BottomE Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Bump on the Hamer build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1156833' date='Mar 10 2011, 11:37 AM']Bump on the Hamer build[/quote] It's un-strung, and waiting for me to get some white nitro for a base. Once I have that, it's to the booth. It's out of commission for now though, as it needs some maintenance which I'll address before I deliver it to the furniture shop... Thanks for sticking by though! "Pay-off" happens soon now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 The White Nitro is at the shop- turns out I got the same brand the guy knows about and has used in the past, so I'm on the right page. Stripping down the bass and plugging a few holes, and off she goes to the beauty shop... the guy's giving me a friendly deal in exchange for a lot of free advertising... folks like to take band photos in this neighborhood, amongst the Portuguese party-goers anyhow! Lots of them in my circuit... Also I'm looking around for "chicken-head" knobs. If anyone knows of or has them, I'd be interested... although I'll probably find them in my own backyard here, on my side of the pond! BUT- I would like to find a "chicken head" set for a concentric knob. Soon. Really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1168546' date='Mar 19 2011, 05:46 PM']The White Nitro is at the shop- turns out I got the same brand the guy knows about and has used in the past, so I'm on the right page. Stripping down the bass and plugging a few holes, and off she goes to the beauty shop... the guy's giving me a friendly deal in exchange for a lot of free advertising... folks like to take band photos in this neighborhood, amongst the Portuguese party-goers anyhow! Lots of them in my circuit... Also I'm looking around for "chicken-head" knobs. If anyone knows of or has them, I'd be interested... although I'll probably find them in my own backyard here, on my side of the pond! BUT- I would like to find a "chicken head" set for a concentric knob. Soon. Really.[/quote] Lovin the new avatar Count. Looking forward to seeing the results soon. Good luck - Chicken Head knobs - why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 A little Hamer bumpity bump from Grasshopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 It's been handed over to the furniture guy, and by the end of next week we'll have a bottom-coat of satin-white nitro on there. Need to get into the pick guard meanwhile, and settle on a color. That probably won't happen until I see (and get a pic of) the new white bass. I could use a little inspiration at this point... So we're actually doing this now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1192726' date='Apr 8 2011, 11:25 AM']It's been handed over to the furniture guy, and by the end of next week we'll have a bottom-coat of satin-white nitro on there. Need to get into the pick guard meanwhile, and settle on a color. That probably won't happen until I see (and get a pic of) the new white bass. I could use a little inspiration at this point... So we're actually doing this now![/quote] Cool - looking forward to seeing it and offereing some suggestions if i may Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 9, 2011 Author Share Posted April 9, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1192810' date='Apr 8 2011, 07:51 AM']Cool - looking forward to seeing it and offereing some suggestions if i may[/quote] Ah, I don't think so. Just kidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1193486' date='Apr 9 2011, 03:56 AM']Ah, I don't think so. Just kidding. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 (edited) Well I'm waiting now, and I find myself, now that it's under way, thinking about it a lot. I think I'm incurring a bout of impatience... but hopefully I'll get to see it this weekend. Will post pix... it'll be completely white to start, then I have to get into color. Probably going with a white-hot-looking/yellow/gold center, bursting out to a deeper but vivid bright gold, then to a bright crimson-red edge. No wood grain. Think Danelectro, only snazzier, and on a long-scale quasi-SG bass... Edited April 14, 2011 by Count Bassie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1198978' date='Apr 14 2011, 02:41 AM']Well I'm waiting now, and I find myself, now that it's under way, thinking about it a lot. I think I'm incurring a bout of impatience... but hopefully I'll get to see it this weekend. Will post pix... it'll be completely white to start, then I have to get into color. Probably going with a white-hot-looking/yellow/gold center, bursting out to a deeper but vivid bright gold, then to a bright crimson-red edge. No wood grain. Think Danelectro, only snazzier, and on a long-scale quasi-SG bass...[/quote] ooh the boys have popped out of the barracks just thinkin about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 (edited) Alright now, keep yourself at bay there Grasshopper! The new thought is Blue... A white center, [i]maybe [u]just slightly[/u] blue-ing as you travel outward[/i]- but still white, then it gets hit with a slam of deeper, darker blue as a narrowly burst-ed edge. I'm maybe getting done with reds. My vision of it now is completely unique in my mind. Whaddya think? Edited April 18, 2011 by Count Bassie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1204308' date='Apr 19 2011, 12:11 AM']Alright now, keep yourself at bay there Grasshopper! The new thought is Blue... A white center, [i]maybe [u]just slightly[/u] blue-ing as you travel outward[/i]- but still white, then it gets hit with a slam of deeper, darker blue as a narrowly burst-ed edge. I'm maybe getting done with reds. My vision of it now is completely unique in my mind. Whaddya think?