Thunderbird Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) The slick Greek bass 😂 I meant sleek Greek sodding auto type lol Edited July 23, 2017 by Thunderbird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Many thanks for the great name suggestions and for your feedback and encouragement along the long journey Following a 21 page thread is no mean feat - I think you should all give yourselves a pat on the back Declaration of the name winner will be announced early afternoon Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1500793644' post='3340148'] Many thanks for the great name suggestions and for your feedback and encouragement along the long journey Following a 21 page thread is no mean feat - I think you should all give yourselves a pat on the back Declaration of the name winner will be announced early afternoon Andy [/quote] it's the reason I was inspired to make my wee build - though my estimate was you would have finished two basses before I had finished mine still stands. How is Mick's matching fretless going? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='Bastav' timestamp='1500566903' post='3338770'] ...Benedict cumberbass [/quote] Hahahahahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 OK folks...lot's of great suggestions - some that came very close. Andy and I have discussed the submissions and agreed on a winner. Personally I liked "[i]Dali's Daydream[/i]" - had it been "[i]Dali's Xdream[/i]" (extreme?) it would have been hard to beat. "[i]Minim[/i]" and "[i]Ghost[/i]" were also close runners - I was thinking along these lines with "[i]Ethereal[/i]", "[i]Stark[/i]" and "[i]Amorphous[/i]". I was hoping somebody would find a word with "[i]And...mic[/i]" - I couldn't. So the winner, with the Greek connection, is "[b]Psilos[/b]" - Many thanks to Bass Apprentice for the suggestion. The Bass is being named as I write. PM on it's way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 There have been so many great name suggestions. Happily, the funniest ones won't fit on the label [size=5]So - [i]cue drumroll - [/i]the winner is :[/size] [size=5][/size] Well done [b]BassApprentice [/b] I looked up Psilos and not only is BassApprentice right that it is Ancient Greek for 'uncovered' but there is an interesting second meaning that clinched it. In Ancient Greek armies, they had a squad of specialist fighters called Psilia. A Psilos was a highly trained fighter who was sent in, with the rest of his squad, to specific target areas in the enemies lines, uncovered - no armour or protection at all. [b] This made the Psilos sleek, light and very, very effective at packing a devastating punch.[/b] Well, folks, if that doesn't deserve the prize..... Well done, BassApprentice - Mick no doubt will PM you. And thanks to all for your name contributions and.... well..... (wiping the beginning of a tear away from his chiselled good looks) just for being there! P.S. Beware using chisels. Particularly in terms of what they can do to your good looks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 There you go....Mick and I demonstrating the extra-sensory link between owner and builder once more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Very cool I was gonna say call it. Mickenbacker but didn't want any one to get sued lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Right then, now that's done and dusted, what's next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1500811339' post='3340291'] Right then, now that's done and dusted, what's next? [/quote] Well - the first job is to finish off a Wal neck replacement for one of our basschat colleagues (a new 5-string fretted neck as a fully reversible mod to a wonderful fretless 80's instrument). Shouldn't take long. Then...and here I have to whisper it very quietly so no one hears....a couple of six string electrics. One commissioned and one for me. But ezbass...don't you go telling any of the others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Sharman Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Afternoon All, Sorry for not being about recently, but as a quick follow up to this; Andy, it was a pleasure to assit on the fine tuning of this fine instrument. I am sure Mick will be ecstatic when he gets it. I can certainly confirm the tonal range available with the combination of external and internal controls gives a massive amount of room to play with adn I am sure he will be able to find a sound of his own personal tastes in short order. The finish on it is sublime, Matt was very taken with simply stroking it and saying "sooo smoooooth...soo smoooth..." over and over again that it did get quite worrying. Also, Jo has been to the bank and got your cash but since you published that video anyway I am going to go and spend it at the pub instead! @Mick - you have a truly fine instrument on it's way. I would love to see some video of a proper bassist playing it rather than just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1500812628' post='3340302'] Well - the first job is to finish off a Wal neck replacement for one of our basschat colleagues (a new 5-string fretted neck as a fully reversible mod to a wonderful fretless 80's instrument). Shouldn't take long. Then...and here I have to whisper it very quietly so no one hears....a couple of six string electrics. One commissioned and one for me. But ezbass...don't you go telling any of the others! [/quote]I think we'd still like to see build diaries for these, we'll just try and ignore the thickness of the strings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='Chris Sharman' timestamp='1500813416' post='3340305'] Afternoon All, Sorry for not being about recently, but as a quick follow up to this; Andy, it was a pleasure to assit on the fine tuning of this fine instrument. I am sure Mick will be ecstatic when he gets it. I can certainly confirm the tonal range available with the combination of external and internal controls gives a massive amount of room to play with adn I am sure he will be able to find a sound of his own personal tastes in short order. The finish on it is sublime, Matt was very taken with simply stroking it and saying "sooo smoooooth...soo smoooth..." over and over again that it did get quite worrying. Also, Jo has been to the bank and got your cash but since you published that video anyway I am going to go and spend it at the pub instead! @Mick - you have a truly fine instrument on it's way. I would love to see some video of a proper bassist playing it rather than just me. [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [url="http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/psilos%20bass.htm"]Website updated[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 No sign of the Silk Bass or the neck on the Alembic-uesque Bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Well done chaps, looks fantastic. Er... Now what are we supposed to do? Can you make another please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1500818555' post='3340342'] No sign of the Silk Bass or the neck on the Alembic-uesque Bass [/quote] That's odd. I wouldn't generally put a neck on, but the Silk Bass should be on there.... Might be I've just forgotten to post the link photo on the gallery (as I realise I had also done with Nic's Mouradian....) I'll fix next time I'm on the desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rOB Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Amazing work. I've really enjoyed watching this develop. