Club Stambaugh - Show your Stammies!! [Part 4]

[Jared Lash]

Getting close now. One bass done at the finisher and the second in a couple days. Then back to Chris to install electronics, the pickguards and hardware before heading my way!

Here's the silver one. Can't wait to see the Candy Orange bass.





This one has an ebony fingerboard and MOP blocks:


The other one has a maple neck and black blocks:


Awesome. I'm stoked at how these are turning out.

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

This one has an ebony fingerboard and MOP blocks:


The other one has a maple neck and black blocks:

What an awesome contrast both fingerboards make!

[jasonbraatz]

Those are going to be awesome.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by Alvaro Martín Gómez A.

What an awesome contrast both fingerboards make!

Thanks! The temptation was there to do one in white and the other black, but I think that would have taken it a bit too far. I really dig Chris' body shapes with a solid finish. I think it accentuates the curves of these designs. Now I just have to find a way to stay patient waiting for them to be done.

Originally Posted by jasonbraatz

Those are going to be awesome.

Yeah, I really think they will be. Chris is really hitting the nail on the head for me with these and I think they'll look sick with the pickups and hardware on. Given that I know how well they play from my previous Stammies, my only real question is how the single coil Aeros (on the silver one) and the quad coil, dual jazz Delanos (on the orange one) sound. My guess is fantastic.

[SallyGrowler]

Compare Dec 2011 fretless bass to the 7-string tremolo/midi bass.
GAS pains for both!
I know of no-other luthier taking the risks and pushing the envelope. Form and function.

Stambaugh is the best! My Octave coursed 8-string needs a sibling.

Always wanted a 6 string bass with either midi onboard (no outbooard coverter) or a stomp array like OD + Envelope.

[spade2you]

Apparently my B-Bender Tele is at the finisher. Cool.

[JamesGoodall]

Awesome to hear all you guys' basses are almost done! Jared, those look amazing, and Spade, I cant wait to see that Tele.

I just got off the phone with Chris, my bass is literally almost done, it just needs to have the pickups installed and the electronics wired. Now I just need to somehow scrape the cash for the third pickup that never got factored in to the quote. Chris wasn't sure there would be space for it until it was actually routed. According to him, it should ship out sometime around Monday, so hopefully I get it before Thanksgiving! Pics will be up as soon as I get them : D

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by spade2you

Apparently my B-Bender Tele is at the finisher. Cool.

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

Awesome to hear all you guys' basses are almost done! Jared, those look amazing, and Spade, I cant wait to see that Tele.

I just got off the phone with Chris, my bass is literally almost done, it just needs to have the pickups installed and the electronics wired. Now I just need to somehow scrape the cash for the third pickup that never got factored in to the quote. Chris wasn't sure there would be space for it until it was actually routed. According to him, it should ship out sometime around Monday, so hopefully I get it before Thanksgiving! Pics will be up as soon as I get them : D

Awesome news guys. Can't wait to see your new Stambaughs. James did you ever post a progress pic of yours? And three pickups? What kind of electronics package did you opt for?

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Awesome news guys. Can't wait to see your new Stambaughs. James did you ever post a progress pic of yours? And three pickups? What kind of electronics package did you opt for?

Here are the pics from july:








As per my electronics:

Chris Stambaugh
The piezo buffer is a seperate unit that takes the signal from the magnetic pickups and equalizes the impedance with the piezo signal before they both head to the EQ preamp. The buffer will be a Bartolini unit, the normal EQ preamp for the Aeros will be the Aguilar OPB-3

To elaborate, the two humbuckers that span all eleven strings will go through the aggie along with the piezos, and then there's also going to be a separate pickup between those two that covers the top six (D-Eb) strings and runs passive to a separate output with only a volume and tone control.

The one other thing that's changed is the hardware. The company that makes the piezo bridge systems dropped gold as an option (piezo is pretty rare as it is, let alone gold piezo. It just wasn't marketable) so the hardware is now black instead.

[TapyTap]

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

The one other thing that's changed is the hardware. The company that makes the piezo bridge systems dropped gold as an option (piezo is pretty rare as it is, let alone gold piezo. It just wasn't marketable) so the hardware is now black instead.

What brand of piezos are being installed on your instrument?

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by TapyTap

What brand of piezos are being installed on your instrument?

I believe it's the GHOST system that's listed on his website.

[JamesGoodall]

I may be mistaken about the color though... Perhaps the everything else is still gold and just the saddles are black? Whatever the case, it will look/sound amazing.

[TapyTap]

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

I may be mistaken though... Perhaps the hardware is still gold and just the saddles are black? Whatever the case, it will look/sound amazing.

Thanks. I'm sure that Chris will do a fine job whatever the color/brand.

[spade2you]

Photo from the finisher. It's not even strung up yet and it screams TWANNNNNNNNNNNG!

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by spade2you

Photo from the finisher. It's not even strung up yet and it screams TWANNNNNNNNNNNG!

That has got to be the most beautiful Tele I've ever seen!

[Jared Lash]

Damn. That is a sweet Tele.

Is that an inlaid claro walnut "pickguard" on flamed maple?

My old fretted Stammie was actually the reverse - Walnut top with a maple "pickguard". In hindsight I wish I'd opted for the clear, poly finish rather than tung oil. It really pops.

Looks like we'll have some completed Stammies soon.

[spade2you]

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

That has got to be the most beautiful Tele I've ever seen!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Damn. That is a sweet Tele.

Is that an inlaid claro walnut "pickguard" on flamed maple?

My old fretted Stammie was actually the reverse - Walnut top with a maple "pickguard". In hindsight I wish I'd opted for the clear, poly finish rather than tung oil. It really pops.

Looks like we'll have some completed Stammies soon.

Correct on the wood. Chris has a stash of figured maple that has a yellow/amber tint to it, so this is the natural color.

I like tung oil, but not having to refinish so often since I have a "few" too many guitars in the collection. I also tend to think polyester is a tad more weather stable in the midwest.

[jasonbraatz]

I'm not sure why I hadn't done this already, and I'm not sure why it matters, but I finally weighed my white bass.

11 lbs. She's a hefty heifer, but that's exactly what I wanted. My other two are a hair under 9 lbs.

[IronLung1986]

Originally Posted by ryano

I happen to have a pic of this one from a few weeks ago from the Sad Cafe show. Not a full pic but a little closer. I may be able to get a full pick later this month.

the sad cafe?? i played there dozens of times back in high school! linda is such a sweet lady. i grew up in salem, nh - small world!

[JamesGoodall]

Here's the full shot off the website. Quite an interesting bass I must say.