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Lets see some walnut!

#82
All walnut baby!
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#83
Scraunchy said:
Huh, whats French polish? And is the top horn on that think shorter?
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French polish is a finishing technique using shellac and alcohol with a few drops of olive oil. It's used on classical instruments and expensive acoustic guitars. It's also used on furniture.
No commercial producer uses it because it's time consuming and difficult to master. It's also fragile. The advantage is, it's very thin and keeps all the instrument vibrancy.

The body is a standard P bass body or very close to it. It's the angle of the picture that makes it look shorter.
 
#89
KohanMike said:
I know, I know, I take every opportunity I can to post it because I'm kinda proud of it. Sorry if it's getting too redundant.
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You should be proud of it, it's one of the coolest mods I've seen on this forum. I honestly never get tired of seeing it. I just thought it would be funny to point it out.

Even if it doesn't really relate to the topic, you just slide it in there.

OP: "What's the best passive short-scale 7-string under $100?"
You: "Here is my Ukenbacker" :D

If only they could be sold legally
 
#97
Doner Designs said:
One of the most beautiful tone woods I know of. I little on the heavy side though. My walnut J is almost 11 pounds and it's chambered.

Was I unlucky or do others find it to make for a heavy bass?
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My P bass with a walnut body (not chambered) is right a 10 lbs. Heavier than a run of the mill Fender but still manageable. I have several walnut bodies I am working on and they are all in the 4.7 to 5.25 lbs. There are pieces of walnut which are extra heavy and some which are both hard and light. It runs the gamut.

I would not say lucky or unlucky with regards to the weight of your instruments. It is what it is! The nice thing is heavier instruments generally have darker voices with more bass.
I have struggled to find pieces of wood which are both light and bassy sounding. Super light body often lack in bass in my experience.
 
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Doner Designs said:
One of the most beautiful tone woods I know of. I little on the heavy side though. My walnut J is almost 11 pounds and it's chambered.

Was I unlucky or do others find it to make for a heavy bass?
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I like heavy basses. They don't move, so my hands are free to move around.

Here's my Walnut bass, a Warmoth Z4 (11.2 lbs):
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With the Walnut body, graphite neck, Kalium strings, and 2TEK bridge, the thing sustains forever. The body is actually browner than in the main pics, more like the color in the neck pick, in the background. I gotta learn more about taking pics inside.

I have another Warmoth Walnut in production, a Jazz Walnut body and another graphite neck, this time unlined. I figured I needed one lined graphite + Walnut bass with Kalium roundwounds, another unlined with TI flats.
 
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#99
Laurent said:
What are the controls? Volume, tone, active/passive, active tone control?
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From top to bottom:

Volume control
Active Bass control
Active Treble/Passive Treble control
Active/Passive switch

1982 Fender Walnut Precision Special. Modification: Bill Lawrence P-46 pickup. Only produced for one year in limited numbers. Weight = 9 lbs. 15 oz.
 

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