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Cheese Bass II, Too Cheesy

I spoke to the legend of Cheese bass here.
Cheese Bass I

It was in fact a general image search on cheese bass that led me here to this forum but a few months ago.

In honor of this forum. In honor of Cheese bass spirit. In honor of the different. In honor of experimentation just to see and to no particular ends, I present "Cheese Bass II"
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Specs:
$90 ebay beater

Scalloped neck, frets 1-4 and 12-24. Achieved by pressing the side of a drill-bit sanding barrel to the fret board. The wood powdered unlike any wood I've ever known. Resin infused?
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Blue and green crayon mold

Ibanez SR300 tuners + one stock

DR neon yellow strings

Stock bridge custom drilled and saddles by local luthier and maestro tech, Lucio of Marina Music in Culver City.

43mm nut
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One gold tooth. Currently three through-body strings, but will be going all five when I get access to my drill press later this week.

15mm avg strings at the bridge.
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Need more holes in butt to fill with melted lead to re-balance the neck.

Sounds just like it did before, but with more holes in the body.

The body wood shreds and flakes the more you work it. See this thread here.
4-to-5 string conversion

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Convenient carry handle can't be beat! Highly suggested feature!
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Nothing wrong with that! :thumbsup: