Building of a 5 string...for Rocket!

[CliffD]

Dudes, just to put it out there, my favorite burst color has always been blue-green burst, sometimes known as dragon burst:

 

[Darkstrike]

Not the Beer thing again!...listen...Budwieser King of Beer...it doesn't get any higher then that!...maybe it should be the God of Beers!

I always assumed that calling Budweiser the "king" of "beer" was like calling a whammy bar a tremolo, in other words, something it dosen't do at all.....






Seriously though, can't wait to see this done.

 

[Ryan L.]

There are so many cool ones..........

 

[René_Julien]

Time to pull this picture again:

Yeah DS, it's like calling a whammy bar a tremelo, or a tremelo a vibrato, or a vibrato a chorus....

 

[Gadow Guitars]

Little peek at this one.....shes turning out to be one of the coolest instruments we have ever built!

 

[LilRay]

AAAAAH! Bardens!

Who'd a thunk it?



God Bless, Ray

 

[Darkstrike]

Oh yes..... oh yes!

 

[RocketMusic]

Oh, man, I can't wait to see that one!!

 

[Darkstrike]

Is it Soule Burst you went with? Hard to tell from the pic.

 

[RocketMusic]

I'm not sure what Ryan calls this color... it's whatever is on Danny's Gadow guitar. I think it's more red than Soule Burst, or maybe just less brown at the edge...

 

[Darkstrike]

Ah! Sweet, Dannys axe is one hell of a beauty!

 

[coyoteboy]

Incidently, that burst is almost dead on the finish I was wanting on another bass from a builder in Greg's stable!

Color approved!

 

[RocketMusic]

And the color is as yet un-named! Ryan threw out "Dannyburst" as a suggestion

Too inside baseball?

 

[Ryan L.]

Still can't wait to see finished pics of this one.

 

[RocketMusic]

So Ryan says this one is too cool to ship to me?!? What kind of BS is that?!?

C'mon, Ryan!

 

[Darkstrike]

This is gonna be sooo hot.

 

[RocketMusic]

Good gosh!! Here's a sneak peak from the Gadow shop (cell phone photo). I freakin' LOVE the blocks, and that top is just stoopid.

 

[René_Julien]

WOW
that is beautiful

What's that finish again?


And yeah, those blocks are awesome.


Great work Ryan...


... now go into building a fretless for Stefan mode!

 

[Darkstrike]

It is a very beautiful finish, and I bet it sounds killer too.

A few questions though, if you don't mind.

1, how come he stopped the blocks at the 19th? Is it because he didn't think they'd look right as skinny as they'd be at the 21st and 24th?

2, I've noticed, on his basses, he puts the bridge slightly more forward then most, having the saddles pulled back further than average to get intonation set, is there a reason for that, or am I just seeing things?

 

[René_Julien]

1, how come he stopped the blocks at the 19th? Is it because he didn't think they'd look right as skinny as they'd be at the 21st and 24th?

Maybe to go easier on the eye. To have as many inlays as on a traditional bass with 20 frets, so it doesn't look like a 24-fret bass at first glance.


At least that's the excuse I would make up.