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10-18-2008, 10:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA | | | Finished my tele bass
Finally finished my bass. It has a chambered Alder body with a poplar top, flame maple neck with sperzels. 31" scale w/ zero fret. Pickup is a tapped single coil 1/4 lb SD tele neck p/u (scavenged off my tele). Krylon Ivory Gloss with Deft Nitro on top of it. Home machined bridge plate, saddles, control plate and pickguard. Output jack in place of tone control for the time being.
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10-18-2008, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Perth | | | That's really nice. The preamp looks a little wonky, but that just adds character. I want it
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10-18-2008, 10:25 PM
| | Son, I am disappoint. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington | | | That looks cool, sound clips???
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10-19-2008, 02:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by kickupthejam  That's really nice. The preamp looks a little wonky, but that just adds character. I want it | What does wonky mean?
I'm guessing it means either wierd or crooked. Its funny, the plate does look kind of crooked in these pictures, but it doesn't look crooked in person.
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10-19-2008, 02:44 PM
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Me endorsed? | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada | | | I like it. I bet it might sound similar to a Musicmaster?
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Jule Monique l Bergantino
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10-19-2008, 02:47 PM
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Endorsing Artist Cataldo Basses and manufacturer of the Badbird Bridge | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Rochester NY USA | | | That is just to cool !
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Scott Dasson maker of the Badbird Bridge. The direct replacement bridge for vintage Gibson Thunderbirds. "Intonation without modification"
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10-19-2008, 02:48 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairfax VA | | | Fender would be praised by many if they made the guitar type Telecasters. |
10-19-2008, 03:18 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Catskills, New York | | | You stole my idea!!! Really though, mine was to put a 51' style at the bridge with the lipstick at the neck. Good job! How much? |
10-19-2008, 09:03 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Sub5ound You stole my idea!!! Really though, mine was to put a 51' style at the bridge with the lipstick at the neck. Good job! How much? | I thought about the 51 bridge/lipstick too! Maybe at some point I will do that. If you wanted a jazz at the bridge, I see these bridges turn up on ebay sometimes that have a hole cut out of the bridgeplate for a jazz PU. Its not slanted though, so...
This was done on a serious budget.
So here is about what I spent:
45 tuners
13 truss rod
10 frets
25 lumber
8- 2 cans Krylon Ivory (old formulation)
15-2 cans deft nitro clear
10 Dunlop straplocks
1 pickguard material (TAP plastic cut offs)
4 aluminum for control plate
3 bridge screws
10 strings
4 knob
$148 total
I already had the pickup, switch, jack and aluminum for the bridge. The bridge saddles are made from an exacto knife handle.
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10-19-2008, 09:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Mukilteo, WA | | Dude, I love that thing! 
I'm thinking about making my own bass sometime in the future.
But this thing is far better looking than anything I can do! |
10-19-2008, 09:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: DFW | | so you made that neck 
if you did, PM me!
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10-19-2008, 09:45 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tasmania, Australia | | | Beautiful JOB BKIM!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TOP JOB!! VERY Envious! well done.
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10-19-2008, 09:49 PM
| | | | Very classy. |
01-04-2009, 12:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston | | Let me know if you ever want to sell this. Seriously.  |
01-04-2009, 12:21 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois | | | Now THAT is a Telecaster bass! Hopefully, your guitar player has a similar telecaster guitar? |
01-04-2009, 12:27 PM
|  | A Hard Rockin Lover of GREENBURST Moderator | | Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Where I lay my head is home | | Thats wild man, its a classic !  
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01-04-2009, 12:30 PM
| | | | looks great man good job!!! |
01-04-2009, 12:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: somewhere in Nebraska | | | oops...i just came a little...damn that sexy bass!!!!!!!!!!! |
01-04-2009, 12:38 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Aguilar Amplification, Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Vancouver BC/Pacific Northwest | | | Great looking bass! Good job! |
01-16-2009, 05:56 PM
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