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07-05-2007, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois | | | My new Bass
 
More pics to come.
(and my fingers hurt)
...oh yeah, it's an Upton Professor that just arrived on Monday.
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07-05-2007, 04:41 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Pasadena, CA | | That looks sweet! My fingers hurt right now too. I guess thats a good thing.  |
07-05-2007, 04:58 PM
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07-05-2007, 05:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Chicago | | | beeeoootiful!
Would love to hear it! Maybe I can ride out to Naperville.
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07-05-2007, 06:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Love the varnish! Did you request that special, or did it just come like that?
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07-05-2007, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: New York City | | | This is absolutely gorgeous.
Wow... |
07-05-2007, 06:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois | | | I asked for a deep, dark, varnish with a little warmth.
That's what I got.
christ, anytime you want to come out, let me know.
pm me or something (and you gotta bring your Christopher)
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07-05-2007, 06:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago 'Burbs | | | yea...I'm jealous. I'm just gonna have to suck it up and get a REAL DB. Is that a Rev Solo II you have on there? how do you like it? |
07-05-2007, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois | | Quote:
Is that a Rev Solo II you have on there? how do you like it?
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I don't have much experience with DB pickups, and it's only been used to push a Korg DTR-1 tuner (and works wonderfully for that).
I don't really play 'out', so I'm not even really qualified to review it. I typically don't like piezo pickups on their own. I record (home studio) and only use piezo's for a specific character that was missing from the mic signal(s). Sometimes a tad of attack, sometimes the subs, sometimes nuthin. I've got a collection of around 50 mics to choose from.
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07-05-2007, 07:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Naperville, Illinois | | | Anyone know if the 'spotting' in the varnish is normal on a new bass?
It's most easily seen in the bottom right of the first pic.
(or in the links to the more detailed photos)
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07-05-2007, 07:40 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City area | | | I think that is just the grain of the wood. Upton has done something to accent the grain. |
07-05-2007, 07:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wethersfield, CT | | | very nice! have fun with that now!
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07-05-2007, 07:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Fairfield, CT | | Looks like some nice bear claw on there. Post some clipperoos, eh?
And then, a few months down the road, post some more!
That's not asking too much, is it?  |
07-05-2007, 08:06 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Gorgeous! I'm just weeks away from mine. |
07-05-2007, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BEEF  Anyone know if the 'spotting' in the varnish is normal on a new bass?
It's most easily seen in the bottom right of the first pic.
(or in the links to the more detailed photos) | Just the way the wood took the linseed oil ground...and some refraction through the layers of varnish. It's cool to watch the basses when they start getting varnished, every piece takes the oil differently, and you can get some killer looking pieces! |
07-05-2007, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BEEF I asked for a deep, dark, varnish with a little warmth.
That's what I got.
christ, anytime you want to come out, let me know.
pm me or something (and you gotta bring your Christopher) | ..it's a deal.
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07-05-2007, 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by eroy Just the way the wood took the linseed oil ground...and some refraction through the layers of varnish. It's cool to watch the basses when they start getting varnished, every piece takes the oil differently, and you can get some killer looking pieces! | Eric,
In furniture making, I've found that linseed oil can really pop the grain and give a lot of depth. Followed by several coats of rubbed shellac the wood really glows.
Your finishes are beautiful, but you've outdone yourself on this one.  |
07-06-2007, 04:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Austin, Texas | | | what, no pics of the backside? |
07-07-2007, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cleveland | | | beaufiful
Wow, that bass looks fantastic! If my on-order Upton Hawkes laminate looks anything like that, I will be very happy. Thanks for the pics. |
07-07-2007, 01:24 PM
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