theplumber Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 I'll just leave this here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) Crikey, he does know that those screw holes behind the saddles exist for a reason, right? Good to see the return of mismatched control knobs though: It's one of these btw: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274861705638?hash=item3fff08c9a6:g:4uoAAOSw79pg6Dpf Edited October 27, 2021 by lemmywinks 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 So…… Ruin a cheap, but perfectly functional bass, claim it has been improved then charge 2.5 times the price? That’s like sawing one of Carlton Palmers legs off, selling him to PSG for 200 million on the basis that he is now “improved, lightweight and streamlined”. The guy is delusional at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Pickguard Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 The lightly scalloped fingerboard edges make me cringe as much as the 'about to fold up on itself' bridge' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 1.The gift that keeps on giving? 2.I think this bridge is up there in the top 3 modifications from him you never knew you needed or existed. 3. Why? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilebodgers Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Anyone spot the motorcycle and customised sidecar in the background of one of the pics? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldslapper Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 17 minutes ago, nilebodgers said: Anyone spot the motorcycle and customised sidecar in the background of one of the pics? Yeah. It started life as a whole Lexus. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binky_bass Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 The guy is a con man. He advertises what he does as significant improvements, he's a hack. To be fair, we'd all benefit from not promoting him. The best thing for all of us is to forget he exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) won't the intonation be all wrong? Ah, I see he's moved the neck back, for people with short arms, makes a change from fat fingers I suppose Edited October 27, 2021 by PaulWarning 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowla Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 A great interpretation of a tremolo bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Wow! I was building flat wagons at the age of 5 that were more advanced than that! I stare into space bewildered! 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonse Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 Anybody else tempted to read this? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 He eventually bought a router. Get ready for mass destruction. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I dread to think what’s coming next 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I've said it before, I'll say it again ... this would be a poorer place without his creations. I can't think of any other luthier who generates quite so much entertainment. Having the bridge overhang the rear of the bass by 3" is just a glorious idea, but securing the steel reinforcement plate with allen bolts is sheer genius. I'm still laughing, though tinged with disappointment that he didn't use https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-8-16mm-m5-x-52mm-10-pack/12229?tc=TB9&ds_kid=92700048793290424&ds_rl=1249413&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlOmLBhCHARIsAGiJg7mZvXQ_SXoS5U3vxCUuJ4qI40-yQDZB4kGMfFVvzg_f96P1mG80C8MaAl83EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds instead. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 52 minutes ago, Hellzero said: He eventually bought a router. Get ready for mass destruction. He'd have been better off not wasting his time 'scalloping the fretboard' but just trying to get 2 flat surfaces for the neck to sit in the neck pocket. What a tool ( and I don't mean the router)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Come over 'ere an' I'll scallop yer neck pocket ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 IBTD. Popcorn anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1968 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) . Edited October 28, 2021 by nige1968 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul S Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 There are no words to describe this. Must be his most extreme mod yet. Palm muting could be interesting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tegs07 Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 14 hours ago, binky_bass said: The guy is a con man. He advertises what he does as significant improvements, he's a hack. To be fair, we'd all benefit from not promoting him. The best thing for all of us is to forget he exists. I disagree. He describes things accurately and provides photographic evidence. If anyone really thinks that Fender, Gibson, Yamaha and all the other manufacturers don’t know what they are doing and a neck moved into the body and the bridge left hanging off the body will make things better and they look at the pictures and pay the cash then they are getting exactly what they deserve. I’m in the it takes all sorts of eccentricity camp … 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Paul S said: There are no words to describe this. Must be his most extreme mod yet. Palm muting could be interesting. The cut and shut one with the Grabber/Ripper copy body still takes the top spot for me. Edited October 28, 2021 by lemmywinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Just revisiting the neck (of which he appears to have routed the heel freehand with no fence or bearing), he may be visiting A&E shortly which may affect his workflow and ability to tinker. It's a horrorshow in so many ways, but to take tegs07 POV, it takes some cohones/lack of awareness to proudly display such ineptitude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmywinks Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, tegs07 said: I disagree. He describes things accurately and provides photographic evidence. Not really, the descriptions are massively prone to hyperbole. Once he described one of his old P copies as being suitable for pro players when in the accompanying video it had an extreme grounding issue, similarly one of his acoustics was described as having the perfect setup but the video revealed fret buzz up most of the neck. These are the ones that actually featured the listed guitar in the videos, usually they aren't the same instrument - the famous Night in Langney bass is in most of them! I suppose you can only guage the accuracy if you have the instrument in your hands but those videos revealed some serious issues, no way were either of those two I mentioned suitable for any sort of live use. With the Grabber one I mentioned above he avoided showing the neck join, from memory he had bolted a neck with a slanted heel onto an old Kay body which had a regular neck pocket, the pictures only show you what he wants to reveal. Edited October 28, 2021 by lemmywinks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newfoundfreedom Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I'm glad he's a luthier. He could have been a plastic surgeon. 😳 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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