Happy Jack Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333749530501?hash=item4db505af85:g:eeUAAOSwmflfgY5Z Apparently this person knows how to build a bass, but doesn't know how to do a setup. Buy with confidence ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 10 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: ... doesn't know how to do a setup ... ... or the basic fundamentals concerning fan-frets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 25 minutes ago, Dad3353 said: ... or the basic fundamentals concerning fan-frets. Thank you!! I was convinced that the placement would affect tuning/ intonation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I'm not sure they know how to use a ruler, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Oh my days! You could drive a bus under those strings, and the ‘D’ is still buzzing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 You can't get workmanship like that just anywhere y'know! And the angled body is a much sought-after feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 on the plus side, the carry handle looks comfy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, mentalextra said: on the plus side, the carry handle looks comfy? Shame he's turned the finger cutouts into ... erm ... knuckle cutouts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 what is the point of the monkey grip? Would monkeys even know what to do with one? I’m sure I’ve seen a pic somewhere of Steve Vai triumphantly holding an ibanez aloft by the monkey grip, but surely you wouldn’t want to draw attention to this piece of crap like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Never seen a build before where someone's clearly installed the bridge before attaching the neck. But rules are there to be broken, right? ...Right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 It's a hybrid angled bridge/straight frets design. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, prowla said: It's a hybrid angled bridge/straight frets/angled strings design. Ftfy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 No amount of setting up is going to help it play in tune until the bridges come forward a couple of inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verb Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 I think that is the first time I've seen high action as a selling point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Oh my word. " May benefit with some time taken to perfect setup " - will that time be finite or infinite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mentalextra Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 It’s almost as though someone who’s never seen a guitar before was given a kit of parts and no instructions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: No amount of setting up is going to help it play in tune until the bridges come forward a couple of inches. Not 'a couple of inches'; totally replaced. The 12th (octave...) fret has to be in the centre of the string length to intonate correctly at all. It can't be done with an angled bridge without fanned frets. End of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Dad3353 said: Not 'a couple of inches'; totally replaced. The 12th (octave...) fret has to be in the centre of the string length to intonate correctly at all. It can't be done with an angled bridge without fanned frets. End of. The bridges would need to be where the pickup presently is, if that was ever going to intonate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassassin Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 11 hours ago, Jean-Luc Pickguard said: what is the point of the monkey grip? Would monkeys even know what to do with one? I'm inclined to think this thing's the result of an infinite number of monkeys being given woodworking tools. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 This is in my town. I’m sooooo tempted to go have a look at it. Shall I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Merton said: This is in my town. I’m sooooo tempted to go have a look at it. Shall I? You'd be doing the person a favour, but he/she is going to be mightily disappointed once the truth hits home. A tricky one, really; kindness says that he/she should be told, but with tact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 Take firelighters. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearhart74 Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 those frets are huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 They must think a 'fret dress' is when you are not sure the dress you are wearing suits... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Imagine being a tree blowing in the wind, one day a local lumberjack chops you down… ”ah well, was nice while it lasted - now I will be made into something useful or beautiful by a master of woodwork - to be enjoyed and loved for generations…such is the lifecycle of a natural resource…” imagine that feeling…then you wake up…and you’ve been turned into this. THINK ABOUT IT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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