my Bilodeau bass is getting closer by the day, starting to feel like christmas time.. I really give him credit for finding the perfect cocobolo top for this.
Top looks great, but... is that a control cavity on the top?
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Custom Bass Wait Support Group Needed [Part 3]
- Thread starter Ryan L.
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Top looks great, but... is that a control cavity on the top?
Yup sure is. Call me crazy but I prefer the control cavity on the top, kind of a weird homage to older styled basses. Different strokes as they say
New shots came in from Alan yesterday of my ACG.
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Getting closer to completion
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Tslicebass
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congrats
I am officially double in.... if that makes sense.
My fretted Bordwell should be just getting started now. And now I have a deposit down on a very cool matching fretless... it will be crazy.
Pics to come soon... hopefully
I am officially double in.... if that makes sense.
My fretted Bordwell should be just getting started now. And now I have a deposit down on a very cool matching fretless... it will be crazy.
Pics to come soon... hopefully
Alright I just ordered a Valenti Jazz 5'er. It's gonna be a long 6 months before this bad boy's ready to go so I need some support.
Here's the specs:
> Swamp Ash Body
> Trans Green Gloss Finish
> Birdseye maple neck w/Birdseye maple fretboard
> 1 7/8" @ nut
> 12" Fretboard Radius
> Graphite Reinforced neck
> EMG 40J pickups
> Aguilar OBP-3 preamp 18V
> Black Hardware
> Hipshot B Style Bridge
> 19mm String Spacing
> Hipshot Ultralites Tuners
> StrapLocks
> Contoured heel for easier access to the upper frets
> Hardshell case
Here's the specs:
> Swamp Ash Body
> Trans Green Gloss Finish
> Birdseye maple neck w/Birdseye maple fretboard
> 1 7/8" @ nut
> 12" Fretboard Radius
> Graphite Reinforced neck
> EMG 40J pickups
> Aguilar OBP-3 preamp 18V
> Black Hardware
> Hipshot B Style Bridge
> 19mm String Spacing
> Hipshot Ultralites Tuners
> StrapLocks
> Contoured heel for easier access to the upper frets
> Hardshell case
That's me back in, with Shuker number 2...
I've just done gone and put down the deposit on my next Shuker Bass.
I wanted something a lot more understated than my lovely 6 string Single Cut and something that can provide a very different sonic palette.
My 6 string does modern, massive and aggressive very well, but I can't really get a nice traditional Jazz Bass tone.
Also in my band, I'm not really using all 6 strings to their full extent so could get away with a 4 string with occasional detuning of the E string to D.
I've gone for the 33" scale again too, as weirdly, 34" basses feel a bit big now!
Anyway, here goes with the spec...
4 string J Bass
NECK >>
33" scale
5 piece mahogany/wenge laminated neck
Slim profile, just like a regular Jazz Bass
Rosewood board
22 Medium frets
Two way truss rod
Carbon fibre reinforcement
White side dots only
Maple headstock veneer, sprayed black
Brass nut
Satin finish on neck (gloss headstock)
Shuker version of Fender style headstock i.e. 4 in line
String tree (possibly a bar one across all 4 strings to keep consistent break angle on all 4 strings)
BODY >>
Downsized J Bass shape (like Mike's recent J Bass)
Black walnut body
Polyester base coat
Black polyurethane wet look gloss
Slab finish (with slight radius on top but larger radius on rear)
Rear Routed as the body won't have a scratch plate or a control plate
Control layout yet to be determined
GUBBINS >>
Black hardware
Individual bridge units
Standard Shuker Gotoh GB7 tuners (4 in line)
Sadowsky Style knobs (if we can get hold of them)
Side mounted jack
EMG JV pickups and electronics vol /vol /tone
Let the waiting begin....
Eude
I've just done gone and put down the deposit on my next Shuker Bass.
I wanted something a lot more understated than my lovely 6 string Single Cut and something that can provide a very different sonic palette.
My 6 string does modern, massive and aggressive very well, but I can't really get a nice traditional Jazz Bass tone.
