Recent content by Shawn Moon

Are you satisfied with the DWs fret job? For me, their fret work is only drawback and it's been bugging me quite for a while. Anyway I brought my Lee Sklar to a local repair shop for a polishing job. I'll post some before and after shots next week.

65P? Wow, I want it badly.

Like you see in my profile thumb nail, it's deep purple. and yes, I should name it 'nail guard' since it protects the top from me slapping :)

Its foremost purpose would be the slap zone protection also I want to shorten the length between strings to the top of the bass about 6mm to 10mm. I thought about the clear sheet pick guard and thick acrylic clear pick guard but both would not serve the two purposes at the same time :( One is...

Thanks I'll consider your idea into the final :)

Because I float my thumb over the strings I don't need the thumb rest. This will work as a pick guard when I slap and a finger ramp when I finger. Originally #1 draft was my one and the only shape to go with. But the builder said it would be very complicated to make with a thin layer of wood...

I need opinions! I'm thinking to patch a purple heart wood-pickguard on the Lee Sklar and roughly drew 2 for it. #1 covers more area, harder and more costly to make #2 smaller and much cheaper Which one should I choose? I got the wood slab and have been contacting wood workers and cnc...

What a beauty!!

Thank you. I never thought about the Dingwall strings 'cause I've been getting strings only from the string companies and I found I was using coated strings exclusively over all of my stringed instruments after a certain point of my life :) I'll give it a try. Anyway good to hear that the...

I just got in to TB and have a DW Lee Sklar. I like coated strings and have been using D'Addario EXP Super Long on DW for sometime. Now I want to try other coated strings but found not much infos. Which coated strings are long enough for the bass? Elixer fits?

I've known TB for a long time but not sure from where.