Pea Turgh Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) Been thinking about this build again today. What is the weight of your lovely ‘ray, @Sammybass? Also, what was the reason for the massive chamber with just one control pot? Future-proofing just in case you decided to go with a standard 3 control plus active circuit jobby? Edited June 28, 2020 by Pea Turgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassworks Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Just picking up on Pea Turgh's question. The control cavity is indeed designed "for but not with" a retrofit John East 3 band UNI Pre, one of my favourite circuits. The cavity is not so massive though. I deliberately left mass there by only routing down 10mm. Just enough to get a bearing cutter to follow the cavity profile with a manual router later down the line. As it happens, the client having been an ardent fan of passive circuits for years, experienced a MM 18V active two band circuit recently and was suitably impressed. He pressed the button on a retrofit active circuit a couple of weeks ago. He picked the John East MMSR 2 Band EQ instead of the UNI Pre 3 band, but it all went in perfectly. If it was not for the copper shielding work, he could have waited whilst the work was done! The devil is in the detail folks! PS: The EQ on this circuit is something else! Fabulous wallop of bass boost is available but it's really musical and the treble boost just sizzles! Leo Fender got this one absolutely right. Edited June 28, 2020 by Bassworks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 What an amazing looking bass! The attention to detail is mind-blowing. I keep considering an active pre in the Shuker build I did last year and this has just tempted me further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassworks Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Thanks @GarethFlatlands, Jon is a truly remarkable luthier. You say a Shuker "build" ? I presume you are modifying one of his basses? or do you work in Jon's shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I did one of his bass building courses last February, a fretless with a passive MM pickup. There's a build diary I'll grab a link to when I'm not on mobile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethFlatlands Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Mobile double post... Edited June 28, 2020 by GarethFlatlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobothy Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 ... if I ever built a bass I’d want to have this attention to detail, really impressed and a lovely result 👍🏼 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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