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10-07-2004, 09:16 PM
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Just signed up today. I just finished my very first bass that I built from scratch a couple of weeks ago so I thought this might be a good place to start off. Here's a pic. http://www.budlecompte.com/pics/proto/neg00001.jpg I'm on number two already. I feel an addiction coming on.
Bud |
10-07-2004, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by budman Just signed up today. I just finished my very first bass that I built from scratch a couple of weeks ago so I thought this might be a good place to start off. Here's a pic. http://www.budlecompte.com/pics/proto/neg00001.jpg I'm on number two already. I feel an addiction coming on.
Bud | Welcome Bud
I'm sure you will see a few familiar faces from AGB here on TB.
Nice bass! Is your second going to be the same design? 
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10-07-2004, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by budman I feel an addiction coming on.
Bud | Sit back and relax. It's already here. 
Nice shot with your first. Best feature: The dark (wood?) fret marker dots.
Love 'em! |
10-07-2004, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Latimour Welcome Bud
I'm sure you will see a few familiar faces from AGB here on TB.
Nice bass! Is your second going to be the same design?
| Thanks. The next bass will be an early 50's P-bass look-a-like, poplar (or is it tulip) body, except it'll be fretless with an ebony fingerboard, jazz pickups, painted gloss black with a white pickguard. After that it's back to the original design with improvements. |
10-07-2004, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Hambone Sit back and relax. It's already here.
Nice shot with your first. Best feature: The dark (wood?) fret marker dots.
Love 'em! | Thanks. Yep, they're wood.
BTW, noticed we share a b-day. |
10-07-2004, 10:56 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO | | | Mmmm. Nice bass. Welcome, Bud.
Glenn D. |
10-08-2004, 07:34 AM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Nice body design.
Care to elaborate on your use of woods, such as what's the neck center stripe, and are the body stripes just decorative?
I'll link a few pics here to show everyone what I'm talking about; if this will kill your bandwidth, let me know and I'll remove them from this post.  
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10-08-2004, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by budman
BTW, noticed we share a b-day.
| Totally off-topic -
Isn't that just the best time of the year to have a birthday? |
10-08-2004, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotjones Nice body design.
Care to elaborate on your use of woods, such as what's the neck center stripe, and are the body stripes just decorative? | Thanks. I inherited a bunch of wood from an uncle who passed away several months ago. Since this bass was a prototype of sorts I didn't want to spend a lot on it. Most of the wood came from him. The core of the body is a bunch of various hardwoods run through the thickness planer and glued up symetrically. The spalted maple top is the only wood I purchased for the project. The back is cherry. I don't know what kind of wood the center stripe of the neck is. It's not maple. It was very hard though and had a tight grain so I used it. The main thing was to try out some techniques and ultimately end up with a playable bass. Goal accomplished. Sounds great too. It makes its gig debut this evening. |
10-08-2004, 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Hambone Totally off-topic -
Isn't that just the best time of the year to have a birthday? | Sure, what with all the JFK stuff on TV.  |
10-08-2004, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by budman Thanks. The next bass will be an early 50's P-bass look-a-like, poplar (or is it tulip) body, except it'll be fretless with an ebony fingerboard, jazz pickups, painted gloss black with a white pickguard. After that it's back to the original design with improvements. | now you're talkin my style!
bass #1 looks pretty slick, I dig the dark dots too. The shape is nice, different but not too odd |
10-11-2004, 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by James Hart now you're talkin my style!
bass #1 looks pretty slick, I dig the dark dots too. The shape is nice, different but not too odd | Thanks.
Here's where I'm at so far with the early p-bass fretless. http://www.budlecompte.com/pics/oldpjazz2.jpg
Bud |
10-11-2004, 09:18 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | | nice! I play a 51 styled P with a pair of Jazz pickups (click my sig links).
What color / finish you going with? |
10-11-2004, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by James Hart nice! I play a 51 styled P with a pair of Jazz pickups (click my sig links).
What color / finish you going with? | Very nice basses. I see my idea isn't exclusive.
Since the poplar isn't very spectacular and has that greenishness about it I'm going to go for the tuxedo look. The white pickguard and chrome hardware against a gloss black body should make for a nice looking bass.
Bud |
10-11-2004, 10:58 AM
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Endorsing Artist: see profile | | Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: toms_river.nj.us | | Cool!
and thanks... Chris Benavente built them. I wish I had 1/16th the talent he does.
He'd built one with bart soap bars in black with white guard first for himself first... I'm pretty sure he still uses it in his band (he's got a butterscotch too)
This one was one of the first production versions http://www.benaventeguitars.com/twins.htm my white one came shortly after. Mine is a hotrod Jazz in a vintage P suit... the perfect fretted bass for me. The fretless 6 is my #1 though... incredible feel and tone... it has a stablized birds eye board from galleryhardwoods.com I recommend checking it out sometime if you haven't already.
Where do you get your wood? I dig the top on the first one. |
10-11-2004, 01:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: carlsbad, ca | | | hey Bud,
i've been waitin for ya to finally come on board!!!
WELCOME old friend.
now, where's PD?
f |
10-11-2004, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by fhodshon hey Bud,
i've been waitin for ya to finally come on board!!!
WELCOME old friend.
now, where's PD?
f | Thanks. Yea, it took me a while, but I finally got here.
P who? Is that the guy who got kicked off of here a bunch of times?
Bud |
10-17-2004, 06:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: mobile AL | | | Hi Bud, good to have you here.
These guys know what they're talking about.
can't wait to see what you do next! |
10-17-2004, 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by xush Hi Bud, good to have you here.
These guys know what they're talking about.
can't wait to see what you do next! | Glad to be here. I sprayed the first few coats of clear on the fretless' neck last night. Came out really nice. I'll start painting the body next weekend. I've been planing body blanks this weekend too. I've got three glued up minus the top wood. Can't twait to make some more sawdust. Having a blast.
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