Recent content by Dennis Peacock

IMHO, it is all of the selections you listed. You can write a great song but have very poor musicians playing the song and nobody will listen. On the flip side of that, you can have terrible lyrics but excellent musicianship and people will listen "just for the music" part of it. You need a good...

Yea, and this is exactly where I am as well. Been playing bass since I was 14 and I'm 55 now. I have a great sense of timing and an internal clock that is right in there with most every drummer I play music with....but there are other musicians that I play with that I get a lot of those...

What about ShopBot? One wouldn't need a large CNC setup...right?

I use 2 different drawing programs....Sketchup and DeltaCAD.

I agree with others here....this is playing octaves. Fingers 1 & 4 will fit nicely...even with my short-fat fingers. If you feel that playing something is a bit of a stretch, don't over-do it, but do practice it...because in time, you'll start making that stretch fairly easily. This isn't true...

What vishalicious posted really hit home with me. I'd agree with what was stated there. I still struggle with chords, scales, modes, and etc and trying to figure out how all this really plays into making up a bass line that fits in the song I'm playing at the time. I've spent untold money on...

OK guys. Thanks for the link to the other thread. Good reading in there. Much appreciated.

LOL...!!! Now your wish has come true. :)

So what's the big deal about a 35" scale over the standard 34" scale? I've been wanting to ask that question for a while now and since I'm thinking about building my own bass, I'd like to know the difference in the two scales....besides the obvious 1". :D

Thanks guys.....a buddy at work has talked me into building a replica of a 1962 Fender Strat 6-string electric guitar with him. He and I will build each of us a replica of a Fender Strat FIRST and then I will venture into a bass build. So I guess that my very first instrument build will now be...

Greetings, I'm a long time bass player who has a bucket list...and on my bucket list is to build my own 5-string jazz bass. I've been doing woodworking for over 40 years, I have an 1,800 sq ft shop fully outfitted with some nice mid-range priced tools. Took me 25 years of working and saving to...

Ebonize your wood with some black ink. I use it when I was to simulate ebony wood and I just use maple or poplar and die it with a good quality black ink. Works really well. Taking of poly is a real challenge at times. Use a good citrus stripper and keep the stripper on the body of the bass...

Bloodwood, Padauk would make a nice hard FB and also, if you like an olive drab type color, then Ipe' would make a nice hard FB. If you want domestic, then White Oak, Red Oak, Hickory, Red Elm, Hard Maple, Desert Ironwood, and Texas Mesquite are some examples of FB wood. BTW, Mesquite is a...

With today's modern adhesives, glues hold much better than the wood when properly applied. One other thing to remember here is repairability. Most PVA glues (yellow and white) can not be repaired and will not stick to itself after curing and repairing. One thing to always keep in mind with...

Great thread here.!!! Sorry I can't tell you about me because I don't meet the qualifications of posting about me in this thread since I haven't built a single bass yet. :crying: I can say that I'm so GLAD that I found this place and that everyone here appears to be very knowledgeable and...