Recent content by Maximus5150

I ment the people on the sound board should only adjust your levels. I have a long history of people messing with the sound I want to have from the board. Everything from someone figuring "it is a bass, so I'll cut all freq besides bass" to sound guys figuring I need delay, echo and distortion...

You should go down to your local music store and look at preamp/DI boxes. That way you can control your sound to the board. They *at the mixer* SHOULD only adjust levels IMO. Some popular ones are Sansamp, Sadowsky, Ken Smith. I personally have a Sadowsky and love it, I use it for recording...

I ordered extra long DR's from bassstringsonline.com. Service makes you feel like you are his only customer. Sent a question and got a response almost immediately. Won't be buying strings anywhere else besides him, shipping was ultra fast also. Glad to support a TB members venture.

I also agree, the structural wood you need for necks will come from the trunk of the tree. Branches make really cool bowls and cups. I use to make stemmed wine glasses with wet limb wood, and I'd let it dry and warp and you'd get some really cool results. If you find some cool patterns in...

Any of you guys that have put together such a wide fretboard. Did you radius the fretboard or did you keep it flat? I saw a ACG guitar that had a flat board for a 9 string when I was trying to see what others have done. I think that will be a good choice for me since I normally radius my...

This looks exactly like the angles I want (beautiful guitar also, wow!). I did diagram out being straight on the 12th fret, didn't look very playable. I think I'm not going to experiment on this and just stick with 7th fret. I don't want to get too crazy since I want to be able to play it...

Scale lengths: I'm thinking 35" and 32", I was looking at the Dingwall at the 7th fret. I may have to mock up what it will look/feel like if I do this at the 12th fret for the straight fret. Might just go with what I've seen works. As far as the laminates getting cut off from the width...

I really like the inlay. My wife said "I don't get it". Yeah, the shape is a bit gumby like. I wanted a single cut but didn't want to look too much like the others I've seen. Thanks for the complement!

Figured since I have a bunch of extra wood laying around I might put together a more challenging build. These specs may change. 9 string through body neck multi scale, centers on the 12th fret try to make all parts except tuning machines and pots Ripped and sized the neck pieces...

Body cut out, neck set in to make sure pocket is tight: Rough cut neck: Rough body and neck: Shaped edges of body: Drilled holes for neck bolds and ferrules: This is why I started calling it the Riddler, I took the old 60's Batman - Riddler logo and did a paduk...

I thought I might share a recent build or 2. This is one I've completed but have the pictures documenting the build. This one I nicknamed Riddler. This is also a build I did for myself. Materials: Body wood - Kentucky Coffee Wood Top - Curly maple neck - curly maple and paduk...

I agree with many of the people here. Get a degree in business to help you along. If for some reason the market is bad for building you can always find other work. Here is my take on this. I'm not sure that a luthier school can give you anything that working in a furniture/cabinet shop...

I'm an rookie builder about 15 basses and guitars made. I have chambered a couple bodies. One in particular the person I built it for just wanted F holes on it, so I routed just enough so it would get the f hole effect under the top. Didn't make much difference in tone. Lightened it up by...

Hi all, Been kind of a lurker on here off and on. Picking up info and what not. Figured I should post some of my project work at some point and kinda say hi! 6 string fretted: Paduk with purpleheart stripes top purple heart accent layer ash body purple heart back Paduk/Purpleheart...

I'm also from the Minneapolis area, Chanhassen. Any of you guys a good qualified teacher out in the west burbs? I played bass for years back in the day gigged a bit. Now I'm gigging again, but I know there are a ton of fundamentals and techniques I'm lacking. Just looking for someone who can...