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Buckeye Redeemer DC for Redleg

scottyd

scottyd

Commercial User
Nov 17, 2006
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Waco Tx
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Builder/owner Redeemer Basses
#1
This bass will be for Tber RedLeg

Dc body shape
35” Scale
Lined fretless
Set Neck
Buckeye Burl top
curly maple core
birdseye maple back
Wenge accent veneers between body laminates
5 laminate Wenge and Zebrano neck (W-Z-W-Z-W)
Gabon Ebony fingerboard
Maple fret lines
Epoxy fingerboard
Asymmetrical neck profile
16” radius fingerboard
Side markers, white
Single truss rod, heel access
Real Ivory Nut from www.ivorybuyer.com
Matching control cavity cover
Matching headstock top and bottom

Hipshot A style bridge with string through body option
Hipshot Ultralite tuners
Dunlop strap locks
All black hardware
High gloss poly with satin neck
D’addario Round wound nickel strings

Electronics:
2 Nordstrand Dual Coil pickups
Audere Classic 4 band preamp 18-volt
2 coil tap switches (series / single coil / parallel)

The shape
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The top
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The back will come from this board that I will book match and should look similar to "bookmatch 1" in this photo.
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Should be a fun one!:hyper:
 
#5
Remember that part in "The Jerk" when Steve Martin gets the new phone book and sees his name and says, "The new telephone book is here. Look, I'm somebody". I came across this post this morning and same thing applies!

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#10
RedLeg said:
Remember that part in "The Jerk" when Steve Martin gets the new phone book and sees his name and says, "The new telephone book is here. Look, I'm somebody". I came across this post this morning and same thing applies!

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Funny you should mention Steve Martin. He's from Waco too!

That bass is gonna be spectacular. My Roscoe is Buckeye Burl as well.. It'll get a LOT of compliments :D
 
#13
LedBelli Bass said:
Thanks Scotty! Your top made me go a searching and I also found an outlet in CA that has pages and pages of exotic (and very expensive) Buckeye burls, along with a lot of other stuff for instruments.

They are called "Newton Woods" in Fresno, CA
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I've used Newton Woods before, as a matter of fact RedLeg chose this top out of three, the two others were Newtons. I can look at the Newton website for hours, prettys soon all of that Buckeye they've got starts looking the same, or prehaps its just my eyes getting blurry!:eek:
 
#14
scottyd said:
prettys soon all of that Buckeye they've got starts looking the same, or prehaps its just my eyes getting blurry!:eek:
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honestly, without the bass outline, the burls really get monotonous. ooooh blue, ahhhh grey and yellow, oohhhhh pink blue yellow I've gone cross-eyed.
After scotty showed me his idea for the back, I knew I should go with his eye for detail. freakin artist, man!
 
#17
RedLeg said:
probably sound like a total noob here by suggesting this site, but here goes.
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I fell in love with the irish oak burl appropriately listed in the "wood porn" section ;)
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Jeez... the pieces on that site are just too much for a sunday. :eek:

EDIT: Scott the bass looks great as always... Id use the top like in the pic with the template on it as in the first post though... matter of tastes I guess.
 
#19
eleonn said:
EDIT: Scott the bass looks great as always... Id use the top like in the pic with the template on it as in the first post though... matter of tastes I guess.
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I would've liked to, but there were a couple of voids on the opposite side of the top, one of which would have ended up right on the lower horn. So I had to lower it to avoid causing problems with the glue joint and while shaping:)
 

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