Andyjr1515 Posted March 31, 2019 Author Share Posted March 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, eude said: Is it bad I'm trying to imagine that with 2 pickups and 6 strings?... Eude Yes - very bad. Very, very bad! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Dont spoil it chap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 hours ago, eude said: Is it bad I'm trying to imagine that with 2 pickups and 6 strings?... Eude I hope a nemesis 2 is coming soon.......... 😜 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiOgon Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 You could do with some insulation on the cap's long legs, all too easy to short onto the pot bodies - If you don't mind me saying like and personally I wouldn't rely on the earth continuity via the copper shielding, a proper wire from jack socket to each pot body would be my suggestion 😎 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 29 minutes ago, KiOgon said: You could do with some insulation on the cap's long legs, all too easy to short onto the pot bodies - If you don't mind me saying like and personally I wouldn't rely on the earth continuity via the copper shielding, a proper wire from jack socket to each pot body would be my suggestion 😎 QC. Cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 29 minutes ago, KiOgon said: You could do with some insulation on the cap's long legs, all too easy to short onto the pot bodies - If you don't mind me saying like and personally I wouldn't rely on the earth continuity via the copper shielding, a proper wire from jack socket to each pot body would be my suggestion 😎 Good tips. I did think about the insulation but the gap is greater that it looks on the photo and I couldn't think what would ever bend them. Mind you, you never know what @fleabag might be planning to store in there so maybe I'd better pop a couple of sleeves on! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Go ahead Andy. I'm going to be using it as a Croquet Bat on it's days off 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Final knockings before this gets passed over to @fleabag on Saturday. I'll make those couple of changes that @KiOgon recommends and then the only other thing I wasn't happy with was the headstock. The stain was a bit patchy and the gloss sub-base of finish that the decals went onto wasn't quite flat enough. These decals are so super, super thin, the sub-base has to be pretty perfect or the decal itself shows the undulations as a series of stripes where the decal is fully contacting and not quite fully contacting. So off it's all come and I've started again. Stripped it down to wood, re-stained and re-gloss varnished before applying the couple of spare decals I'd ordered. In the flesh, this is MUCH better: So just got to add the satin sealing coats and then bolt it all together and get it to @fleabag ! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillett Guitars Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) 👍 Super job Andy! There are now 2 basses in the world made from the last tree felled by my old mate Merv, the 'Wharfedale wood-cutter'. The owd rascal would truly have been proud to know that. Pictured below: Merv aged 17, a couple of years in to his career as an axe-man (1948), and as I knew him in 2008. http:// http:// Edit: Sorry guys, forgot I was still signed in on the Gillett Guitars account! It's scrumpymike here - in case you hadn't guessed 😉 Edited April 2, 2019 by Gillett Guitars 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Great photo Mike and the last of that Merv wood has gone to a good home, thanks to Andy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 20 hours ago, fleabag said: Great photo Mike and the last of that Merv wood has gone to a good home, thanks to Andy There won't many who can name the guy that cut down the tree their bass is made from! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 2 hours ago, scrumpymike said: There won't many who can name the guy that cut down the tree their bass is made from! A select few...but does include @TheGreek : His name is Rob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 3, 2019 Author Share Posted April 3, 2019 OK - pretty much finished. I did the tweaks that @KiOgon recommended: I'll pop a set of spare strings on to do the final checks that everything is still where it should be and to get the starting positions for the bridge and pickup heights - @fleabag is going to fit his preferred strings, do the final set-up and fit the strap buttons but I'll make sure the basics are in place to start with. I'm pleased how this has turned out: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Brilliant 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 35 minutes ago, fleabag said: Brilliant +1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 51 minutes ago, fleabag said: Brilliant 16 minutes ago, scrumpymike said: +1 +2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 +3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 +4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cato Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 +5 Might be a bit flamboyant but in my head I'm picturing it with a set of gold strings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 4 hours ago, Cato said: +5 Might be a bit flamboyant but in my head I'm picturing it with a set of gold strings. Yes - it might be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 OK - all bagged up and ready to go: One final job before I did that was to pop some spare strings on to do an initial setup so that @fleabag has at least a head start. So that means MORE PHOTOS! Forgive the self-indulgence: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 You take a nice photo Andy - maybe Aaron would like some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 4, 2019 Author Share Posted April 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, fleabag said: You take a nice photo Andy - maybe Aaron would like some more He's got them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Congrats to Fleabag on getting this bass and to Andyjr for yet another build. However, I must voice what I feel others might be thinking, what’s next? 🙂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Stunning work Andy, I'm looking forward to Fleabag's review. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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