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$100 Bass Challenge - Marceline's Axe Bass

#423
I mean absolutely no disprespect by this so please dont take it as such.

But after the challenge is over, an if this bass is good enough to be anything other than a novelty item, I would highly suggest that you revisit the finish. Polish the fretboard and grain fill it to where you can get a smooth gloss finish. The quality wood work deserves the same amount of effort in the finish, even though its boring tedious work
 
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#424
Hopkins said:
I mean absolutely no disprespect by this so please dont take it as such.

But after the challenge is over, an if this bass is good enough to be anything other than a novelty item, I would highly suggest that you revisit the finish. Polish the fretboard and grain fill it to where you can get a smooth gloss finish. The quality wood work deserves the same amount of effort in the finish, even though its boring tedious work
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I totally agree. I think I mentioned earlier in the thread how I wish I could have sent this out for finishing, to someone who knew what they were doing. Finishing was never one of my strong points. Though I think if I could have spent some money on proper grain filler and rattle can lacquer, I might have been able to do the finish a little better.

In any event, I should know in a few days if this is worth putting some more money into it. I'd love to get proper tuners, and I think the bridge may need narrower string spacing. Time will tell. I still need to finish wiring it up, and then I need to search for that tuner screw, and I can put in strings and see how it plays.
 
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So the good news is that I came across a screw that fits the tuner (or the screw from the tuner), and also a set of black knobs that fit. The strings fit, and the truss rod works.

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The bad news is that it doesn't make a sound through the amp. I'll start trouble shooting tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to looking around that tiny control cavity.
 
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mapleglo said:
So the good news is that I came across a screw that fits the tuner (or the screw from the tuner), and also a set of black knobs that fit. The strings fit, and the truss rod works.

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The bad news is that it doesn't make a sound through the amp. I'll start trouble shooting tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to looking around that tiny control cavity.
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Algebraic! Seriously cool, even if it doesn't work yet.
 
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vmabus said:
Recipes?
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Marceline's Red Fries
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Ingredients:
1 -2 Large Yukon Potatoes
1/2 Cup Lemon Juice (+ extra as needed)
Red Food Coloring (I used the Americacolor red gel drops)
Canola Oil OR Cooking Spray (or regular Olive Oil, not extra virgin)
Salt

Important Items:
Large, shallow dish
Kitchen Tongs (to handle the soaked potatoes so your fingers won't turn red!)
Mesh Strainer or Colander

Directions:
1. Peel the potato(es) & cut out any spots. Cut into steak fry sticks, about 1/2" wide & 1/4" deep. Arrange the potato sticks in a single layer (not overlapping) in a large, shallow plastic container or glass dish (or more than one). In a liquid measuring cup measure out the lemon juice & then thoroughly whisk in enough red coloring to get a thick & vibrant red liquid. Pour this over the potato sticks. Whisk up a little more red liquid if you need it to cover the sticks completely. Let the sticks sit in the red liquid, uncovered, for at least 3 hours.
2. Drain the now very red potato sticks in a mesh strainer or colander. Double line a large tray with paper towels & lay the potato sticks on top in a single layer. Place more paper towels on top & press down to absorb some of the liquid. Let the sticks sit for a couple of hours to dry completely (feel free to sprinkle on a little salt at this point).
3. Heat the oven to 400°F. Remove the potato sticks & paper towels from the tray & spray the tray with cooking/non-stick spray. Spread the potato sticks on the tray in a single layer, spray, & sprinkle with salt (I used fine sea salt). Bake for 15 mins & then turn/toss & lightly spray & sprinkle again. Bake for another 15 mins or so, check for tenderness, & then crank the heat up to 450°F & bake for another minute or 2. FYI: The fries will have a slight lemon flavor, but that's not a bad thing! Serve with ketchup or try mayo mixed with ketchup + a little curry powder (love this). A great drink for the red theme is cranberry ginger ale ('cause it's really red) with a couple of maraschino cherries thrown in!

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* More "Adventure Time" food: Finn's Meatloaf, Jake's Bacon Pancakes, & AT Character Cake Pops! *

 
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#438
I dunno, there's a lot of strong contenders: This Axe with it's coolness, the Texas Jelly with it's copper plating, repurposed cartridges, etc, Gsnad's left-handed travel bass, MRC's headless wonders, and Sam's McGiver special "let me show you what you can do with handtools, scrap and determination... Oh, did I mention making my own pickup". All have different kinds of things to commend them. I apologize if I left anyone out, these were just the first couple that popped into mind.
 

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