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10-16-2008, 02:47 PM
| | |  My New Bass, Photos!
7/8 Size Instrument made by Canadian Luthier Don Gorman, completed in September 2008
UB - 19"
LB - 28"
Mensure - 42"
Laborie end-pin still to be installed.
Enjoy! http://www.dropshots.com/Calvin87#al...0Gorman%20Bass
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10-16-2008, 02:57 PM
|  | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | | Really pretty wood!!! Congrats! How does it sound? Clips?
Enjoy! |
10-16-2008, 03:28 PM
| | | | It sounds great. It currently has Belcanto's on it but it doesn't really suit the instrument. I'm considering something with a bit more edge, perhaps Dominants or Original Flat-Chrome. |
10-16-2008, 04:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canada | | Ooooohh, I like that looks of that! Congrats on your beautiful new bass. What is the figured wood called? It looks to me like scales.
It seems that Mr. Gorman copied Upton's design for a fingerboard extension:  |
10-16-2008, 04:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Upstate NY (Adirondacks) | | Super Sharp!!! I hope it plays and sounds half as good as it looks (it'll sound pretty good if it does!)  |
10-16-2008, 04:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Denver, Co. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass  Ooooohh, I like that looks of that! Congrats on your beautiful new bass. What is the figured wood called? It looks to me like scales. | The wood looks like quilted big leaf maple to me.
I only think this because of my brief love affair with Arnolds beauty, made for my friend Lou Pappas. I spent many divine moments in my bathroom looking at pictures of that mother.
According to Arnold, this wood is next to impossible to work with.
Beautiful. Kudos to Mr. Gorman and congratulations to you!
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10-16-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Warburton The wood looks like quilted big leaf maple to me.
I only think this because of my brief love affair with Arnolds beauty, made for my friend Lou Pappas. I spent many divine moments in my bathroom looking at pictures of that mother.
According to Arnold, this wood is next to impossible to work with.
Beautiful. Kudos to Mr. Gorman and congratulations to you! | Hehe, thanks. It is big leaf maple from B.C, and yes Don said it was really hard to work with. He got an incredible deal on the wood so it was kind of a special treat for me. He normally uses quilted maple, also from B.C. |
10-16-2008, 08:27 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Hey Calvin, nice looking bass! That quilt is alive.  |
10-17-2008, 04:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Upstate, SC | | | Very nice looking bass, Calvin. Congrats!
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10-17-2008, 08:21 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Kansas City, MO | | | Unbelievable! What a fantastic looking bass. I bet it sounds as good as it looks! |
10-17-2008, 09:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Boston, MA | | Congratulations! Thank you very much for sharing those pictures. Inspirational...  |
10-17-2008, 10:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: NYC | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bass It seems that Mr. Gorman copied Upton's design for a fingerboard extension... | That board design has been around for a lot longer than Upton's....
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10-17-2008, 10:39 AM
|  | Student of Life Forum Administrator | | Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Louisville, KY | | That girl's got some serious hips on her. Me like. |
10-17-2008, 01:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | | Great looking bass! |
10-17-2008, 03:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Maynard MA | | | Beautiful! Man, I gotta get a new bass. Congrats! |
10-17-2008, 04:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Houston, TX | | | Congratulations. I hope it sounds as great as it looks. |
10-17-2008, 07:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NorCal | | That baby got back.
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10-17-2008, 09:28 PM
| | crosswind downwind bass | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Tacoma WA | | | Gorgeous bass. Congratulations. You are blessed if it sounds anything like it looks.
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10-17-2008, 11:37 PM
|  | No Longer Works a Day Job | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: USA | | | Congrats man, I hope it sounds as good as it looks.
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10-17-2008, 11:43 PM
|  | 5-string Rider | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Home-STL; location-Hesse. | | | Dude, nice bass.
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