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

[Jared Lash]

James I want to see lots of pictures of that bass when it is done.

T2k5, neat about the buckeye. Lots of builders use it as a top but Chris has always maintained that it was too soft to anchor a bridge through. I'll be interested to see how he does the routing to put a more solid wood in it's place.

Sweet bass Carnavos - I've always really liked that one.

I just noticed that Chris has a new offering on his merchandise page. You can still get a Stambaugh Designs cap (and I still might) but I think this is a much cooler offering.



Yeah, I'll take a set of those.

[MostlyBass]

Awesome!!! btw, we in the classical world usually call the violin 'horn' , the bout corner... the upper shoulders are the upper bouts and the lower curve on a violin is the lower bout... so.. bout corner

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by MostlyBass

Awesome!!! btw, we in the classical world usually call the violin 'horn' , the bout corner... the upper shoulders are the upper bouts and the lower curve on a violin is the lower bout... so.. bout corner

Interesting. In the homebrewing world we call bottling day, "bout time".

[MostlyBass]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

Interesting. In the homebrewing world we call bottling day, "bout time".

love it!

[Hotblack]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

I just noticed that Chris has a new offering on his merchandise page. You can still get a Stambaugh Designs cap (and I still might) but I think this is a much cooler offering.

AWESOME!!!!!

[TapyTap]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

I wonder if Charlie Papazian plays bass guitar?

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by TapyTap

I wonder if Charlie Papazian plays bass guitar?

"Relax, have a funk groove."

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by MostlyBass

Awesome!!! btw, we in the classical world usually call the violin 'horn' , the bout corner... the upper shoulders are the upper bouts and the lower curve on a violin is the lower bout... so.. bout corner

The bout corner. Got it! I now sound a bit more intelligent, especially considering I'm playing an upright this sunday.

Now to just be 21 and have use for some Stambaugh glasses

[TapyTap]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

"Relax, have a funk groove."

Clever!

[MostlyBass]

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

The bout corner. Got it! I now sound a bit more intelligent, especially considering I'm playing an upright this sunday.

Now to just be 21 and have use for some Stambaugh glasses

And it's a way to identify country of origin or style of bass:

Italian basses often had 'violin corners' - curved pointy bouts
German basses have the plain straight corners.

[spade2you]

I think I talk to Chris more about beer than gear.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by spade2you

I think I talk to Chris more about beer than gear.

That makes two of us.

I realized this morning that our last four emails didn't have any mention of basses.

[spade2you]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

That makes two of us.

I realized this morning that our last four emails didn't have any mention of basses.

About 1 in 4 will discuss the project at hand or something down the line. Just sent payment for my Twangercaster.

I showed him a winery themed guitar and it makes me wonder about ordering a guitar or bass with a brewing theme. Mmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Jared Lash]

Time to bump this thread.

The SGD ND3 pickups for my fretted hollowbody just arrived at Chris' shop. I went with the TBird size in chrome covers.



Doing a chrome Hipshot D style bridge with utralite lollipop tuners:




And found some slick knobs and matching switch tip:




Hoping to do a turqoise burst like this


on this shape bass:



Should all look pretty sweet. Hope everybody had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

[Jared Lash]

James, did the pre arrive for your beast?

And Sam, did your Tele ship?

I'm still waiting on my second fiver to be done at the finisher. I know the initial holdup was because I changed colors at the last minute and candy orange/tangerine is a special order, but the silver one was done in mid November so I'm not sure why it's taking so long.

Snagged a pair of Stellartone Tonestylers (one original 16 position version and one new 6 position version) for my silver fiver and my fretted hollowbody.

[spade2you]

Not yet. Had some slight issues with hardware. I think it should be done really soon.

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

James, did the pre arrive for your beast?

Last I heard from Chris, Aguilar shipped the preamps on the 21st. I haven't heard from him since. Hopefully though, that means it's almost done. I'm tired of waiting, it's been almost 14 months! lol
Trust me, I'm checking my inbox almost every hour in hopes of an unread message from Chris, and the moment it happens, Talkbass will be the first to get a long drooling post about it

[JamesGoodall]

Originally Posted by Jared Lash

And found some slick knobs and matching switch tip:

I am usually very strongly against chrome hardware on almost all basses, especially custom ones. I don't know, it just IME doesn't mesh with the fanciness of the body woods etc. most times. Granted, there are exceptions. My second bass had (cheap) chrome hardware, and it looked good, and on this bass, especially with those knobs/switches and the turquoise burst finish...mmmmm

In other news, I just checked my email, for the hell of it, even though my mail app showed no new messages, and lo! A wild email from Chris appeared (Pokemon reference...had to...)! She'll be ready to ship tomorrow, and should be in my hands Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, so using my patent-pending Figure Out What Chris Really Means When He Gives You An Estimated Time Formula, I can safely assume she will get to me sometime between the Friday of next week and the Monday I start my real semester.

The strap buttons (recessed) go on today, and I'm hoping I get some full body shots before she goes out.

Okay, done being civil about this. SHE'S ALMOST DONE!! :hype r::

[spade2you]

I think I'm about a week away.

Still very much on the fence with my next guitar or bass. I was leaning towards headless for bass, but it sounds like the Hipshot bridge has an issue. Still thinking about a 7 string with Aero DCs and a Pope pre, a J/JJ 6er with MIDI, an ES335 type guitar with MIDI, or a P90 Les Paul Jr carved top type guitar.

Something like this is a little enticing.

[Jared Lash]

Originally Posted by JamesGoodall

I am usually very strongly against chrome hardware on almost all basses, especially custom ones. I don't know, it just IME doesn't mesh with the fanciness of the body woods etc. most times. Granted, there are exceptions. My second bass had (cheap) chrome hardware, and it looked good, and on this bass, especially with those knobs/switches and the turquoise burst finish...mmmmm

In other news, I just checked my email, for the hell of it, even though my mail app showed no new messages, and lo! A wild email from Chris appeared (Pokemon reference...had to...)! She'll be ready to ship tomorrow, and should be in my hands Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, so using my patent-pending Figure Out What Chris Really Means When He Gives You An Estimated Time Formula, I can safely assume she will get to me sometime between the Friday of next week and the Monday I start my real semester.

The strap buttons (recessed) go on today, and I'm hoping I get some full body shots before she goes out.

Okay, done being civil about this. SHE'S ALMOST DONE!! :hype r::

Nice. Looking forward to a full review when it arrives!

Originally Posted by spade2you

I think I'm about a week away.

Still very much on the fence with my next guitar or bass. I was leaning towards headless for bass, but it sounds like the Hipshot bridge has an issue. Still thinking about a 7 string with Aero DCs and a Pope pre, a J/JJ 6er with MIDI, an ES335 type guitar with MIDI, or a P90 Les Paul Jr carved top type guitar.

Something like this is a little enticing.

That is some amazing koa on that top. And costly too I'm sure, if you can find it. But you could surely get some bubinga with sapwood that would have the same vibe for less if need be.

Very cool guitar. And definitely something Chris could do. I prefer the idea of one with a beer or homebrewing theme, but an exotic top would be sweet too.

I'll need to avoid these threads when my current batch is done if I'm really going to stop buying new basses (or guitars). The goal was to have a complete stable (super jazz with rounds, Ric/Pbass with nickels, hollowbody with flats, piezo only fretless, Wal-like modern bass) and I think I'll be more than satisfied.

But looking at what Chris can do and knowing his quality and prices, it's hard NOT to think about more projects for him.