My Carl Thompson 3311

[My name is Mudd]

Wow...just wow!

 

[DaveAceofBass]

Amazing. I totally want a Carl Thompson bass!

 

[warwick.hoy]

Carl's work is stunning. Well worth the wait.

I love bloodwood,... but am growing to loathe the Lucky Charm smell when you're working with it.

EDIT: I guess I misread the OP,...there is no bloodwood in that bass,...I say it still smells like lucky charms.

 

[flipper_gv]

amazing work as always with Carl Thompson.

 

[JumboJack]

Congratulations!

 

[Iridescentone]

Very nice. Nice details, all the way down to the truss rod cover.

 

[hachi kid]

dude.....that thing is GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tc99]

Congratulations. That’s quite a bass.

You said that “I'm glad that at the end I choose to go for a 36" scale: it's WAY easier to play than every 34" scale I've ever put my hands on.” Is that because the bass is so well crafted that it’s easier to play even though it has a 36" scale, or are you saying that extra neck length has some additional advantage for playability?

 

[michele]

The way the neck goes into the body makes the first frets easily accessible. The extra space makes playing in the higher register more comfortable than on a 34".

 

[DerHoggz]

The purpleheart laminates in the nut are nuts!

Sick bass.

 

[Iridescentone]

The purpleheart laminates....

I noticed matching purple lams all along the ebony fretboard purfling, as well. wow.

 

[DerHoggz]

I noticed matching purple lams all along the ebony fretboard purfling, as well. wow.

The little details that are in there are always my favorite part of a CT.

 

[Tom Howland]

Carl's work is simply art.
It goes beyond bass making.
Got to play a 4-string fretless of his years ago.
Nothing fancy, but sounded like heaven.

 

[cosmicevan]

wow michele, absolutely stunning. glad everything worked out for you. love to wood combos, reminds me a bit of my baby (although drastically different)

congrats congrats congrats...and you are so correct about meeting and talking to carl. what an inspirational guy.

 

[michele]

I noticed matching purple lams all along the ebony fretboard purfling, as well. wow.

Yes, there are purple lams separating the center Macassar Ebony fretboard from the outers made from Gaboon. Purple laminates also around the black diamond on the back, on the nut and on the trussrod cover.

 

[Charles Farley]

Here's the problem. Now that you have a CT bass, and you know just how good they can be, you'll want to order a couple more.

 

[michele]

Here's the problem. Now that you have a CT bass, and you know just how good they can be, you'll want to order a couple more.

Well, you won't believe it but ... that's just what I'm thinking about!!!

 

[michele]

 

[michele]

The incredible 3-D scroll:

Macassar/Purple laminate/Gaboon:

 

[natw42]