Recent content by LVG Handcrafted

It started with finding a nice Mineral Stained Poplar board. As you can see, I was able to get two bodies out of this particular board. This is after the first rough carve. I like to get it roughed out before routing out the neck pocket. The reason being, that when you route out the pocket...

I agree, string spacing doesn't make much of a difference to me. I have played a wide variation and if they fan to a decent spacing at the bridge, it doesn't make much of a difference how tight it is at the nut. They can even be a little tight at the bridge by Fenders standards, as long as I...

I would shim the neck up a bit to enable you to adjust up and down on the bridge. Use a straight edge down the fret board and the middle height adjust ment should touch the straight edge. Then take a straight edge and get the neck as straight as humanly possible using the truss rod. The nut...

My newest build took just over a month to just about complete. I did things a little bit differently adding an angled wedge under the neck joint to get the neck to lay back toward the player. In holding it, it feels excellent! Another thing I am doing this time around is using brass alloy...

Les Claypools 76' Carl Thompson. So I built this one!

Yeah, I was just wondering. I know Carl Thompson's first six (the skinny necked fretted one that Les now own's) was 78' if I remember correctly. I was just curious of the timeframe.

What year did your 6 string come out?

Yeah, these are 32" scale and I have a 35 and a 34 in the works.

Thanks man! :)

The walnut bass I'm building right now is 7lbs and balanced perfectly with a tremelo. Fort Mill, SC.

I'll build you one in a month or two. I only have a three bass back log and thats the way I like to keep it. -LVG Handcrafted

Thanks man! It's not a Carl Thompson though. It was actually a build I did in December/January for a customer.

I have built basses from 30" to 35" scales and I find that the longer the scale the deeper the low end and the more clearly the notes ring out. It's nearly impossible to say what the tone sounds like because we all have different versions of "warm tone" and so on. I have smaller hands and...

I know from experience that sometimes, things just happen. I had two customers waiting over a year because I simply couldn't find good black Madagascar Ebony finger boards. Wood is generally the easy part, sickness, injury and biting off more than you can chew can also play a big part. Just...