Recent content by rorydude

So I'm going to start in on my 2nd bass, plans are in the works. The first was a passive, fretless 4, goncalo alves and ebony neck from Warmoth, with a hard maple body with some purpleheart. It looks alright, plays well and was a good learning experience, but man is that thing solid! Using...

i wrote to them and asked them about their free demo cd. you can hear all of their basses on it. the 5er sounded really really nice.

I cut the lines to my pickups and replaced them with shielded wires, then i took the copper foil tape and put it around the pickup cavity and on part of my pick guard. worked like a charm, its so quiet.

i just hot-rodded my bass...

for those of you who play rob allen mouse basses, how do you like em? i've been considering one...

This is the coolest Uke I have ever seen. That is so rad, I can just see it up front of some surf themed concert. Totally awesome...

oh, and i know there are different kinds of ebony, but would a solid ebony body sound good?

thanks guys. id like it to sound warm and punchy... dont know if thats really possible. also, its going to be frettless. is it difficult to make necks? you know where i can get an already made neck that isn't a fender replacement?

im going to build my first bass in the near future, and i was wondering about some stuff. first, what do you prefer as body wood? second, what does body thickness do to the sound? thanks rory