Recent content by John_Nicholas

Hey Bruce, Thank you so much for your heartfelt and in depth pep talk. I know I haven't talked much about what I'm going through in the past, but will do so now for clarification. In June of 2020 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate Cancer. I went through six months of chemotherapy and high...

No worries, I didn't take it that way at all. Thank you!

Sorry to not have been hanging around on the forum for a while... it's been a tough year for me. Unfortunately my medical condition has rendered me far too weak to continue any of my building endeavors. I've had a great deal of fun following along with all the different builds and learned so...

Hey Jeff, There have been some health issues but mostly it's because of the weather... too cold in the garage. It's coming up to spring and soon it will be warm enough to continue work. The goal is to get this up and running in early spring.

@Gilmourisgod You will do just fine, make sure you have a heat gun nearby and a bunch of binding tape. Binding is super easy!! Use the heat gun to soften the binding, bend it along the shape of your binding channel, then tape it to the body. Although there are a few different techniques for...

So happy to see you back at it..... it looks fabulous!

WOW!! You really did an amazing job on the Spectre modeling drawings! They look fantastic! Your work shows just how much I have to learn about CAD and I will start working on learning the software very soon. As for beating the stainless steel into submission, I'm not sure who came out better...

Believe me Stainless steel was not my first choice!! These boxes are manufactured by Vevo and I got a great deal on both of them... the larger one was $86.00 (carbon steel) the stainless was the only box in that size range available at the time and was just over $100.00 Vevo had carbon steel...

Finally got to work a bit on the CNC. Purchased a 4’ x 8’ 3/4” sheet of MDF for the base spoil board. It was cut to width at Home Depot and I had to route a couple of small insets so it fit onto the frame. Still quite a bit of work to do on this front… I have to say that drilling and...

I stopped keeping track at just over $5,000.00 but keep in mind this also includes all the over abundance of hardware purchased, special tools needed and a great deal of wrong parts ordered. I'm sure that the total cost will come in at around $6,000.00 Some parts I was able to return, but quite...

You know it’s been a long time since your last post when multiple people contact you to see if you are alright! While I’ve been healthy, my body has been tired and fatigued so everything takes longer and very little time can be put in to work on this project. Believe me, no one wants this done...

Dang.... sure you can hear the difference in many cases between finger style and pick, but so what?? It's still the bass! Play what ever and however you want, all of the greats threw the rulebook out the window to become unique and to develop their own style. Use whatever it takes to make the...

Wow! Inspiring is such a kind compliment. Thank you! It's funny about documenting the build, it helps me in a few ways, first writing it down helps me to think through everything I've done. Then a place where i can go back and reread what I've done, so everything stays fresh. Unfortunately...

Thanks for the compliments on my build! Me too... can't wait until I can cut something on it.

Thank you so much for the kind compliments. Believe me, at the beginning I had no idea what all the electronic wizardry did, but now learned. There are still many settings to be taken care of. The first "full" project is supposed to be the Spectre bass.... but before I can even attempt this...