Recent content by Istruggle

That's a very interesting observation. It now makes me question, what company could be making bass roundwounds at the time? That makes a lot of sense as far as having to buy a new bass each time, but I'm still baffled they would break despite the low the tension. Compare tension on a standard...

I'm fascinated by the story of The Who's My Generation bass solo and the recording in general. We all know about Mr Entwistle breaking the (then very novel) Roundwound strings on no less than THREE Danelectro Longhorns, he described the sound as piano-like if memory serves, in contrast to the...

Haha I hadn't thought of it that way, perhaps I should look at harp building for inspiration in case I ever get to building something like that, thanks you for making me realize that!

I took the reference image from this site, I didn't read the article in full until now: https://hazeguitars.com/blog/shimming-for-a-forward-guitar-neck-angle I has some interesting insights, and seems to prove that as long as origin point of string anchoring, pressure over bridge and neck...

The bass I mentioned is the whole shebang, forward neck angle from factory, then developed a 12th fret kink and a forward bow. It's been my only bass for 14 years. After having had the opportunity of playing 2 other budget instruments for more than a couple of minutes (but of more recent make...

The desing looks awesome! A more aggressive single cut. I'd be interested in seeing what the material behaves like when cut and machined. Oh and I have a couple of questions regarding the extra long scale you mentioned: Do you set the action very low to compensate for the extra high...

I have one bass (budget brand) and a guitar (super cheap no brand generic) that both have a neck angle like this (obviously the image is exagerated, it is subtle in the instruments) Is there any reason for them to do it like this? I measured the dept of the neck pocket and it indeed angles up...

Thanks again Bruce, I hope this thread is useful for someone like some many have been for me, I'll updated the thread in a couple of weeks once I get the epoxy. As far as the slot I've seen a couple DIY apparatuses that can work as a router base for a dremel, my father has done plenty of DIY...

Thank you Bruce, I will read it and keep it handy when I get the neck straight again. Is it true that keeping the neck dead straight provides the best "mwah" on fretless? I have this bass always downtuned 4 or 5 steps down, so the low tension and high action don't really produce any sound like...

Thank god! I'll ask if they have something thinner and smaller. Honestly I do want to do the reinforcement right after the heat treatment because I want it to be one and done; after the fix is done I plan to do a lot of cosmetic work on this bass (including painting the neck) and some...

Guys, this is one of the epoxies the company I mentioned sell, could you please see the video? Do you think that viscosity will work or does it need to be even thinner...

Greatly appreciated Bruce! I'll do the heat treatment and hope for the best. My biggest issue if the kink/bow comes back would be getting the right epoxy, as I said the cost of west systems here is enough to pay a month of rent for an average flat! I'll ask a national epoxy company and see if...

Thanks for answers guys. I look in to that type of base, my father has a simple Dremel he could borrow, though the cheapest base is the same price as the cheapest router in my country. The saw table my father made is mostly for thicknessing and has worked well for that purpose. I did some...

Greetings, first of all I’d like to thank this whole community, this forum is the library of Alexandria for almost anything related to stringed instruments, not just bass, however that is what we are here for. The contributions are truly amazing and I have found myself going through thread after...

Hi everyone, new member here, and as my name implies, I struggle. Long story short, I'm trying to get my get my first (and currently only) bass to not feel like a struggle to play. Currently, after doing many things to it, my lastest problem is that the truss rod doesn't move at all when the...