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ACG Finished Work.
- Thread starter Skelf
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Next one out the door.
Claro Walnut top and back with a Black Walnut core and 4 mm Sycamore accents.
Bubinga/Wenge 5 piece neck with an Acrylic Impregnated BlackEbony board.
Hipshot Type A with piezo and an ACG RFB feeding into the ACG EQ01 pre-amp. Body has an oil finish neck a satin lacquer.
Claro Walnut top and back with a Black Walnut core and 4 mm Sycamore accents.
Bubinga/Wenge 5 piece neck with an Acrylic Impregnated BlackEbony board.
Hipshot Type A with piezo and an ACG RFB feeding into the ACG EQ01 pre-amp. Body has an oil finish neck a satin lacquer.
My, my, my--that one is beautiful! I do think the Finn shape with a single pickup has become a classic ACG combination, particularly as a fretless. It really emphasizes the lines and the woods, especially when you have the contrasting accents like this. I really like the sycamore with the walnut, and the matching backplate is a nice touch, too!
Mike
Mike
Rickett Customs
Commercial User
I just went out to look at the larger pictures over on the website, and noticed the sycamore(?) laminate under the headstock to match the accent layer on the body--very nice touch! I love seeing those sorts of little details on a custom instrument. Great work, Alan!
Mike
Mike
Cheers Mike.
And thanks once again for posting in the forum keeps things moving along nicely.
Alan
And thanks once again for posting in the forum keeps things moving along nicely.
Alan
Well, there are 8000+ views on the thread, even if most of them aren't saying anything! I think the threads aren't as visible here as they were in the Basses or Luthier's Corner forums, though...
Thanks very much for the kind words very much appreciated.
Picked up by Eude today. This bass has been on the go for a while but we decided not to have the usual build thread.
Here's the specs >>
5 string Bolt-on Finn Single Cut
Swamp Ash Body with Grain Enhancement and "Dirty Ash" Satin Finish
33" Scale with bridge kept as far back as possible to keep 1st position very comfortable
3 piece Wenge Neck, Satin Finish
Fretted Bloodwood Fingerboard, No Radius
Wenge Headstock Cap front and rear
Single Very Overwound RFB Pickup just back from the mid point between the 24th fret and the bridge, just ahead of MM position
EQ02 9V with passive tone control, coil tap switch and low battery indicator
Black Hardware
18 mm String Spacing
Through Body Stringing on the B string
Asymmetrical Neck Profile
Picked up by Eude today. This bass has been on the go for a while but we decided not to have the usual build thread.
Here's the specs >>
5 string Bolt-on Finn Single Cut
Swamp Ash Body with Grain Enhancement and "Dirty Ash" Satin Finish
33" Scale with bridge kept as far back as possible to keep 1st position very comfortable
3 piece Wenge Neck, Satin Finish
Fretted Bloodwood Fingerboard, No Radius
Wenge Headstock Cap front and rear
Single Very Overwound RFB Pickup just back from the mid point between the 24th fret and the bridge, just ahead of MM position
EQ02 9V with passive tone control, coil tap switch and low battery indicator
Black Hardware
18 mm String Spacing
Through Body Stringing on the B string
Asymmetrical Neck Profile
I like it! Definitely cool to see some of these designs done with slightly different/simpler wood combinations. With the ash body, this finish makes me think of a lot of the early MTDs I've played. It seems like this shape works very well as a bolt-on, too, which is certainly not true of all singlecut shapes.
Nice work, Alan!
Nice work, Alan!
I enjoyed the simpler construction and hope when I have some more time to build a few more like this.
To a point with this finish. It is not a stain as such so after the first coat it becomes less effective at making the wood any darker and once all the pores are filled that is pretty much it.
Spec
Cocobolo top with Sycamore accent and a Black Walnut body.
Wenge/Purpleheart/Flame Maple neck with an Acrylic Impregnated Mac Ebony board no radius.
Two ACG SB single coils and ACG EQ01 pre-amp. Satin chrome hardware.
Cocobolo top with Sycamore accent and a Black Walnut body.
Wenge/Purpleheart/Flame Maple neck with an Acrylic Impregnated Mac Ebony board no radius.
Two ACG SB single coils and ACG EQ01 pre-amp. Satin chrome hardware.
Rickett Customs
Commercial User
I have to tell you, looking at the magnificent specimens in this little gallery is a bittersweet experience. On the one hand, my eyes appreciate the beauty of these fine instruments, but on the other hand there is no way in hell I will ever be able to afford one, and I doubt I will ever be good enough to warrant playing such a beautiful creation
Much respect for your great skills. Keep the art coming.
Much respect for your great skills. Keep the art coming.
Hi
I don't think you should look at it that way at all. There is no playing level that has to be reached before you can buy/play one of my basses or any other builders instruments that I know of. If at the end of the day you like the bass find it good to play or helps you get where you are trying to get to then to be honest I don't see any other justification required. If someone else does not think you are good enough to own the bass that is their problem not yours and I would tell them to get lost.
I was never a great player but I had a few very good basses which I got a great deal of pleasure from and did not regret having them at all.
As to the price they might not be as expensive as you think,best way to be sure is to ask me
I don't think you should look at it that way at all. There is no playing level that has to be reached before you can buy/play one of my basses or any other builders instruments that I know of. If at the end of the day you like the bass find it good to play or helps you get where you are trying to get to then to be honest I don't see any other justification required. If someone else does not think you are good enough to own the bass that is their problem not yours and I would tell them to get lost.
I was never a great player but I had a few very good basses which I got a great deal of pleasure from and did not regret having them at all.
As to the price they might not be as expensive as you think,best way to be sure is to ask me