Also in my band, I'm not really using all 6 strings to their full extent so could get away with a 4 string with occasional detuning of the E string to D.
I've gone for the 33" scale again too, as weirdly, 34" basses feel a bit big now!
Anyway, here goes with the spec...
4 string J Bass
NECK >>
33" scale
5 piece mahogany/wenge laminated neck
Slim profile, just like a regular Jazz Bass
Rosewood board
22 Medium frets
Two way truss rod
Carbon fibre reinforcement
White side dots only
Maple headstock veneer, sprayed black
Brass nut
Satin finish on neck (gloss headstock)
Shuker version of Fender style headstock i.e. 4 in line
String tree (possibly a bar one across all 4 strings to keep consistent break angle on all 4 strings)
BODY >>
Downsized J Bass shape (like Mike's recent J Bass)
Black walnut body
Polyester base coat
Black polyurethane wet look gloss
Slab finish (with slight radius on top but larger radius on rear)
Rear Routed as the body won't have a scratch plate or a control plate
Control layout yet to be determined
GUBBINS >>
Black hardware
Individual bridge units
Standard Shuker Gotoh GB7 tuners (4 in line)
Sadowsky Style knobs (if we can get hold of them)
Side mounted jack
EMG JV pickups and electronics vol /vol /tone
Let the waiting begin....
Eude
First time lookin at this thread. You guys have some beautifull lookin basses on order. I'm really diggin that ACG incognito. I have about a 4-5 month wait for my Sadowsky Metro to be done. Its nothing near as fancy as some of the basses here but here's the specs:
Sadowsky Metro Hybrid Precision
Alder body / Maple neck with Morado Fingerboard
Sonic Blue / White pickguard
and of course the Sadowsky Pickup, Preamp, 12" fingerboard radius, 21 Frets etc.
Can't wait and I'm totally pumped!
Sadowsky Metro Hybrid Precision
Alder body / Maple neck with Morado Fingerboard
Sonic Blue / White pickguard
and of course the Sadowsky Pickup, Preamp, 12" fingerboard radius, 21 Frets etc.
Can't wait and I'm totally pumped!
Nothing too fancy from me but I am glad to have found a place where everyone is writhing in agony whilst their bass is being crafted. Ordered a Birdsong Hy5w...may take a year to be completed, ugh.
31" scale - 24 fret - 2 pickup (EMZ, Kent Armstrong) - 5 string
17mm string spacing
Black Hipshot Hardware
Blackwashed African Mahogany
Rosewood knobs, Ebony nut
Again nothing too exotic but I am excited about it, should look something like this....
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31" scale - 24 fret - 2 pickup (EMZ, Kent Armstrong) - 5 string
17mm string spacing
Black Hipshot Hardware
Blackwashed African Mahogany
Rosewood knobs, Ebony nut
Again nothing too exotic but I am excited about it, should look something like this....
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Ahh... Ordered in December... starting to get the shakes... here is the latest on my Birdsong:
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Waiting on a Brice Prestige Z Custom 6 string.
Black with maple fingerboard, 19mm string spacing, black hardware, neckthrough with ash wings & maple/mahogany neck and 34" scale. When it gets here, I'll drop an Audere 4 band into it.
I hear you laughing.....
Wait until you see it.....
And hear it.
Z
Black with maple fingerboard, 19mm string spacing, black hardware, neckthrough with ash wings & maple/mahogany neck and 34" scale. When it gets here, I'll drop an Audere 4 band into it.
I hear you laughing.....
Wait until you see it.....
And hear it.
Z
Argh, all you people with build pics are so lucky... I probably won't hear a word from Carl until the day he ships my bass(es). Still, best to let the master do his work, I guess. I'm just so damn nosy. I'm really glad I didn't go full bore fancy on my first CT, I couldn't have waited three years. The first month's been killer, and there's five or six more to go...
I just got an update from Dave! The sawdust should be flying on my bass in about a month! I can't freakin wait!!!!!!!! Seeing all these cool basses posted up is just killing me!!
Nice bridge. Im wonder what are those little circles between the bridge and the pickup just under each string.
