Recent content by Tom Hume

I just finished building this and thought I'd show it off. Twenty-one inch scale, Selmer shaped body, Pahoehoe strings, Shadow pick-up, Hip-Shot tuners, Sitca Spruce top, curly maple back, sides, and neck...

Hi Jeff, I’m not an experienced guitar builder, I spent my career as a piano tuner and rebuilder, and I guess there is some crossover. The fret wire I used is medium/medium from Stewart Macdonald and it is a little bigger than the fret-wire on my U-Bass. Happily, I found that the larger...

Hi Little George, Thanks, and no, the strings are just the standard 20" to 21" Pahoehoes. However, I just learned about the "Shortbass" and I'm intreagued with the possibilities of a scale length of around 23 1/2 inches. So are these "aquila reds" you mentioned the strings that are used on the...

I just finished building this and thought I'd show it off. Twenty-one inch scale, Selmer shaped body, Pahoehoe strings, Shadow pick-up, Hip-Shot tuners, Sitca Spruce top, curly maple back, sides, and neck. It's just a guess of course, but the larger body seems to make it two or three times as...