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Cool! Thanks for the info!

Hey Micguy, great post and a beautiful bass, for sure!! Would you mind sharing the inductance of the pickup? Curious.

Started at 11 in 1966 in reaction to the fact that the nuns didn't need any more electric guitars for the folk mass in 1966! So I switched to bass. Still didn't get to play it because I was one of the "bad kids". Really dug into bass when Sgt. Pepper was released in July '67. My friend who...

Yes, that's called "feedback", and it's the reason it's so hard to use true hollow body guitars in very high volume environments. The body and/or neck mass resonate sympathetically, which transmits back through the bridge and energizes the strings plus anything else resonating in the same...

Got to agree 100% with Bruce. Having built loads of instruments, we consider the entire instrument during the design process, along with wood combinations, wood thickness, pickup type and placement. EVERYTHING affects guitar and bass sound, some are much larger factors, and some are much...

No Fender I'm aware of ever had what looks like a big single coil like that in the bridge position. That looks a lot like a frankenstein of that period. There was no Fender "Custom" shop either. We loved stripping finishes and natural wood back then, and it was really common to to throw odd...

Headstock always, with or without a cover. Basses shouldn't be doing a lot of neck bowing anyway unless you change string gauges often, so this should never have to be an emergency adjustment made on the job, imho.

Jamming well has always been really challenging, but when you get the right (typically more experienced) players, it is simply THE BEST. No substitute. It's like magic! Some of my all-time favorite musical experiences have been in jams. But it has definitely been happening WAY less than the late...

I've been playing an M&V Titan V bass for AAA Rock and alt rock for the last 10 years. It fits like a glove, and nearly has the range and presence of an active bass.

And welcome to Talkbass! :thumbsup:

Hi Talita, it really depends on what sort of image (paint, relief, woodburning?) you want to put on the front. The most common approach for illustrating a guitar is airbrush painting, and is available in most areas from motorcycle paint artists. They usually paint motorcycle gas tanks and...

Ah, but there's the relative crappiness to consider! LOl I think even a Fodera through a 10" Crate combo will sound irredeemably bad. Now, how about a Hondo through Epifanis, or (fill in the blank)?. So the relative crappinness has to be considered lol

BTW - we make white 5 string J bass pickups, but they aren't normal J pickups. I hope this isn't against TB policy.

Folks can do that with 3d printers. No need for a stand alone business.

Wow! Didn't your luthier tell you it would be insanely heavy?