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Egyptian Bass (Part 2)
- Thread starter Stickk
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Name it whatever, but its still a Fendorpion.
Period. Finally, some recognition around here!
I'm leaning towards do it, but i think a colored picture of what it could look like would be pretty sweet
What you should do is contact TB member Sarnz. He is currently on Spring Break and a great guy. He is the one who modeled the Tele-Basstard.
Im sure he would take sometime and make you a mockup. I mean, maybe you could pay him, or offer him something in return, but he is a nice cat. Im sure he would be cool about it.
Im sure he would take sometime and make you a mockup. I mean, maybe you could pay him, or offer him something in return, but he is a nice cat. Im sure he would be cool about it.
be careful, you have a pretty big point under the bridge... do fenders have that much wood there?
Love it, I would change the headstock, but not a million miles away, like this, the Dragons Wing,
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Gold hardware will look awesome on that bass! Come on Faraohs were buried with gold!
I just realized that I need to put a BAII on my fretless... so I'll put the silver one on my fretless, and buy a gold one for the fretted. The tuning pegs will reamin silver, and I'll have two gold and two silver knobs (with abalone on the tops on them).
If you want, and I don't know how it would hold up, you could put gold leaf on the tuner.
The headstock does not match the body design at all. The inlays are way too varied - if I were you I'd stick to just 1 symbol. Plus: ebony fretboard, gold hardware, no pickguard and something like Butterscotch Blonde or Amber as color/finish. And I would start from scratch instead of ruining a good bass - patching is always more difficult than starting fresh (I guess). Good luck!
i did a search for my name looking for a thread and this one popped up so i thought i'd check it out.
i think it is a cool idea.
is that the body you are referring to? the one in your drawing looks longer and thinner (which I like better than the fat one).
i could probably model that fairly easily in 3d, the hardest part, the bridge, is already done! if you give me a rough estimate of the 3 body dimensions i could do it. and are you planning on jazz pickups or fatter ones like in the picture? is the body on yours going to be symmetrical or do you want it just like the other alembic body?
i could see all those different inlays costing a bit of moolah, especially that pharaoh one, but definitely a cool idea. let me know about those specs and i should be able to make a model for you
i think it is a cool idea.
is that the body you are referring to? the one in your drawing looks longer and thinner (which I like better than the fat one).
i could probably model that fairly easily in 3d, the hardest part, the bridge, is already done! if you give me a rough estimate of the 3 body dimensions i could do it. and are you planning on jazz pickups or fatter ones like in the picture? is the body on yours going to be symmetrical or do you want it just like the other alembic body?
i could see all those different inlays costing a bit of moolah, especially that pharaoh one, but definitely a cool idea. let me know about those specs and i should be able to make a model for you
Sarnz is making me a 3D model of the bass. And I'm going to sell my white jazz bass body (with pickguards and control plates) on eBay pretty soon.
