Vanity shot of my old Dola…miss that bass a lot…
Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Vanity shot of my old Dola…miss that bass a lot…
@spade2you has a Ball bass with an f-hole, but I don't know that it's actually semi-hollow.
Two.
Sold the fretted 6 to my brother. The funny thing about the 4 string is that it's so light and people assume it's hollow. For whatever reasons, I thought it would look cool. My chambered Rob Allen 6 string has no f-hole. I guess I'm strange.
Cliff obviously offers the parallel chamber. He might be willing to put some light to medium chambering under the top.
Thanks, I forgot about the 4! I know that when I ordered my Dola from him, he was offering some cambering around the bridge as an option, but I didn't do that with either of my CBs.
Two.
Sold the fretted 6 to my brother. The funny thing about the 4 string is that it's so light and people assume it's hollow. For whatever reasons, I thought it would look cool. My chambered Rob Allen 6 string has no f-hole. I guess I'm strange.
Cliff obviously offers the parallel chamber. He might be willing to put some light to medium chambering under the top.
Ask him about most of my basses, he routes underneath the top in certain areas to lighting them up for me. I can't tell any change with the tone, so this is a cool option for weight reasons and doesn't cost too much.
-ScottM
Yeah, we're definitely doing the weight reduction routing on my first build in the queue. I'm just wondering if we can get that semi hollow f-hole acoustic sound doing a Rob Allen type build and piezo pickup on a fretless. I'll ask him of course, but I feel I bother him enough that I should at least check with fellow bordwellians to see if anyone knows of such an existing build first.
I'm currently looking at 3 builds in his queue, so I have a little time to do some research before my second one comes up.
Based on the number of Basses you've gotten from him I've seen on this site, I have to believe you're his biggest customer.
He's such a good sport and patient and helpful. He really is the best of all aspects of custom builder.
Finally getting back out there ( the Dola likes it too ) , feels so good and we are booked for the summer here in Central Oregon just as much as we wanted to be , Thankful !
Last edited:
I would love to have a deep hollow body Dola like Anthony Jackson's current Fodera signature, but I suspect that's a bit to far from what Cliff's normally doing for him to be comfortable trying it...
You should definitely ask him.
I'm gonna ask him. 30" Semi hollow SCB (already doing a solid Dola) with a buckeye top and an F hole. That's the hope.
I finally had a chance to listen to this, very cool man! I would have loved to seen this.
Man, a six string like this would be killer... you got me thinking now. I got three on order now, maybe I can bribe Cliff for something like this but as a SCB.
-ScottM
Cliff will steer you right, but I would suggest something other than buckeye if you want a semi hollow bass. Much too soft.
Would love to have one, but don't need one as much as I need a few other things like, say, repaving the driveway and sidewalk that are sliding down the hill in my front yard 
You should definitely ask him.
Might work with some of the resin-impregnated dyed stuff that Cliff is using, but I don't know now how consistent the stiffness is on it.
