Bobe's 9 String Fretless

[Phil Mailloux]

Jamie, Yes it's going to be "hot en ostie"

Sorry guys ill speak french for a second.
Siboire yen a des Quebs sur cte Thread la, ca vous dirait de se rencontrer toute la gang, jsais que y'a Yvon, Renniw, Francois (Bassman 74) pis un autre Phil aussi, ca serait cool de se voir, prendre une biere pis discuter la lutherie ensemble, montrer nos instruments, qui sait on pourrait peut etre inviter Michel Fournelle tant qua y etre !!! non ctune joke, quest ce que vous en pensez? Si ca vous interesse on pourrait partir un Thread pour inviter tous ceux qui n'auront pas vu ce message. entk, jespere avoir de vos nouvelles, ecrivez moi un PM si vous voulez. ciao les gars !!

Sounds good to me T2W, we can do the GTG at my place....if you can all afford the $2000 return ticket

Wow, Phil, that bass is all pickup and neck!

Are those the pickups with the bobbins in two halves?

Yes, those were the ones but since I got a donation of forbon from the right width, they'll now be in one piece each. 6.5" long.

Pilbara, the debounce mechanism is internal to the CUB3 counter I'm using. You only have to make sure that the magnet is placed juuusst in the right place so it's not too far or too close from the reed. (I didn't forget you mate)

 

[PilbaraBass]

Pilbara, the debounce mechanism is internal to the CUB3 counter I'm using. You only have to make sure that the magnet is placed juuusst in the right place so it's not too far or too close from the reed. (I didn't forget you mate)

lol

I can't wait to see those pickups...you'll have about 1/2kg of copper in them by the time you're done...lol

6.5" bobbins...unreal...

btw...that body is just incredible! c'est magnifique!

 

[ScottyBoy]

Phil,

Can't believe I've missed this post. I was wondering how you where going with the beast!!

Great work - can't wait until you post the finished product.

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Long time, no see Scott. The finished product should be up in about a week, two at the most. I've got two fellow TB'ers coming up here to test out the pickups and the bass with their own Markbass & Ampeg rig around that time. Wanna pass by with your IAmp?

 

[ScottyBoy]

Yeah mate - let me know when your finished and I'll see what I can do

Long time, no see Scott. The finished product should be up in about a week, two at the most. I've got two fellow TB'ers coming up here to test out the pickups and the bass with their own Markbass & Ampeg rig around that time. Wanna pass by with your IAmp?

 

[needmoney]

Yeah mate - let me know when your finished and I'll see what I can do

Oh you'll be there! I wanna play your Ray

Mini GTG in Phil's workshop! Can anyone say cramped?

 

[blizzard]

NICE! The pictures look great. That is an amazing top there, very unique.

 

[JazzFusionB0rg]

I've got two fellow TB'ers coming up here to test out the pickups and the bass with their own Markbass & Ampeg rig around that time.

Phil - while I'm looking forward to seeing the monster in the flesh, if you (or any other brisvegas TBers for that matter) ever want to produce some decent quality soundclips...you're more than welcome to use my Protools home studio...

 

[ScottyBoy]

so I'm waiting for an update on the progress of this bass

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Unfortunately it's on the back burner for a few weeks. We got word that our new house is finished and we're moving there in three weeks. So there's a lot of logistics going on right now.

I don't have time to finish it until we're in the new house. You guys can still come to check it out before it gets shipped but that will now have to be in Cedar Vale (Jimboomba).

 

[full_bleed]

That bass is looking nothing short of terrific. great work man

 

[cricketfever32]

has it been a few weeks yet

 

[bobe]

I just saw the pickups for the bass

I am scared. they are huge.

 

[cricketfever32]

by huge..do you mean over 1 foot long?

 

[Phil Mailloux]

By huge, he means half a foot long

I also started lacquering the pickup covers. Here's a pic to compare with a Jazz pickup cover. Can 6" be called huge?

 

[scottyd]

By huge, he means half a foot long

Can 6" be called huge?

Here in the states we call that average.....

 

[Phil Mailloux]

I had a feeling it wouldn't take very long to get an answer to that one

 

[cricketfever32]

lmao...wow...that comparison pic...how are you gonna play the upper register of the thicker strings? unless you're like mr.incredible that can contort his body any which way he wants

 

[DigthemLows]

Here in the states we call that average.....

Is that measuring from the base??.........he he

 

[Ben Lesser]

Awesome!