Beedster Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 Great thread 🙏 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Beedster said: Great thread 🙏 Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassmanPaul Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) I can only imagine how heavy your bass is. I bought a fretless Carvin LB76WP in Walnut and while the bass played a treat at the end of the evening I was knackered from it's weight. For a little guy like me it was just too much. I recently gave it to a bass playing nephew along with a Carvin BX1500. He is delighted with both. All that said the bass is beautiful and you should be proud. Never having played a fretless before I had Carvin install fret lines. The thought of that massive expanse of Ebony scared me. I hardly look at the neck any more when I play. LOL Edited November 3, 2022 by BassmanPaul 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 27 minutes ago, BassmanPaul said: I can only imagine how heavy your bass is. I bought a fretless Carvin LB76WP in Walnut and while the bass played a treat at the end of the evening I was knackered from it's weight. For a little guy like me it was just too much. I recently gave it to a bass playing nephew along with a Carvin BX1500. He is delighted with both. All that said the bass is beautiful and you should be proud. Never having played a fretless before I had Carvin install fret lines. The thought of that massive expanse of Ebony scared me. I hardly look at the neck any more when I play. LOL IIRC, 10.5 LBS Tolerable for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 28 minutes ago, BassmanPaul said: I can only imagine how heavy your bass is. I bought a fretless Carvin LB76WP in Walnut and while the bass played a treat at the end of the evening I was knackered from it's weight. For a little guy like me it was just too much. I recently gave it to a bass playing nephew along with a Carvin BX1500. He is delighted with both. All that said the bass is beautiful and you should be proud. Never having played a fretless before I had Carvin install fret lines. The thought of that massive expanse of Ebony scared me. I hardly look at the neck any more when I play. LOL Some bits of wood are heavy, some aren’t. Variation within a species is often as great as between species 🪵 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 I really love this bass, being a fretless player I like the idea of the "stereo" output and the ability to tailor the sound with it. Congratulations! And the bass looks beautiful! 😍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted November 4, 2022 Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Hellzero said: I really love this bass, being a fretless player I like the idea of the "stereo" output and the ability to tailor the sound with it. Congratulations! And the bass looks beautiful! 😍 Thank you! As I said before…it is my main player! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 4, 2023 Author Share Posted March 4, 2023 Well, it’s been over 2 years and I’m doing a refinish. I damaged the control area a while ago and I decided to “fix” it by routing the top to fit a tele type control plate. the refinish is going pretty good. A few spots of finish left to remove completely. Then on to finish sanding. Tru-oil will be used. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassmanPaul Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) I bought a Carvin LB76WP as a reward for living through my third stroke. The bass has six strings, a Piezo bridge and a Walnut body. I had EMG pickups installed. The result was a glorious bass that looked and played like a dream. The problem was that it was just too darned heavy to wear comfortably for set after set. Just recently I found out that my Nephew in Liverpool. is playing bass. On a visit to us here in Toronto I gave him the bass. He was blown away by it. With this in mind I caution our friendly neighbourhood @stereoplayer to consider how heavy the finished bass might be. While I'm at it I'd like to direct a comment to @Hellzero that my favourite bass is a Carvin LB76F. This is a lined fretless six string again fitted with EMGs and made of Koa. It's a dream to play. You can see it here on the first show I ever played it.: My white fretted six string can be see during the clip. Edited March 5, 2023 by BassmanPaul 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 5, 2023 Author Share Posted March 5, 2023 2 hours ago, BassmanPaul said: I bought a Carvin LB76WP as a reward for living through my third stroke. The bass has six strings, a Piezo bridge and a Walnut body. I had EMG pickups installed. The result was a glorious bass that looked and played like a dream. The problem was that it was just too darned heavy to wear comfortably for set after set. Just recently I found out that my Nephew in Liverpool. is playing bass. On a visit to us here in Toronto I gave him the bass. He was blown away by it. With this in mind I caution our friendly neighbourhood @stereoplayer to consider how heavy the finished bass might be. While I'm at it I'd like to direct a comment to @Hellzero that my favourite bass is a Carvin LB76F. This is a lined fretless six string again fitted with EMGs and made of Koa. It's a dream to play. You can see it here on the first show I ever played it.: My white fretted six string can be see during the clip. Yup, thanks. We discussed this earlier in this thread. Its about 10.5 lbs Tolerable for me…especially since I sit while playing most of the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 6, 2023 Author Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) Watco, Swedish oil. The 1st coat of many to come. Edited March 6, 2023 by stereoplayer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Very nice work 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted March 8, 2023 Author Share Posted March 8, 2023 Five coats of oil finish for a nice, easily repairable, matte finish. It feels nice in the hands. I’m waiting on international shipping for my shielding paint. I have copper tape but I prefer the paint in the PU routes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 That looks very similar to my Cherry headless bass. (which I can't find photos of...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullfan Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Finished pics yet from the revamp? 🤓👍🏼 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Thanks, I forgot. I need to take a few more though. It’s been my #2 bass since I built another very similar one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 21 minutes ago, stereoplayer said: Thanks, I forgot. I need to take a few more though. It’s been my #2 bass since I built another very similar one. Lovely, good work 👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassmanPaul Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 When I was ready to order my Fretless the idea of that massive expanse of black ebony scared me so I had the fret lines put in. LOL Now I don't even think about it and the bass has become my favourite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 (edited) 1 hour ago, Beedster said: Lovely, good work 👍 Thank you. I’m disappointed with the control plate route. The just slipped a little when routing. I probably should make a custom control plate. I has been on my “list”. But my recent build is playing and sounding very nice. Even though there are very similar. I’ve been playing this more. Edited January 7 by stereoplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereoplayer Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 (edited) Installed FretFX LED’s today. My tired eyes at gigs will welcome this. Edited February 27 by stereoplayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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