Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 I decided I wanted a good looking single cut bass. So many designs out there look like sperm wales, so here my design. Front and back has a bookmatched flamy/spalted maple cap with a lovely reddish tinge, Core is Alder. Neck will be flame maple/wenge laminate with an ebony fingerboard. ETS hardware and Hipshote Ultralite tuners. Preamp is a Noll 3-band 3-parametric EQ running 18v, Pickup is a Delano Xtender Dual coil. 9 Quote
PlungerModerno Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Some exquisite timber there, should be wonderful! I'm reminded of those "Human Base" fretlesses they come with the Delano oval, but neck through construction and a more angular headstock. Your headstock is a little more Ritter (in a good way, I know they are a little marmitey). Edited February 26, 2021 by PlungerModerno Quote
HazBeen Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 (edited) Fantastic! This will be stunning. Noll/Delano combo also is a great combo, I have the TCM3P in several basses. Edited February 26, 2021 by HazBeen 1 Quote
franzbassist Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Looks great. Very similar to my Franz Sirius ❤️ 2 1 Quote
TheGreek Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 Thank you...I knew it reminded me of something... Hard to find a completely unique shape... 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 10:25, PlungerModerno said: Some exquisite timber there, should be wonderful! I'm reminded of those "Human Base" fretlesses they come with the Delano oval, but neck through construction and a more angular headstock. Your headstock is a little more Ritter (in a good way, I know they are a little marmitey). Expand Thanks! I find it’s hard to be totally unique with headstock. Although unintentional. I do see the Ritter resemblance! Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 10:44, franzbassist said: Looks great. Very similar to my Franz Sirius ❤️ Expand Great bass! I think it’s hard to not be similar to other basses out there. But I agree, with the Delano, ebony and similar color wood, it does look similar to the Franz! Mine is better as it has 7 knobs!! 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 10:48, TheGreek said: Thank you...I knew it reminded me of something... Hard to find a completely unique shape... Expand Yup it reminds me of a Franz too now!!! Agreed it is hard to be completely unique. This will look a lot different when contoured. Quote
binky_bass Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 14:39, Chopthebass said: Mine is better as it has 7 knobs!! Expand It's not the size of the knob that counts, it's the quantity of them! 2 Quote
binky_bass Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 15:40, TheGreek said: Is that what Essex girls say? Expand Leave my wife out of this!! 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 15:40, TheGreek said: Is that what Essex girls say? Expand ha ha ! So have Essex girls not shaken off that reputation? The were responsible for lots of great jokes!! Quote
lownote Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 IMHO the only luthier to have achieved an elegant and aesthetically pleasing single cut is Jon Shuker. Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 26, 2021 Author Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 17:57, lownote12 said: IMHO the only luthier to have achieved an elegant and aesthetically pleasing single cut is Jon Shuker. Expand Yes they are nice. Also the Marleaux Mbass Quote
Owen Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 I would add the Ritter Princess Isabella to that list. 2 1 Quote
Jimothey Posted February 26, 2021 Posted February 26, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 16:14, Chopthebass said: So have Essex girls not shaken off that reputation? The were responsible for lots of great jokes!! Expand I think that should be a thread all of its own! 😁 1 Quote
binky_bass Posted February 27, 2021 Posted February 27, 2021 Surely it'll need to be 'Essex Persons', you know, diversity and all that! 2 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 27, 2021 Author Posted February 27, 2021 Control cavity finished. I pre-slotted channels for pickup wire, batter wire and bridge ground before glueing back on. 2 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 27, 2021 Author Posted February 27, 2021 Wondering whether to keep it natural or stain darker. Here it is wetted 6 Quote
MoonBassAlpha Posted February 27, 2021 Posted February 27, 2021 On 27/02/2021 at 18:07, Chopthebass said: Wondering whether to keep it natural or stain darker. Here it is wetted Expand Looks great like that! 1 1 Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 On 27/02/2021 at 18:07, Chopthebass said: Wondering whether to keep it natural or stain darker. Here it is wetted Expand Keep as is, lovely wood. 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted February 28, 2021 Author Posted February 28, 2021 Pickup rout, string anchor holes and control holes all done using the Shaper Origin. 2 Quote
HazBeen Posted February 28, 2021 Posted February 28, 2021 So neat this, I truly am amazed by this Origin thing. Quote
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