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 (edited) [quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1500812628' post='3340302'] Well - the first job is to finish off a Wal neck replacement for one of our basschat colleagues (a new 5-string fretted neck as a fully reversible mod to a wonderful fretless 80's instrument). Shouldn't take long. Then...and here I have to whisper it very quietly so no one hears....a couple of six string electrics. One commissioned and one for me. But ezbass...don't you go telling any of the others! [/quote] Any chance you could post the skinny string builds on here? I know it's a bass forum, but I think it might stop a few of us going through cold turkey, you could call them short scale six string piccolo bass builds.... Edited July 23, 2017 by Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='Cato' timestamp='1500844589' post='3340605'] Any chance you could post the skinny string builds on here? I know it's a bass forum, but I think it might stop a few of us going through cold turkey, you could call them short scale six string piccolo bass builds.... [/quote] Yes, of course I will - with the trickery of photographic scale and perspective, who would know... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1500818555' post='3340342'] No sign of the Silk Bass or the neck on the Alembic-uesque Bass [/quote] [url="http://www.ajrguitarmods.co.uk/alembic%20style%20refurb.htm"]The Silk Bass is here[/url], Mick As I suspected, it was the Gallery link photo that was missing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 [quote name='TheGreek' timestamp='1500809396' post='3340261'] OK folks...lot's of great suggestions - some that came very close. Andy and I have discussed the submissions and agreed on a winner. Personally I liked "[i]Dali's Daydream[/i]" - had it been "[i]Dali's Xdream[/i]" (extreme?) it would have been hard to beat. "[i]Minim[/i]" and "[i]Ghost[/i]" were also close runners - I was thinking along these lines with "[i]Ethereal[/i]", "[i]Stark[/i]" and "[i]Amorphous[/i]". I was hoping somebody would find a word with "[i]And...mic[/i]" - I couldn't. So the winner, with the Greek connection, is "[b]Psilos[/b]" - Many thanks to Bass Apprentice for the suggestion. The Bass is being named as I write. PM on it's way. [/quote] WELL DONE Mick! Not only will it look like you are Doctor Who's bassist, the name sounds like the bass might have been made by a time lord! Andy... how many regenerations have you had? I would hope that Capaldi's playing might go down better as a result of your playing [i]Psilos[/i] too. Too controversial? Sorry Peter. I am not sure that Psilos means "smooth" as was suggested however. Looking for translations of the word Psilos resulted in this definition from two different translation services - ψηλός [psiloːs] adj[list] [*]high, [/list] tallτο πιο ψηλά[list] [*]the highest [/list] or[list] [*]Tall [/list] A lot of sites just threw the same word back without translation. I wondered if the name in Greek letters would have a different meaning. It would look like this; [color=#ff0000][i][b][size=8]ψηλός[/size][/b][/i][/color] Whatever it means it looks awesome. I wish you many happy years with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNkShUi Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Fantastic end result. Congratulations Mick, and Andy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Well, according to Wikipedia, which we all know is absolutely spot on accurate :[font=sans-serif] In [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_warfare"]Ancient Greek warfare[/url], [b]psiloi[/b] ([url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek"]Ancient Greek[/url] ψιλοί, plural of ψιλός, [i]psilos[/i], literally “bare, stripped”),[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-1"][1][/url][/sup] were extremely light infantry who acted as skirmishers and missile troops.[/font][font=sans-serif] Psiloi, often used as a broad term to describe types of unarmored or lightly armored infantry, have often been more explicitly referred to by other names, such as [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnetes"]gymnetes[/url][/i] (lit. [i]naked[/i])[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-2"][2][/url][/sup] or [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Euzonoi&action=edit&redlink=1"]euzonoi[/url][/i] (light armored; after whom the modern [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evzones"]Evzones[/url] are named),[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-3"][3][/url][/sup] [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grosphomachoi&action=edit&redlink=1"]grosphomachoi[/url][/i] and [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akontistai&action=edit&redlink=1"]akontistai[/url][/i] (javelineers),[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-4"][4][/url][/sup][sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-5"][5][/url][/sup] [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sphendonetai&action=edit&redlink=1"]sphendonetai[/url][/i] (slingers),[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-6"][6][/url][/sup] [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxotai"]toxotai[/url][/i] (bowmen or archers) or [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lithoboloi&action=edit&redlink=1"]lithoboloi[/url][/i] (stone throwers).[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-7"][7][/url][/sup] The [i][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltast"]peltastai[/url][/i] (bearers of light shields, targeteers)[sup][url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psiloi#cite_note-8"][8][/url][/sup] are often categorized as an intermediary infantry type, later grouped either with the psiloi or the heavy infantry, according to their main tactical role.[/font] [font=sans-serif] Whatever, it's too late. Ink's dry on the label, web site updated. And to quote President Trump - everything I don't agree with is False News! [/font][font=sans-serif] I just love this post-truth world. So liberating. Anyway, just off to build my 16 string glass-composite uke. It's going to be my best build yet....[/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Great to see it finished, it's so beautiful, well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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