petecarlton Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 This may be a bit premature, as there's not a lot to show yet, but I've ordered a P-bass from Jon and I had the first pictures yesterday of potential neck blanks. I intend to keep posting as I receive more informatuion and pictures, but the spec is as follows: 34" scale 20 frets 43.5mm nut width (since reduced to more like a Jazz at 40mm - I have small hands) 20.5mm neck depth at 1st fret 22,5mm at 12th gentle c profile flamed roasted maple neck flamed rosted maple fretboard two way truss rod carbon fibre reinforcement jumbo stainless steel fretwire brass nut satin neck lacquer 3mm luminlay side markers 6mm black face dots triple string tree gotoh GB 528 resolite tuners - the standard choice is Scahller Schaller bml lites, but I do like lollipops! alder chambered body reduced heel and recessed neck fixings Usual carves (the internal chambering is graduated around the rear ribcage carve to make the carve possible, not simple and its a shame all that work is covered up! haha, i would send pics of this before the top goes on) polyester basecoat black wet look lacquer gloss coat carbonlite shaped s/plate 3 positions on the s/plate, vol, mid/mid freq, treble/bass s/plate mounted jack rear flip top battery compartment, although may be possible to have the battery under the s/plate in case you ever wanted the bass to go passive, i could do a cover section or split the s/plate so you didn't need to take the whole thing off. recessed s/plate cover for the access to the truss rod. custom wound split coil pickup gotoh multi tonal bridge schaller s-locks black hardware rotosound 45-105 swing bass as standard shuker / hiscox logo case So far, the only pictures I have are of the neck blanks, but it's a start! Jon suggested nos 2 and 5 were the best, so I've left the choice to him. (Much) more to follow! Pete 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Will definitely be worth the wait. Gets comfy chair.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunion Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi Well, summer is coming and it’s the best day of the year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Sounds like a clone of mine which I received last week. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: Sounds like a clone of mine which I received last week. I imagine it is, apart from the machine heads and the neck width - what's yours? Looks awesome by the way! What a beaut - how are you getting on with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted May 2, 2022 Author Share Posted May 2, 2022 2 hours ago, LukeFRC said: That’s a reasonable amount of Pepsi Never mind the Pepsi... Shirley you should be looking at the timber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiram.k.hackenbacker Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, petecarlton said: I imagine it is, apart from the machine heads and the neck width - what's yours? Looks awesome by the way! What a beaut - how are you getting on with it? My one has a jazz neck on it. I like lollipops too, but on a vintage jazz. You won’t like the Shuker. You’ll need to pass it on to me when it’s finished 😂. Seriously though, I’ve gigged it twice and it’s a cracker. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted May 3, 2022 Author Share Posted May 3, 2022 20 hours ago, hiram.k.hackenbacker said: You won’t like the Shuker. You’ll need to pass it on to me when it’s finished 😂. Haha! Finished? Never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 I hope no-one's been holding their breath since I last posted. I've had a bit of a manic time recently, but I do now have some progress pictures to put up. So far, Jon's selected a neck - the bottom one in this picture, which is more evenly figured (he explained): 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Here's the back of neck and headstock: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 And a closer view of that beautiful flame: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 And of the headstock, which I gather now has its logo - can't wait to see that! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 And here's the body, unstained: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 I promise to be a bit more prompt with future posts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz39 Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 15 minutes ago, petecarlton said: I promise to be a bit more prompt with future posts! I should bally well think so too! Srsly though - nice roasting! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 Don't worry. Good things are worth waiting for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) Still waiting for mine (Jazz neck (actually slimmer)), too - no dots, either...it's only been 2 1/2 years...then again, we did have a bit of a global pandemic in between... Edited June 22, 2022 by Muzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Muzz said: Still waiting for mine (Jazz neck (actually slimmer)), too - no dots, either...it's only been 2 1/2 years...then again, we did have a bit of a global pandemic in between... Yes, but that's saintly patience! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Waiting in some trepidation for the latest pictures from Jon. Perhaps stupidly. I decided the bass should be named for the Stranglers' single "Nuclear Device" from 1979 - it didn't do that well (no. 36 on the chart, I believe), but I always liked it. The sinlge's sleeve had an illustration showing some rather cool-looking rockets, which Jon is planning to use as a logo on the front of the headstock, between his signature and JJs. The "Nuclear Device" logotype would be on the back. Neither of us wants it to be too busy, so all of this might change... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velarian Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Bruce and Sheila will love it. 😉 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Cool. You got the technical specs for the custom wound P pickup, and would you mind sharing it in that case? Just out of pure curiosity. Edited August 10, 2022 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) On 10/08/2022 at 17:53, petecarlton said: Waiting in some trepidation for the latest pictures from Jon. Perhaps stupidly. I decided the bass should be named for the Stranglers' single "Nuclear Device" from 1979 - it didn't do that well (no. 36 on the chart, I believe), but I always liked it. The sinlge's sleeve had an illustration showing some rather cool-looking rockets, which Jon is planning to use as a logo on the front of the headstock, between his signature and JJs. The "Nuclear Device" logotype would be on the back. Neither of us wants it to be too busy, so all of this might change... Just for a second I thought that was the back of the neck... 🙂 You have inspired me to contact Jon again about mine...he's probably gonna say 'Yeah, it's been sat here for ages waiting for you'... 😕🙂 Edit: I did, in fact contact Jon. He said "Yeah, it's been sat here for ages waiting for you." Upside is he's sticking it in the post next week... 😀 Edited August 14, 2022 by Muzz 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 On 10/08/2022 at 21:36, Baloney Balderdash said: Cool. You got the technical specs for the custom wound P pickup, and would you mind sharing it in that case? Just out of pure curiosity. No, sorry. I've left all that up to Jon, not really my field of expertise. I'll try to find out more, now you've mentioned them. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petecarlton Posted August 23, 2022 Author Share Posted August 23, 2022 Sorry - no more info yet on pickups, but how about these tantalising headstock images, now that Jon has applied the custom logo(s)? Hoping to pick up the guitar in about two or three weeks. It's all getting very exciting! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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