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Custom singlecut 6 str for Bobby K.
- Thread starter wilser
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pickup, batteries and control cavities routed.
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Thanks Mario, your work is looking extremely sharp lately! Great stuff you've got going on.
No pics of the back. I'm waiting to carve the transition block before I shoot some.
No pics of the back. I'm waiting to carve the transition block before I shoot some.
Look mommy, there's a rough carved transition block up in the sky
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Just curious. What are those dark blocks above the control cavity?
I'm not sure what you mean ...there's nothing in the cavity. Can you detail what you mean?
ahh, that's the battery cavity and you can see a little bit of the hand screw I use to clamp the bass in position for the carving.
A wee bit of finish sanding and raising the grain before finishing.
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Lookin sexy!
Is there enough space around the covers to get a small screw driver in there to pop them off or are we doing the small little recesses to pull them up?
If anything, probably only the battery compartment needs the recess as I wont really need to get into the preamp compartment quickly and, if I ever do, I can use a small eyeglass screw driver.
Thoughts?
I'll do a recess on the battery cover just like Chris Clemente's bass (see my website) and leave a little "screw driver" access for the control cover.
Cool.. Thanks for the info.. Just another couple questions.. Whats the weight, what kind of sounds will the combination of the woods we chose give me, where will the mid hump be located, and will it help me get women?
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Cool.. Thanks for the info.. Just another couple questions.. Whats the weight, what kind of sounds will the combination of the woods we chose give me, where will the mid hump be located, and will it help me get women?
Well, I try to never weigh or guess what the final weight will be, but just now I was sanding a bit and grabbed it, flipped it in the air to sand the other side and when I caught it (thank God for that!) I had to come into the house to show my wife. It's the lightest bass I've done to date, so far. Of course, none of the hardware is on yet, but nevertheless. Her eyes just popped! She said "Are you sure this is stiff enough?" I said (with an italian mobster accent) "c'mon honey, the guy opted for the carbon fiber, of course it's stiff ...besides, I don't do wimpy noodle limp mid-humps, baby, c'mon, this is me you're talking to!"
Alright, enough with the macho-I'm-the-man crap. It is lightest so far and it's up to you to locate the mid-hump once you've got it on your hands and use it's power for good. I cannot be responsible for misused mid-hump and female mobs attacking you in your gigs.man, I don't even wanna look at those! Only way for me to deal with all the work is to take it one day at a time and seeing the bodies piled up makes me thing of the work ahead! I gotta spread those guys around the shop!
My RSI has the same cut in the back. It's really comfortable to play and makes it look really sexy!! Great job!
unfortunately no. I've been swamped at work and church for the last couple of weeks and when I get home I just want to crash. Hopefully things will start winding down and I can get this bass and Luther's out of here before Oct ends.
