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Alibaba Bass

#41
JeezyMcNuggles said:
Here's the spec sheet

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And here's the first round of updates


Rough body cut and routed

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Veneer has been stained, and attached. And, it looks like the back has been sanded for finish as well. Me, I would've done the black on the back first, before applying the veneer. But, maybe he thought it'd be better to do it this way. I guess it be easier to hide the seam hitting that with the veneer stained and in place. I don't know.

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Also looks like someone's iceman bass is right next to mine, being glued together.
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JeezyMcNuggles said:
Okay, so first update after thier holiday season.

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Face of body is done. And beautiful, I might add.

Back is not black yet.

Finish gloss has not been applied.


Neck has been manufactured, and appears to be ready for coating.

Although, it was supposed to have white shark fins. Not standard dot inlays. I've messaged back about it. Now, We'll see how easy to work with this builder really is. It's always all good, when things are all good. How companies handle problems, mishaps, or other mistakes is when you find out how they really are. Know what I mean?
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How did it turn out for the fingerboard ? When they did mine, they did a first fingerboard with dots inlays as well, while I had asked no inlays at all on the maple fretboard. The seller just told me to not worry and they actually did a new fretboard without any inlays replacing the previous one.

I assume that they did the same for you ?

That's one of the points that I appreciated with the seller. Though there was some points of misunderstanding, he was happy to correct the eventual mistakes without having me to really strongly ask for it. Simple demands, instantly accepted.
 
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#42
darkkimhari said:
How did it turn out for the fingerboard ? When they did mine, they did a first fingerboard with dots inlays as well, while I had asked no inlays at all on the maple fretboard. The seller just told me to not worry and they actually did a new fretboard without any inlays replacing the previous one.

I assume that they did the same for you ?

That's one of the points that I appreciated with the seller. Though there was some points of misunderstanding, he was happy to correct the eventual mistakes without having me to really strongly ask for it. Simple demands, instantly accepted.
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Unknown at this time. He hit me up saying he'll give me new pics tomorrow. Tomorrow seems to be 2 - 3 days. Ha
 
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Update

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Bursted.

Looks like the back still needs another coat. But, the front is looking pretty good.


No update on the neck though.
 
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JeezyMcNuggles said:
Update

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Busted.

Looks like the back still needs another coat. But, the front is looking pretty good.


No update on the neck though.
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That start to look great. Actually, by the current looking of both faces, it look like they been sanded (based on the scratches) and ready for the next coat. It will be a glossy finish right ? This veneer will look super good. I usually prefer flammed versus quilted maple but with this purple, it looks sweet.

From my experience with them, no news was equal to good news haha. Everytime I asked for an update and didn't get it, it usually came out good when the update was finally coming.
 
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darkkimhari said:
That start to look great. Actually, by the current looking of both faces, it look like they been sanded (based on the scratches) and ready for the next coat. It will be a glossy finish right ? This veneer will look super good. I usually prefer flammed versus quilted maple but with this purple, it looks sweet.

From my experience with them, no news was equal to good news haha. Everytime I asked for an update and didn't get it, it usually came out good when the update was finally coming.
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Exactly. Looks like it's been sanded.

Yup, gloss finish
 
#50
Michael Stanley 2112 said:
I have wanted a custom build for a long time. This price seems to put one well within my reach.

I'm intrigued.
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Word.

I'm expecting it to need fretwork. But, adding another 100 bucks, still keeps it half price of an off the wall standard.

With the pickups I'm putting in it also, it's gonna be a total of a grand complete.
 
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@JeezyMcNuggles and @scuzzy would one (or both, if you like) of you please message me with contact information for this builder?

I'm actually thinking of getting both a bass and guitar (matching) because at this price I can finally reach my goal of having two "forever instruments" (which means I really can thin my heard quite a bit) and being done with my G.A.S.

Specifically @JeezyMcNuggles I don't want you to think I am "stealing" part of your build because if it hadn't been for my swearing off 7ender products years ago, I would have plunked down the cash for this:

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