NickA Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 On 02/01/2023 at 21:42, funkle said: Lol. I’m already talking to the fella who makes the knobs and the bridge… 😜 Expand The knobs are critical to the sound too ??? Whodathunkit! 😂 1 Quote
funkle Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 On 13/01/2023 at 19:09, NickA said: The knobs are critical to the sound too ??? Whodathunkit! 😂 Expand They are if you find it hard to figure out where knobs with minimal markings are turned to!! Lol. My original plan was to use numbered Luminlay knobs, they make perfect ones for this bass. But since they are out of production, I had to go custom…and @Chopthebassknew a fella… 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 13, 2023 Author Posted January 13, 2023 Still waiting for the pickups! But found time to sand and buff. I’m loving the flame! 16 Quote
Si600 Posted January 13, 2023 Posted January 13, 2023 Is using the rolled up ball of sticks how you get such a lustre? I really like the flaming on that. Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 13, 2023 Author Posted January 13, 2023 On 13/01/2023 at 21:44, Si600 said: Is using the rolled up ball of sticks how you get such a lustre? I really like the flaming on that. Expand Yes that’s my specialist luthier ball! thank you sir Quote
Kev Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 On 13/01/2023 at 21:34, Chopthebass said: Still waiting for the pickups! But found time to sand and buff. I’m loving the flame! Expand Beautiful! Can't wait to see how this turns out! 1 Quote
bartelby Posted January 14, 2023 Posted January 14, 2023 I'm not normally one for natural finishes. But that is beautiful! Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 14, 2023 Author Posted January 14, 2023 On 14/01/2023 at 09:40, bartelby said: I'm not normally one for natural finishes. But that is beautiful! Expand My plan at the start was to make it blue, but the maple had quite a dark red/brown hue, and a test piece didn’t take stain the way I wanted. 3 Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 Ebony trim piece added at the truss rod access 7 Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 Top job. This is getting into 'Master Craftsman' territory 1 Quote
Hellzero Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 Don't forget to copper shield the pickups cavities and star ground them too otherwise the shielding is totally useless... 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 On 19/01/2023 at 07:24, Andyjr1515 said: Top job. This is getting into 'Master Craftsman' territory Expand Thanks Andy! Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 On 19/01/2023 at 10:49, Hellzero said: Don't forget to copper shield the pickups cavities and star ground them too otherwise the shielding is totally useless... Expand Yup, that’s the plan. I’m still waiting for the pickups and once I know the fit nicely I’ll do the copper. I run a ground from each pickup cavity, and bridge, and then ground everything to cavity shielding. It’s the only way to do it effectively. 1 Quote
deksawyer Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 Please fix the broken links to your pics, it's driving me nuts not being able to see them! Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 On 19/01/2023 at 14:37, deksawyer said: Please fix the broken links to your pics, it's driving me nuts not being able to see them! Expand I ran out of allowable upload data, so had to delete some attachments! Can you see any? Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 Ah I realized I deleted some attachments on this thread. Doh! Don’t think I can re-attach images to those messages Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 19, 2023 Author Posted January 19, 2023 I think these are images I shouldn’t have deleted.. 4 Quote
Hellzero Posted January 19, 2023 Posted January 19, 2023 On 19/01/2023 at 19:19, bloke_zero said: Whats the transformer for? Expand XLR impedance matching output. 😉 1 1 Quote
Chopthebass Posted January 20, 2023 Author Posted January 20, 2023 A bit of fine sanding and the neck fits. 8 Quote
durhamboy Posted January 21, 2023 Posted January 21, 2023 As Andy said, top class job and great attention to detail. PS. Interested to see where the ash(?) backed body in one of your pics is going. Is it another build going on at the same time? (Sorry if I've missed where you've mentioned that one at some point.) Quote
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