davethedwarf Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 hi folks, yet another newbie here, ive been playing now for 12 years and played in a covers band now for about 6, i'm totally devoted to the cause and couldn't envisage my life without a bass in it! heres my small but very dear collection: Guitars: Ibanez BTB400QmBB, Peavey Zephry, a home made fretless based on the Alembic Dragons Wing, with 18v emg jazz pups, plus a collection of parts im going to construct into an 8 string octave bass, i play through a SWR LA15 combo at home or a Laney R3 combo at practice/gigging. i've also owned an Epiphone Rock bass (jazz copy- was my first and i'm still upset i sold it) and 2 BC rich 6 string regular guitars, one a Bich and the other a Warlock, got fed up with them as the weren't Basses, so they went, also had a Marshall Master lead combo 30w S/S amp, it wasn't great but was my first amp and did me well enough to get me hooked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTractor Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hi Dave, Welcome to BC. Great you're totally in it for the cause. We'll put you right in the frontline when we're attacked by g*****rists. Enjoy the site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len_derby Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Welcome Dave from a fellow East Midlander. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonc61 Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Hi Dave, welcome to BC. I've also got a BTB400QM - lovely bass! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethedwarf Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 cheers guys, here's some pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyvee Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 You did a great job on that Dragons wing. Did you go for neck through, set neck or bolt on? Jazzyvee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Nice basses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethedwarf Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 cheers, most of the basic woodwork was done by my freind Neil who's a cabinet maker/joiner, its made from 13 seperate pieces of wood, all offcuts from his day job, its, sepili and maple through the centre with ash top, maple middle and sepili back, and a 7 piece maple/ sepili neck with rosewood fingerboard, sadly a bolt on, but as he had only made 1 prior to this, thought i'd keep em seperate for ease of adjustment. i'd spent a good many hours hand sanding it, still needs some finishing though as the fingerboard is still a little high at the heel end so the strings buzz, a little longer with me sanding block is needed me thinks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Horton Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Great looking bass guitars , welcome to BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 That's a great bass. Did you get inspiration from John Entwistles famous and similarly shaped bass ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkpegasus4001 Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Greetings Dave, from another Nottingham geezer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethedwarf Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 Yeah, basically my interpretation of the one built by Alembic for the legend that was, as I understand he never got to play a finished version though, just wish I had some construction photos to share, it took me about 2 years to get it to a usable state! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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