[/quote] I like the reds. Thinking something like a cherry burst. There is something sexy in that colour and actually saying cherry burst is quite sexy too. It might be a bit conservative but its a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1206642' date='Apr 20 2011, 07:40 PM']I like the reds. Thinking something like a cherry burst. There is something sexy in that colour and actually saying cherry burst is quite sexy too. It might be a bit conservative but its a thought.[/quote] Well yesterday I changed my mind again, I'm back to the Reds. If it comes home, you have to keep it, I always say. I'm off to see the guy, I hope, tonight and 'press his hand' a bit. Hopeful for pix pretty soon here! Sheesh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1206643' date='Apr 21 2011, 12:43 AM']Well yesterday I changed my mind again,[/quote] Are you sure you are not a lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1208046' date='Apr 22 2011, 05:41 AM']Are you sure you are not a lady[/quote] Ahem... actually fickleness is not limited to the ladies... I like blue however, and this has taken long enough to cause me to lose my grip on my resolve! The gut says 'Reds', so it's reds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1208260' date='Apr 22 2011, 01:27 PM']Ahem... actually fickleness is not limited to the ladies... I like blue however, and this has taken long enough to cause me to lose my grip on my resolve! The gut says 'Reds', so it's reds.[/quote] Forgot to say i stumbled across your posts on Talkbass (i am not stalking you honest). Did you get the chicken heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1209397' date='Apr 23 2011, 01:59 PM']Forgot to say i stumbled across your posts on Talkbass (i am not stalking you honest). Did you get the chicken heads?[/quote] No, no peripherals yet. Things're a little tight here... I have a kid who plays string-harp and I'm financing one for her; the other one plays violin, and I'm still catching up on getting us out of the red from last year. So my own little project is sort of limping along. I need the bass though, so for now I'll just pick up some bland-stock knobs at the local music store. I'll be looking for chickens though. Even local junk-shops might be a cool place to find funky ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 [quote name='Count Bassie' post='1209682' date='Apr 23 2011, 11:48 PM']No, no peripherals yet. Things're a little tight here... I have a kid who plays string-harp and I'm financing one for her; the other one plays violin, and I'm still catching up on getting us out of the red from last year. So my own little project is sort of limping along. I need the bass though, so for now I'll just pick up some bland-stock knobs at the local music store. I'll be looking for chickens though. Even local junk-shops might be a cool place to find funky ones.[/quote] What colour knobs? Now theres a question. I saw these [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Amp-Control-Knob-Pedal-Chicken-Head-White-Ham-/220423558813?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D15%26pmod%3D220398431660%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8687004091386240575"]Chicken Knobs (its not pornographic)[/url] They do red, white and black. Red on red? Could be a double denim moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1210307' date='Apr 24 2011, 03:09 PM']What colour knobs? Now theres a question. I saw these [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Guitar-Amp-Control-Knob-Pedal-Chicken-Head-White-Ham-/220423558813?_trksid=p4340.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D15%26pmod%3D220398431660%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8687004091386240575"]Chicken Knobs (its not pornographic)[/url] They do red, white and black. Red on red? Could be a double denim moment.[/quote] Those look pretty hip. One of the pots is concentric though, and I'd like to find a split-knob for such a purpose if I could... two regular, one concentric. I'll have to start looking I guess, ebay might just be the ticket. Thanks for the thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Maybe I'll make it a headless... hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) Shot last night. I can re-visit and change it later, but at this point I'm going to stay with white. I evidently have a thing for a white bass, but it has to be the right one. I've modded and shot 2 white in the past, and this is working for me: Here's Stan, the guy doing the shot. I'm kinda sorry it's not more of a showcase for him at this point! But I may add a color, we'll see if I can't stand it in white, over some time. There's a clear coat of gloss (2 coats) over the satin white. It should eventually do that nice yellowing thing... It'll 'tighten up' in a day or two and lose that slight orange-peel thing, and I'll give it a coat of "Turtle Wax" when I get it home. More shots after it's cured, and put together... Edited April 28, 2011 by Count Bassie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottomE Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Wow - exciting times. So you are definitely going white? Does that mean a re-think of hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 [quote name='BottomE' post='1219999' date='May 4 2011, 04:05 PM']Wow - exciting times. So you are definitely going white? Does that mean a re-think of hardware?[/quote] IMO gold hardware looks the biz on white basses/guitars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count Bassie Posted May 4, 2011 Author Share Posted May 4, 2011 Staying with what I've got for now, getting some Radio Shack knobs just to get it working. I need it playable... I'll move up the scale as I go along here. Pix asap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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