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5 string fretless showcase: Habanero V

#201
Musiclogic said:
Is the "Cure" considered music? :rollno::eyebrow: I thought they were a TV talk show spinoff that people played redundantly just to annoy us Metalheads???LMAO:bassist::D
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I make no apologies for annoying dudes in Spandex and/or leather pants. :D

However, it seems that dudes in makeup and big hair is neutral territory.

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#205
pilotjones said:
So, with an hour's work on hard wood, did you have to resharpen the scraper before you were done?
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I did not, I had put a new edge on my french curve scraper a few months ago, and had not used it yet. The edge lasted through this whole session. The work depicted is about 85% scraping, 10% filing with a round file (the edges, mostly) and 5% sanding, if divided up by time spent with each tool. Probably 3 hours total time on that heel block, including the fine-tuning this afternoon that I didn't photograph. I can see why this particular feature is not prominent on commercial basses, it probably takes the ladies in Corona 3 hours to build an entire Jazz Bass :)
 
#208
Yeah, much like the global warming thing, when they found that the holes in the ozone were a natural occurrance and not caused by CFC's they quietly sulked off to work on another impending disaster they could create...kind of like the "Cure"...LOL
Still nice work Adam, really looking nice. Next time can you post a real Metal band for the comparative, like Metal Church, Anthrax, Priest, Maiden, Testament, Armored Saint, etc. LOL
 
#210
barnaclebeau said:
The second set of drag queens makes FAR superior music. And perhaps all that hairspray, and the subsequent hole in the ozone layer, is why no one is allowed to spray nitro anymore :bawl:
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Are you still able to buy solvent- and oil-based finishes in MA?
They're being pulled off of the shelves here in CA county by county. Pretty soon, the only wood finishes available will be water-borne.
 
#211
Musiclogic said:
Next time can you post a real Metal band for the comparative, like Metal Church, Anthrax, Priest, Maiden, Testament, Armored Saint, etc. LOL
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Just pullin' your chain brother, there is some good metal out there. It just doesn't do it for me.

iamlowsound said:
This bass is looking fantastic, you have some serious skill.

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Thanks man. Not skill so much as I'm on a budget, which makes me work slow, which reduces the chance that I'll eff something up :) Plus Listening to the Disintegration album by The Cure, in it's entirety thousands of times is scientifically proven to improve accuracy and inspiration. :D

Jazzdogg said:
Are you still able to buy solvent- and oil-based finishes in MA?
They're being pulled off of the shelves here in CA county by county. Pretty soon, the only wood finishes available will be water-borne.
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I am new here, but a guy I met recently shoots lacquer in his cabinet shop (in Mass, it's called LACKA) and he says he has to go to Rhode Island for his stuff now. I don't think anyone with employees, in other words anyone subject to OSHA inspections, can use it anymore.
 
#212
No worries here Adam, I actually have a few Cure songs on one of my mix discs, I really like all music. Just have a rye sense of humor, and with the Cure, it just screamed antagonism...LOL

Don't forget to let them know that Vodka is actually Vodkur in Mass...my best friend lives in Brockton...LOL
 
#213
Neck bolted on!

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This view is cool:

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My phenolic plates showed up for my second attempt at a pickup, I'm not even going to cover this up with wood, I like the color. Heard I need to rock the respirator while drilling it, though. This this is going to be sooo overbuilt.

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Lastly, I've been working on a secret weapon. I have a little DIY audio hobby/habit, I am still learning but I know enough at this point to be a danger to myself. :) I had been working on a homemade active preamp schematic, using a 2-channel opamp as buffer and booster, and a baxandall tone stack for shaping. Alas, my plugboard prototypes would not work properly...I was using a very finnicky opamp though, because I had a couple left over. That might have been the problem, but at this point it's getting pretty late in the game, so I've decided to go all-passive.

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The top and bottom coils of the pickup are treated as separate pickups. The phase of the bottom pickup can be reversed by the first switch. The second switch configures them either parallel or in series. I'm using a baxandall tone stack, only bass and treble control, but it is a good circuit because flat is actually pretty close to flat. You can also dial in some mid-hump(R) (copyright Wilser) and mid-scoop by what you do with the knobs together. If you check out the Tone Stack Calculator at duncanamps.com, this is the 'James' stack, with slightly modified values. As far as components, I'm shunning the ubiquitous carbon resistors/ceramic caps/CTS pots, and bringing a little hi-fi snobbery to the table. I've got an order of Vishay Dale resistors, Wima polypropylene caps, and Bourns pots on the way from Mouser, I'm excited to get this going!
 
#215
Woohoo, Mouser order arrived!

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These are the Bourns 95 series pots. They feel nice.

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Stuffed a breadboard. All switches, pots and jacks will be connected to those pin headers, so I can redesign this circuit later and change it easily.

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Here's the back. Old school, haha.

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If I end up liking this circuit I may order some PCBs through batchpcb.com, that will make it much easier and neater next time.
 
#217
Phil Mastro said:
Wow, PCB... your bass looks hot. I like my bodies a bit bigger though. You control cover is money.
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Thanks, Phil. After I built the first Habanero, I knew this size is for me. Most of my friends that have played it like the feel, if not the look. I'm full aware that a lot of bass players are subconsciously averse to a bass that is smaller than a guitar!

Drilled some tuner holes today, and applied a very thin layer of epoxy as grain filler. T-88 has an amber tint to it, so it will pop the flames under the more neutral KTM-9.

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#218
barnaclebeau said:
Drilled some tuner holes today, and applied a very thin layer of epoxy as grain filler. T-88 has an amber tint to it, so it will pop the flames under the more neutral KTM-9.

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This is a beautiful build. Are you using a jig for your tuner installation? It looks like you might be using Schallers -- I'm using Ultralites on my build and I've been wondering how best to drill the holes for the pins above the tuner hole. How did you get yours lined up so nicely?
 
#219
silentk said:
This is a beautiful build. Are you using a jig for your tuner installation? It looks like you might be using Schallers -- I'm using Ultralites on my build and I've been wondering how best to drill the holes for the pins above the tuner hole. How did you get yours lined up so nicely?
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Thanks! I am using Schallers. I made a drilling outline as part of the headstock design in Rhino. When it was time to drill, I printed a copy, taped it on, center-punched the centers, and drilled with a 11/16" and 1/4" forstner bit. PM me, I can send you a pdf drilling template.
 

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