spacecowboy Posted October 21, 2020 Posted October 21, 2020 8 hours ago, HazBeen said: Doing 6 coats for this one, 4 on the neck. Coat 2 went on this am, am doing 3 tonight. Then 4 and 5 Thursday and 6 Friday am. Then will leave to cure, with a final coat of lemon oil going on Sunday. Will then wax, assemble and do the pre-requisite tinkering next weekend. No further pics until then Looking forward to the end result mate! Quote
Geek99 Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 Send it back ! What clown has been botching that up .... ? 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted October 23, 2020 Author Posted October 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Geek99 said: Send it back ! What clown has been botching that up .... ? I know, what a horrible example of inept home building. It should be forbidden. 1 Quote
Pea Turgh Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 That top wood & finish combo is stunning 👍🏻 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted October 24, 2020 Author Posted October 24, 2020 Still all the tweaking to do, but it is a bass.... 11 1 Quote
durhamboy Posted October 25, 2020 Posted October 25, 2020 Looks great. A really nice job, solid building skills and a classy refined look to the finished bass. You should be proud. Does it sound as good as it looks?😉 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted October 25, 2020 Author Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, durhamboy said: Looks great. A really nice job, solid building skills and a classy refined look to the finished bass. You should be proud. Does it sound as good as it looks?😉 Thanks, much appreciated. I still need to finetune before I can fully answer that question. But first impressions are very positive. Today I worked on the nut (needed to sit a little deeper) and sorted the string height out. After everything has settled (give it a week or two) I will tweak again and record something. Thus far I am very happy, the wenge fretboard gives it a warmer rounder sound than my Status necked fretless. Acoustically it resonates well and there is ample “mwaah”. More pics and sound bites will come Edited October 25, 2020 by HazBeen Quote
HazBeen Posted October 26, 2020 Author Posted October 26, 2020 Quick sound snippet..... Infinite Bass 5 FL.mp3 3 Quote
spacecowboy Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 Awesome work Haz, sounds great, big and fat! 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted October 26, 2020 Posted October 26, 2020 Yep sounds fat indeed and nice too with the right amount of harmonics. Well done Harry. 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted October 26, 2020 Author Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Hellzero said: Yep sounds fat indeed and nice too with the right amount of harmonics. Well done Harry. Thank you Tony, appreciate the comment especially since you know a th8ng or 2 about fretless basses. 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted October 29, 2020 Author Posted October 29, 2020 First rehearsal..... wow, this thing really sings! 3 Quote
Si600 Posted October 30, 2020 Posted October 30, 2020 8 hours ago, HazBeen said: First rehearsal..... wow, this thing really sings! But it all breaks down at the first rehearsal... Looks a spiffing piece of work. Quote
HazBeen Posted December 23, 2020 Author Posted December 23, 2020 An update needed on this one. It has been a joy to play over the last month or two, but I have come to a few realisations and decisions. 1. Untreated Wenge as a fretless board is not something I would consider doing again. It is too soft given the marks even my Cobalt Flats have left. 2. The neck is almost perfect, but I’d like it to be a little slimmer 3. I am very used to lined fretless, to a point that I wish I had stuck with my original plan and had gone for a lined neck So what to do? Well.... next week I am going to redo/mod my neck and end up with a lined fretless, Gabon ebony fretboard, slightly slimmer neck. Shouldn’t take me too long, so watch this space... 4 Quote
HazBeen Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 We have a slotted fretboard...... now to get the wenge one off, and make 21 (or maybe 22) maple fretlines...... going to take me ages, but worth the effort I think. 2 Quote
HazBeen Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 I don’t think the wenge fretboard will survive Bending like Beckham Quote
HazBeen Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 And off! No issues or damaged maple, so happy. 5 Quote
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