Spoombung Zoot Bass

[Spoombung]

It went over my head too. Who the feck is Sterling Ball?

[steve]

[quote name='Spoombung' post='466787' date='Apr 19 2009, 03:46 PM']It went over my head too. Who the feck is Sterling Ball?[/quote]

son of ernie

(NOT the fastest milkman in the west MB1)

[MB1]

[quote name='steve' post='466793' date='Apr 19 2009, 04:12 PM']son of ernie

(NOT the fastest milkman in the west MB1)[/quote]

MB1.
.....Drives a quick Milk cart that Stirling though!

[lee4]

Should the tubby Son of Ernie really be shown in an advert?

[Spoombung]

More pics from Mike: the tuning pegs have arrived so it's time to drill some holes.

[steve-soar]

I like to see things getting drilled.

[Spoombung]

Let's see what it looks like then:



Very unusual and very elegant. The back looks lovely too.



Well, I'm learning that having one of these custom builds is rather like a having a builder work on your house. There are numerous delays and setbacks, long waits for parts, and then the wrong parts arriving. Then you have to take into account personal schedules so people become unavailable for long periods or have to divert suddenly towards more pressing concerns. Anyway, for one reason or another there won't be any more progress on the instrument for the next few weeks... although he has said he'll aim for handing me the bass over on Friday the 15th of May...just in time for my birthday, hopefully. Can't wait, but I'm going to have to.

Edited April 23, 2009 by Spoombung

[steve-soar]

I am so glad I don't take acid these days, that is the most disturbing, Burroughsian, Lynchesque headstock, I've ever seen.

Edited April 22, 2009 by steve-soar

[Spoombung]

[quote name='steve-soar' post='470186' date='Apr 22 2009, 11:17 PM']that is the most disturbing, Burroughsian, Lynchesque headstock, I've ever seen.[/quote]

[steve-soar]

I christen this bass, "The Mugwump Bat Chain Puller"

[Spoombung]

Here are some mock-ups of the way the bass might look minus the bridge (the wrong model arrived). I don't know why the knobs and strat plate are silver because I did request black, but as Mike is incommunicado I don't know whether he's mocked it up from parts he has lying around his workshop or whether he thinks I wanted silver. Anyway...







Still quite a long way from being finished.

[thedontcarebear]

This has been a very quick build so far!

[Matte_black]

It's coming out very nice! Congrats! Anyway I think it needs only minor work, should be ready soon.

[Spoombung]

[quote name='thedontcarebear' post='470468' date='Apr 23 2009, 10:51 AM']This has been a very quick build so far![/quote]


You think so? It doesn't feel like it but then I suppose I have nothing to compare it to.

[Spoombung]

[quote name='Matte_black' post='470576' date='Apr 23 2009, 12:15 PM']It's coming out very nice! Congrats! Anyway I think it needs only minor work, should be ready soon.[/quote]

Thanks Matt. I hear you build your basses in a month. Is that true?

[Matte_black]

I've built my 8 strings fretless in about a week
If I have to work only on one bass then 15 days could be enough. But as you can see my instruments are pretty simple.

[Spoombung]

[quote name='Matte_black' post='470595' date='Apr 23 2009, 12:26 PM']But as you can see my instruments are pretty simple.[/quote]

Simple is good. My goodness, you do work fast, though!

[Matte_black]

You must consider that every glued joint must be left alone for a day... I really like how your builder is working.

[aido43]

Its looking better every time--I really like the headstock and I think black hardware will look very nice. Are the frets jumbo sized as they look very fat in that last picture?

[ahpook]

[quote name='Spoombung' post='469907' date='Apr 22 2009, 07:19 PM']Let's see what it looks like then:

[/quote]

i think it looks like a somewhat scared 4-eyed beastie.



in a good way !!

[Spoombung]

[quote name='aido43' post='472664' date='Apr 26 2009, 01:31 PM']Its looking better every time--I really like the headstock and I think black hardware will look very nice. Are the frets jumbo sized as they look very fat in that last picture?[/quote]

Yes, they're quite big. I asked Mike to have a look at my Danelectro which has fat, low frets. I'm going to stick to chrome tuners but everything else will be black.

I'm pleased with the headstock. Quite remarkable how close it is to my original sketch:

[aido43]

Its hard to really tell what colour hardware will look best until the body gets lacquered/varnished--I just like black on wood. The headstock is great--looks really neat from behind.Its really moving along now --looking forward to next set of pics.

[Spoombung]

Well the deadline for completion is [b]TOMORROW [/b](the 15th)! ...[i]aaaand[/i] it's touch and go whether he can make it or not! We're running close to the wire, to say the least. In a desparate effort to meet the deadline the missing bridge has now been ordered via Fedex but [i]still [/i]hasn't arrived yet (as I type)! Oh, it's so exciting I can hardly contain myself. It's like a Bruce Willis movie!

Anyway, Mike has sent me some [i]heroic [/i]action shots of him spraying the body with sealer - that's the stuff that goes on before the oil and wax.





I hope it's dried by the time I get there tomorrow... come to think of it, it would be nice if it had some fecking strings on it.

[Prosebass]

Not long now Kev

[Matte_black]

I really like it! Looking forward to see it finished.