Toasted Posted September 18, 2007 Posted September 18, 2007 Out of curiosity, does it have a headstock logo?
Marcus Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 [quote name='Toasted' post='62278' date='Sep 18 2007, 07:10 PM']Out of curiosity, does it have a headstock logo?[/quote] Yes it has the period correct Fender Logo..... Cheers Mark
Marcus Posted September 18, 2007 Author Posted September 18, 2007 (edited) Don't make me put this on Ebay...... !! I'll take Px up to £600 hit me with something interesting ! Warwick, Spector, Musicman, Status, G&L Lakland...... etc etc Edited September 18, 2007 by Marcus
Marcus Posted September 19, 2007 Author Posted September 19, 2007 Wow.... amazing the response you get when you offere swapsies...... !! PM's replied to... Thanks, couple of options to consider now Mark
john_the_bass Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Just out of interest, is this built from scratch from plans or is it assembled from parts? Damn fine looking bass.
Toasted Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Bravewood makes his basses from scratch like Christian Celinder, not parts like Sadowsky / Lakalnd USA.
john_the_bass Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 sorry to go off topic - what parts do the likes of Lakland and Sadowsky use then - or do they make their own parts?
Toasted Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 They use other US based factories to make their bodies and necks. I don't mean Warmoth or USACG.
Marcus Posted September 19, 2007 Author Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='john_the_bass' post='62491' date='Sep 19 2007, 09:11 AM']Just out of interest, is this built from scratch from plans or is it assembled from parts? Damn fine looking bass.[/quote] Hi Guys, here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url]
odub Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 That was very interesting , thanks for posting.
99ster Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='Marcus' post='62524' date='Sep 19 2007, 10:18 AM']Hi Guys, here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url][/quote] Great stuff! (BUT - I still think some of his 'distressing' is just not done very well - especially all that 'chipping' he does to the body. Genuine old vintage guitars just don't look like that...! But the quality of his guitar building work is obviously very high - so I don't know he doesn't leave it at that rather than spoil them with the dodgy ageing stuff...? Bizarre.)
Marcus Posted September 19, 2007 Author Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='99ster' post='62590' date='Sep 19 2007, 12:15 PM']Great stuff! (BUT - I still think some of his 'distressing' is just not done very well - especially all that 'chipping' he does to the body. Genuine old vintage guitars just don't look like that...! But the quality of his guitar building work is obviously very high - so I don't know he doesn't leave it at that rather than spoil them with the dodgy ageing stuff...? Bizarre.)[/quote] I can agree with that to a large extent..... Good Job then because mine is build to be 10/10 with no distressing..... It's got the closest you'll get to 60's Nitro finish really thinly applied, you can see the wood grain really clearly through it so it's got a great acoustic "Ring" to it
Mike Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) Fascinating article. And made for Kevin, too - that P he made looks just like the one this guy Kevin Lindsay has: [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=102202793"]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endid=102202793[/url] Who also owns a few nice Seis (he was good enough to give me info on Nordy fatstacks for my custom build). It's amazing, the relicing looks almost identical, but this one on myspace is labelled a 56 Fender P. Edited September 19, 2007 by Mike
ped Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='Marcus' post='62524' date='Sep 19 2007, 10:18 AM']Hi Guys, here's a great insight into how john makes his guitars..... well worth a close look at this [url="http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html"]http://www.bravewoodguitars.co.uk/Building%20a%20BW.html[/url][/quote] Thanks, really interesting. For what it's worth, I played a '76 Antigua Jazz last night and it was distressed in exactly the same 'chipped' fashion as some of the Bravewood examples. Maybe not to the same extent, but very similar. ta ped
ped Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 Lukeward2000 has a Bravewood Fender Precision (57?) which plays as well as any precision I have had or played before.
Kev Posted September 19, 2007 Posted September 19, 2007 interested in a musicman sub 4 active, with added black scratchplate
Marcus Posted September 19, 2007 Author Posted September 19, 2007 [quote name='BassManKev' post='62656' date='Sep 19 2007, 01:09 PM']interested in a musicman sub 4 active, with added black scratchplate[/quote] PM'd
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