East Tennessee Talkbass

[JEDI BASS]

No one that I know of offers the service around here. There is a device clamped to the neck that heats the neck to around 150 degrees for an hour or thereabouts while the neck is clamped into a back bow with the truss rod barely engaged. It’s the only method I’ve heard of to save a neck that has a maxed out truss rod.

I’d love to tackle it, if you don’t mind me having the neck for a while. I’m backlogged on builds at the moment and would struggle to find space to setup my makeshift heat station.

I’ve heated out a twist in a T-40 neck before. The neck was still toast in the end. The neck was separating at the bilaminate seam, at both ends, when I received it. I still plan to get that neck working again someday.

 

[Jeff Roller]

JJs your man!

 

[JEDI BASS]

Made my first pickguard last night. From cutting paper to cutting an MDF template, lots of hand filing.... I’m happy with it!

 

[Jeff Roller]

JJ, you should start threads on these projects over in the Luthiers' Corner. Or at least one Mega thread with your work in it.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Eventually, I will. Plan is to start the actual business next year, license and all, then the promotion stuff after.

I also want to be cutting my own bodies and necks by then. I don’t want to hear the BS comments about “parts” basses and guitars, when I officially start it up, even though many big names I won’t mention here buy necks and bodies from other sources and charge over $4k for their basses.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Oh yeah.... coming soon: custom finishes- paint, stain, and/or oil. This is a fun hobby!

 

[iamoldschool]

I’d love to tackle it, if you don’t mind me having the neck for a while. I’m backlogged on builds at the moment and would struggle to find space to setup my makeshift heat station.

I’ve heated out a twist in a T-40 neck before. The neck was still toast in the end. The neck was separating at the bilaminate seam, at both ends, when I received it. I still plan to get that neck working again someday.

JJ, I’d love to let you tackle it. The neck is already boxed up for shipping but I don’t have a deal with anyone else yet. Since I already have the maple neck, there wouldn’t be a rush either. Just let me know when you are ready for it and we can work out the details.

 

[funk generator]

JJ do you do finish work?

 

[JEDI BASS]

JJ do you do finish work?

I’ll be personally putting the finishes on the 3 Dusty Hill tributes that I am planning. And, I have an experienced custom car and motorcycle painter that is going to be painting a 5 string for me, with plans for him to be my goto opaque, flake and pinstripe man.

I’ve also done some finish repairs.

 

[JEDI BASS]

JJ, I’d love to let you tackle it. The neck is already boxed up for shipping but I don’t have a deal with anyone else yet. Since I already have the maple neck, there wouldn’t be a rush either. Just let me know when you are ready for it and we can work out the details.

There’s several options for a fix. Message me your phone number so we can talk.

 

[JEDI BASS]

Here’s the two basses I’ve spent all my spare time putting together, the last 5 or 6 weeks. I’ll be playing them tonight at Tennessee Tap House on Parkside Dr (Knoxville) from 7-10.

I may sell the yellow and blue one... but probably not. They both play like buttah! I really outdid myself on these two necks! The last two pics show what I’ve learned (and hours of work) from my Lākland mentor Carl Pedigo.

 

[Michael Vee]

Have any of you ETTB'ers gone to or played at the Open Chord blues jams in Knoxville? They are back again, every Wednesday night. What are they like, are they well-attended? Good players showing up?

I am thinking about hitting one before the end of the year and if it's a good thing, maybe do a few this winter.

 

[Michael Vee]

@Jeff Elkins - how was Mamma Mia! at Tusculum? Give us a gig report!

 

[Michael Vee]

@Jeff Elkins - how was Mamma Mia! at Tusculum? Give us a gig report!

Oops! Just checked on your webpage, and you haven't played it yet! Let us know how it went after the fact.

 

[Jeff Roller]

Haven't had the pleasure, but know some of the guys who show up, it's bound to be fun!

Have any of you ETTB'ers gone to or played at the Open Chord blues jams in Knoxville? They are back again, every Wednesday night. What are they like, are they well-attended? Good players showing up?

I am thinking about hitting one before the end of the year and if it's a good thing, maybe do a few this winter.

 

[Michael Vee]

Thanks, Jeff! Good to hear you know some of the guys.

Anybody else? Is it a younger crowd, mixed? Anybody played there?

 

[Jeff Elkins]

Oops! Just checked on your webpage, and you haven't played it yet! Let us know how it went after the fact.

@Michael Vee It was great! I ended up restringing one of my basses B-G just to do the songs justice. The main guy was using a four string, so I didn’t lay into the low notes too much, but there were a couple of songs that had to have the notes there.

I used a Saturn loop pedal to combine a filter, comp, and boost to get the synth sound for Super Trooper. I put my octave pedal on a bit for some grind on Gimme Gimme Gimme! and used the chorus pretty extensively in many of the charts. I flipped my Muck between neck and bridge pickups to cop the precision/jazz sounds, and it really worked.

Was a great show to play. The cast was awesome and our MD is an ace. We had a lot of fun. Waterloo and Mamma Mia! were my faves.

 

[Michael Vee]

Thanks for the report, Jeff! I'm glad you enjoyed playing it. Your approach sounds similar to what I did when I played it, except I just played my G&L 5 for the whole show with different settings. I took the liberty of putting some B-string sub-E notes in here and there where they weren't written, for effect. The disco octave bounces pretty much have to be played high to keep the energy of the songs up, but occasionally, I played a disco bounce down low on the B and A strings at the beginnings of songs and then went up to the regular octave for subsequent verses to build the song. Plus, it's always fun to end a song on a sub-E note.

How did Name of the Game go for you? Did you play it on fretless, and did you enjoy that solo groove?

I would agree that Waterloo and the title song were the most fun, both to play and with the audiences singing along and screaming!

 

[Michael Vee]

Guess it's not too early to ask who all are playing out New Year's Eve?

 

[iamoldschool]

We’ve managed to price ourselves out of the NYE market for the last few years, intentionally. We do have a Christmas party booked for 12/14. Also, brought another bass into ETTB: a Kubicki fretless 5 string.