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When a neck moves with the weather/time/conditions does the truss rod move with it? I ask this because if you tighten the truss rod more than a...
[IMG] I've been looking for ideas for my next build and I stumbled across this. but I can figure out for the life of my what type of wood it is.
Hey bass dudes, I really like the sound and feel of my Peavey Foundation - especially with a push-pull pot that puts in the pickups in a fat-tone...
Has anyone here looked into this or know of any sources for advanced techniques and tricks?
What are these two spots on this piece of padauk and how do I get rid of them? The spots where there when I bought the wood. It has been sanded...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Put some Jazz pickups inside these to have a Jazz sound in you Soapbar cavities. One of them was cracked on the side...
So I'm looking to move along my Spector euro 6lx ex. It is a neck thru, 6 string, maple neck, 35in scale, figured alder body wings with zebra wood...
I'm thinking of giving the bridge foot Realist a try on my bass and trying to decide to get either the original one or the wood one? Does anyone...
i have a friend of mine in italy who build bass, with standard configuration of top,center,back body wood. He asked me what about 1 piece or 2...
Probably well known to the more experienced builders ... but today I discover how well a razor blade works for scraping wood to remove small...
Hello! You're looking at a Prat Original I model 5 string bass. Bass Specs as follows: Myrtle Burl Top Walnut Body Highly figured Birdseye...
This bass was purchased new by me after a Namm Show and is simply the best playing and sounding bass I've ever had. JD used a special Reserved...
I think it's a pre-war bass, made in Czechoslovakia. It sure doesn't look like like maple to me. Any thoughts? [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Would there be any issues with using walnut as a main neck wood? Or as a fingerboard? I ask because I received a few large pieces of pretty...
Hey good folks of the TB OK, so admittedly basses with piezo-only pickups have to be the minority of all minorities. Seen over the years as a...
Many consider the black heartwood of ebony to be a brittle wood (comparatively speaking). I owned a bass with an ebony fretboard back in...
I'm getting to know a new bass and love it, it has an exceptional J sound. It also has a distinctive looking neck, with prominent features of the...
this is a seymour duncan custom shop dual coil that was pulled out of a ken lawrence. this is the same pickup that fodera uses. ive purchased...
I'm looking to possibly get a new Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass in White Blonde, with the Alder/Maple combination. The online store where I'm...
My beautiful carbon fiber French bow with wood cover, sounds beautiful and clean! 140.5g For more details, please contact me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[MEDIA] Tone wood shmone wood. Don't worry, I won't lose my tone wood faith until they do this with a bass.
Now I've seen everything. At least the neck is straight. And apparently the hardware and electronics dissolved in the floor or rusted into dust....
I just put an old Koa ESP Jazz Bass back together with a new Tusq nut. It has a really beefy neck with an ebony board. Anybody have experience...
Just picked this Hondo up with hard case for $50 canadian. Don't know why I bought it. Just bored I guess :). It was pretty filthy, but cleaned up...
Need help, what kind of wood is this one in the image? It should be alder or ash. Thanks!
Im thinking about getting a birdseye maple pickguard for my maple jazz bass. Do any of you have something similar you would like to post pics of?
Whatever you call it does it exist ?
Here is a beautiful set of wood knobs made of purpleheart/ebony/zebrawood by THG. One knob has a nick in it (pictured). Any questions, just ask.
Hi. I'm looking for some design opinions for a new custom job. I am working out some design ideas for a Walnut stain maple bass with ebony...
One take music... [MEDIA]
A tale of two MTDs. Same electronics, same strings. Bass 1: ash body, mango top, ash neck, maple fingerboard. Bass 2: poplar body, burl maple top,...
Hey folks, i'm about to build a bass, the neck wood it's going to be Ovangkol, it's flat sawn. I know that a quarter sawn neck is more stable,...
I bought a used MIM Fender Precision that I plan to use as a project bass, but I have a concern. Have the Mexican Precisions ever been made with...
I recently switched up from a bass I adore with an ebony fretboard to a six-string bass with, well, something that's not ebony. Don't exactly...
I am reluctantly putting up for sale a bass I just traded for from excellent TB'er ogiebb. This is a 2012 build G&L M-2000 with no scratches,...
I made a custom wood case for my class D head. Cut air vents in the side. And lo and behold, I even added a handle! LOL[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I know it's been asked before and I know that you should do it with wood because otherwise the material will decay with time and the neck bend,...
UPDATE BELOW Hello all at TalkBass, I was hoping someone would be able to give me a certain answer on what body wood this on my PJ bass. At the...
As posted in the bass forum, but I was advised to post it here as well, by someone who suspected it might indeed be a case of two pieces of wood...
