Hanewinckel Piccolo 7-string!

[J Posega]

Oh, I've seen purple woo... ohhhh, you mean tree wood.



That is a gorgeous piece of wood. Is it acrilyzed or anything to make it harder? I dunno much about spalted woods, but I thought they were rotten, which means they'd be soft... correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Dave Grossman]

Oh, I've seen purple woo... ohhhh, you mean tree wood.



That is a gorgeous piece of wood. Is it acrilyzed or anything to make it harder? I dunno much about spalted woods, but I thought they were rotten, which means they'd be soft... correct me if I'm wrong.

Spalted wood is caused by a fungus. Burl is a kind of abnormal growth pattern.

I'm not sure what, if anything, will be done to it to make it harder. It may not need it.

- Dave

 

[geshel]

Ever see purple wood before?

- Dave

Hmm, yeah - purpleheart.

Anyway - that looks great. I hope it keeps the blue tint - Adrian Garcia's F-bass top started out like that, but was more of a green/yellow when finished. But I've seen other basses that kept the blue (some Foderas come to mind). It should be pretty awesome either way!

 

[Dave Grossman]

Hmm, yeah - purpleheart.

Anyway - that looks great. I hope it keeps the blue tint - Adrian Garcia's F-bass top started out like that, but was more of a green/yellow when finished. But I've seen other basses that kept the blue (some Foderas come to mind). It should be pretty awesome either way!

Yeah, well, "purpleheart" is really a misnomer since it's really closer to magenta.

I'm sure that however it ends up looking, it will look great.

- Dave

 

[j-raj]

Pete is going to try to have it ready for NAMM in January. So, about 5 months. That's tentative though.

- Dave

cool! Can't wait to see it in person.

 

[oversoul]

wow, I'm going colourblind, I can't really tell if that burl is grey or blue (ok i'll stay with blue-ish grey) very cool wood Dave.

edit. ok, I just saw you named it purple, well yes I guess
:rubs eyes:

 

[Demens]

Hey, just giving this a bump... Want to hear some more updates on this amazing looking bass!

Looks great.

 

[john turner]

very nice, dave. that top is amazing.

 

[boogiebass]

I plan to see Pete on Wednesday so I'll let you know how it looks in person, Dave and report on progress.

 

[Andy Brown]

Just got a preliminary pic of my top wood:

Ever see purple wood before?

- Dave

Reminds me of the painting "Oh Starry Night"

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[Blackbird]

That looks incredible.

Gonna be a great instrument for sure.

 

[Godhead'sLament]

that looks great.. anyone else that see an evil face in the top?

 

[boogiebass]

Just got back from Pete's where I looked at the body and neck. Both are glued up and the top should be really good, I'd say. I think you'll be pleased with this one, Dave.

 

[Dave Grossman]

Just got back from Pete's where I looked at the body and neck. Both are glued up and the top should be really good, I'd say. I think you'll be pleased with this one, Dave.

Cool! Pete said he was going to get me some new pics soon. I'll post them as soon as I get them.

Thanks for the update!

- Dave

 

[temp5897]

I can't wait to hear sound clips of this one. But I suppose that's jumping the gun a bit.

 

[emjazz]

I've just put in my order for a new Hanewinckel Signature series Piccolo 7-string. Pete has a really wicked burl top that he's going to use. He's going to get me a pic as soon as he lays out the body on it.

That's the new Retro body style. It's not at his site yet ( http://www.hguitars.com/ ). It'll have a set neck. Bartolini pickups. Chrome hardware. The other woods, we haven't totally nailed down yet. I told Pete to pick what he thought was best. I've trusted his judgement in the past an he's never let me down. Oh yeah, it'll have lighted side-dots too!

It'll be tuned like my other 7-strings but an octave higher. BEADGCF

I'll post the new pics as I get them. Pete's going to try to have it done in time for NAMM.



Dave

Man, I REALLY like that body design. It's my favorite one of his shapes. Can't wait to see it finished. How many frets will be on it?

 

[boogiebass]

Man, I REALLY like that body design. It's my favorite one of his shapes. Can't wait to see it finished...

I have several of Pete's basses with the retro body style. Sort of a modified J bass shape. I like it, too!

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[emjazz]

Boogie, to say that I'm jealous of your collection would be quite an understatement.

 

[BassManPatsFan]

wow great looking basses boogie
that black fretless absolutely tickles me. haha
wow.

 

[emjazz]

Yup, it's the fretless that gets me the most. I have no doubt that it sounds amazing. Any soundclips of that one?