 16/04/2021 at 14:41, TheGreek said:

Headless bridges - Made in Italy

https://www.technologyformusicians.com/basshbridges.php?lingua=2

You on commission Mick? 🤔

😆😆

My DIY save originally from a split Ibanez Blazer.

Now The BlazerRay.

Over two years old now, full story here..

Looks dead good 👍🏼

...I'll get me coat...😖

I've just put up a renovation thread for my headless

This is my 1985 Westone Superheadless that's been modified by me. I got Wizard to make me some custom pups and married them up to a Nordstrand preamp with Vol/pull passive, pan pot, B/M/T, twin midrange pullpot selector. The three way switch is unused, from the original electronics.

It's battle scarred, but was my go to bass for a long time. Bought brand new as a surprise Christmas present from my wife back in '85, it'll never be sold by me, certainly not for £30 @Bassassin   😆

Decided to refurbish the black hardware on one of my basses as it was looking decidedly neglected after spending life in the cupboard under the stairs for way too long. In fact, the whole bass looked in need of some TLC.

I stripped everything off, including washers and nuts from the controls, and sanded down to bare metal, doing a final clean with brake cleaner then primed the parts before applying several coats of Plastikote black spray paint.

I put the various screws from the bridge and the tuner cover into the top of a cardboard box, pushed through small holes so that just the head was painted.

I also removed all the grub screws, saddle screws, springs and adjusting bolts and put them in a container of penetrating oil.

Cleaned all the knobs with an old toothbrush and soapy water.

And eventually ended up with everything looking a lot better.

Whilst waiting for paint drying/hardening I took the opportunity to thoroughly clean the neck, it was desperately in need of 'moisturising'.

I see there's another thread gone up about this. I use small round cleansing pad wipes and nail varnish remover (alcohol based) followed by my own lemon oil mix - two parts extra virgin olive oil, two parts white vinegar and one part freshly squeezed lemon juice. Initially the wood is really clean and looks dried out by the alcohol - it is, but it's ok. The lemon oil, which I apply with the same type of cleansing pads needs to soak into the wood for at least 24 hours, but it works brilliantly and rejuvenates the rosewood really well - do NOT use on maple necks, and if you do try the 'recipe' make a sparing amount of it up, it does not keep!

This was the rosewood before the lemon oil:

And the type of grime to come out of the rosewood:

And during soaking:

Once everything has dried, paint has hardened, and neck given a final dry buff, time to put it all back together.

A new set of strings on, full set up, and hopefully this will be getting used this year 🤞

Really, really great that - production, vid, arrangement, playing, well - everything 😁 I liked that a lot 👌🏼

You sing and play too? 😳

Hats off 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

8 hours ago, benh said:

 

A combination of a Workmate in the garden and my dining table (don't tell the Mrs). 

That's classed as a standard workshop on here 😁 you are in good company 👍🏼 and will never be short of brilliant advice or opinion 👌🏼

Amazing work 😲😲😲👍🏼

Well done Andy 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼well deserved 👌🏼 can't say I didn't tell you so...😆

😉

I've just noticed that at almost 17400 views, @Andyjr1515 has already entered the top twenty most viewed build threads on here with this masterpiece! 👌🏼

19 hours ago, ezbass said:

I’ve run out of hyperbole when it comes to these builds. Therefore, 👏👏👏👏👏

^This^

Awesome.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

8 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

Can you be more specific about the time and place for the handover - I need to arrange an ambush...

So, so jealous...

Mick man!!

I told you not to say anything about our cunning plan 🙄

On 18/02/2021 at 17:30, sunneyboy said:

Pm sent

Good luck, I got no reply ages ago 😳🙄