captainhaddock Posted March 2, 2014 Author Posted March 2, 2014 Hi RK Any news on the new amp yet? Should have a ERB fix for you soon!!!!! Quote
rk7 Posted March 2, 2014 Posted March 2, 2014 Hi Captain. No news yet, I'm afraid. I've been sweating for this amp since October last year. Its certainly not the cheapest amp ever, but the quality and performance are through the roof apparently. If its anything like the 212 cabinet I've just got, it'll be superb. Marc Vanderkley has prototypes at the London show this weekend, but still not available for retail sale. Hey Ho. One day soon hopefully. I'll be posting on here when it arrives. We need to hook up and put your 8 string through this rig one day. RK Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 6, 2014 Author Posted March 6, 2014 Here you go Rk another picture for you! Threaded inserts have been fitted to allow machine screws to be used for adjusting the pickup height Quote
rk7 Posted March 6, 2014 Posted March 6, 2014 Proper engineering! Nice. Something we don't see enough of. What are we expecting the 'in your hands' date to be? RK Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 8, 2014 Author Posted March 8, 2014 Hi all just spoken to Robbie and he's gonna be building up the Marseer over the weekend to check out that everything does wot it should. Then its going to be disassembled ready for final sanding ready to go away to be refinished. So I should have it in my sweaty palms quite soon! Quote
rk7 Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 Great news Captain, can't wait to see this monster bass!! RK Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 9, 2014 Author Posted March 9, 2014 It's alive it's alive I tell you!!!!!!! Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 10, 2014 Author Posted March 10, 2014 No pictures at the moment sorry! But I had Robbie playing it down the phone to me last night and it sounded killer! Quote
ShergoldSnickers Posted March 11, 2014 Posted March 11, 2014 I reckon Brunel would have been proud of that. Superb bit of craftsmanship and engineering. Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 11, 2014 Author Posted March 11, 2014 [quote name='ShergoldSnickers' timestamp='1394566737' post='2392863'] I reckon Brunel would have been proud of that. Superb bit of craftsmanship and engineering. [/quote] Oh yes Robbie's excelled himself as usual Quote
rk7 Posted March 12, 2014 Posted March 12, 2014 Oh man, that is spectacular! What a fantastic piece of work. You lucky man. I've followed this build from the outset, yet I'm still gobsmacked to see the built bass. Great choices of woods, hardware and shape. Wonderful RK Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 12, 2014 Author Posted March 12, 2014 Cheers thanks glad you like it, I'm really pleased that I went to Robbie to build it because he's a talented guy and a real pleasure to deal with! Yeah the combination of the types of wood work really well together and I'm really glad that we changed to Walnut facings instead of the Myrtle that was planned originally! Spoke to Robbie last night and he's managed to wire up the coil switch and apparently it has a range of crazy tones whatever that means!!!!!!!!!! Quote
JimBobTTD Posted March 15, 2014 Posted March 15, 2014 Fantastic! I might have missed the info...when will you have it in your hands? Quote
captainhaddock Posted March 20, 2014 Author Posted March 20, 2014 [quote name='JimBobTTD' timestamp='1394867099' post='2396061'] Fantastic! I might have missed the info...when will you have it in your hands? [/quote] Not sure when I'll get it in my sweaty paws as we never set a date for completion of the build. Quote
captainhaddock Posted April 4, 2014 Author Posted April 4, 2014 Nothing major bud the battery light location has been sorted discussed with Robbie about putting control knob position markers on body to match the knobs. Its been stripped down ready for final sanding and the finish to be applied,and the cavity cover is being laser etched next week! I have a couple of pictures I can post later if ya want me too? Quote
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