Recent content by basicvoo

Hey There, I myself decided to commit to playing the 5er about 4-5 months ago, after playing a four for many years. I think your own statement " I'm not going to give up..." is the key. I ended up getting another 5 with a string spacing closer to my 4. (Yeah I know, nice if you can afford it )...

Thanks for the post and pics. I'm about a year(+/-) from my first build and sucking up all the info I can. Can't get enough of this Luthier's Corner. I would be interested to hear some input on the P/U placement on this project. BTW,I'm about 15 mi. south of you, you'll have to let me stop by...

Hellooooo Nebraska !

Adding to this thread sez more about me than anything else, I think. Looks like he is wearing one of those plastic bracelet thingies they put on you when you go in the hospital. .....People like you are the reason people like me need medication!

Nice work! I really like the LOOK of that big old headstock, too bad you are commited to the tuner placement.Thanks for the post.I'm planning my first build in the spring and every little bit of input helps. So..... get back to work.

Hey! I'm doin the same thing. I was wondering if anybody has tryed any hardeners, tung oil, etc. :ninja:Not to hi-jack yer thread, but I put a couple tips on defretting(fret-ripper) on the repair forum.

I think I read in one of these threads where dude used an old round-wound string to file the slots deeper. I just d-fretted so I'm doing the same thing. I was thinking about making a bow saw kind of thing where I could inter-change the different guage strings. Maybe this goes without saying, but...

Alright, so I'm taking a stab at de-fretting. Read all the posts/how-to stickys (thanks to all who contribute).The hot iron works great. A little tap-tap with a SMALL hammer to get just under the corner of the fret with a sharpend putty knife, and then gently pulled the rest of the way with...

Hello from California. I just found this forum too. Think I could spend a year here without moving.

Thanks. I was just there.LOTS OF INFO ! And thanks for the hello. I was staring to wonder if this place was for serious magicians only : )

Wow, Thought I might get a "Hello, how are ya. Welcome to the community" from a mod at least. Even if there was nothing in it for you an F/U would be nice.

[COLOR="SeaGreen"]Hello and welcome! I just joined too.Thought I might get a "Hi, hello.Welcome to the community" from a moderator at least. Guess if it doesn't look like you have something in it for them, it's a waste of there time : ( NEVERMIND, music supersedes all, and yours is a noble...

Basicvoodoo child here. Getting back to bassin after a 15+ year break.Found TB from a ref. on the Alembic Club.Great info on putting a new Badass II on my 66 jazz, as well as fingerboard coatings. Thanks all.So I'm old! My first real bass is a Coleman. Ran on white gas with a hand pump on the...