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05-27-2009, 08:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | | another bass build project
Well, I am no Arnold Schnitzer, but somehow, I still managed to complete my first bass. Here are some photos, for those, who are interested.
The learning curve was steep, thanks to Arnold, Matthew, Ken, and Ken Smith for lending their knowledge to this project.
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05-27-2009, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Great White North | | | Wow!
She's a beaut! Congratulations.
Any chance you could post the specs (wood, mensur, etc.)?
Oh, and more pics - pics are good...
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05-27-2009, 08:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lafayette, LA | | | wow - count me impressed!
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05-27-2009, 08:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | | Fun Facts:
1804 V. Panormo design from Peter Chandler plans.
1 5/8" overstand, 6 13/16" bridge hight, 42" string length. Easy to play.
Sound; blooms, and booms.
Coolest feature; ribs, back and neck, all made from local harvested cherry lumber.
Top; Sitka spruce.
Hours to complete; lost track a long time ago.
Here is a photo displaying the cherry ribs and neck:
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05-27-2009, 09:08 AM
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Luthier: Bresque Basses, rep: Paulin EUB | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Sydney, Australia | | | Love that cherry head! |
05-27-2009, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Portland, Oregon | | | Gorgeous! |
05-27-2009, 10:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chicago | | | Beautiful, I'm so impressed with all of you builders out there! |
05-27-2009, 11:25 AM
|  | Journeyman Clam Artist Moderator | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, baby | | | Yeah -- the cherry head combined with an especially elegant scroll equals bee-yoo-tifull!
Well done, man. I'm so jealous...
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05-27-2009, 11:33 AM
| | AES Fine Instruments | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Brewster, NY, USA | | | CT, looks beautiful. I am duly impressed. Please move closer! |
05-27-2009, 11:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Montreal | | | WOW VERY NICE BASS
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05-27-2009, 01:46 PM
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Owner/The Bass Spa, String Repairman/L & M Vancouver | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Crescent Beach, BC | | Very nice CT! Great tuners too. More close-ups would be good...  |
05-27-2009, 05:10 PM
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Private Inventor - Bass Capos | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cologne/Göttingen, Germany | | | Absolutely beautiful! I wish I were close enough to come and see it!
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05-27-2009, 05:22 PM
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05-27-2009, 05:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | carved top?
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05-27-2009, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BigOldHarry carved top? | ?? I kinda think so.
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05-27-2009, 07:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: emmitsburg, maryland | |  i knew it..i knew it..
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05-27-2009, 08:19 PM
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Great.
I'm with Arnold. Closer shots please.
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05-27-2009, 09:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Kansas City area | | | Cherry! May be my favorite wood. I love the way it darkens with age. Sunlight will darken your bass in just a few weeks. Simply beautiful.
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05-28-2009, 01:49 AM
| | proprietor, Condino's String Shop | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asheville, nc | | Looks great CT! Just last week I was looking at some gigantic door sized slabs of North Carolina cherry thinking about your build and how they would sound. The varnish and watching the wood darken over the next few years will be fun.
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05-28-2009, 08:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Syracuse N.Y. | | Jake, your wish has been granted, here are some close up views. 
The ribs all came from the same cherry plank, so the grain follows its self around the bass. The ribs are wide; 8 7/8" between plates. Finding wide lumber with straight grain, is extremely difficult. Ribs made from straight grain wood will be less likely to warp or crack.
The bridge is a temporary shop made "set up" bridge. It helps me determine the correct profile before I start cutting the more costly permanent bridge. |  | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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