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My Stambaugh Attitude bass build

#41
I've got 2 of the origional limiteds and a standard. I sent chris my favorite red limited to copy the neck and body. From there, I had him do a superior neck joint, sculpted the neck so that you can run your hand all the way to the top without feeling the heel, better quality materials, more versatile pickup combo, lightweight tuners, simple pup switching, creative audio redeemer circuit with battery compartment that didn't require drilling out more wood, solid right angle jack. It's just a better version of my main bass. I have to send it back to chris for a few minor tweeks but, this will most likely be my new favorite bass. Thats really saying something since I've been playing the same bass since about 1993 (the standard) and then moved up to the limited basses a few years later. I could pick this bass up in the dark and know that it was mine because chris so faithfully copied the neck. This is just "MY" version of a better attitude bass.
 
#42
I also had a piece of pickgaurd inlayed around the p pickup where my thumb wears an L shaped groove. I didn't want another bass with a pickgaurd but didn't want to wear too deep into the body as it would change my plucking angle. The piece of pickgaurd is flush with the top of the body and in real life you can't really even see it. The camera really brought it out in these pics though.
 
#43
I think it turned out great. Right up my alley-I would but it if it were commercially available. The neck joint and spoke wheel truss adjustment are killer and I wish more manufacturers would incorporate those features.
 
#45
I was origionally going to go with a really nice exotic wood top so that it looked like a fancy custom but then thought about some chick spilling a sticky pink drink all over it and then me having to choke her out. That would just look bad so I decided to avoid jail time, called chris back and said "You know what man, just paint the whole damn thing black!" Thats exactly what I said. I don't like black paint when it's new because it shows every ding but once I get a 1000 fine scratches and dings on it, it will look cool and continue to get cooler as it wears in.
 
#46
kringle77 said:
I was origionally going to go with a really nice exotic wood top so that it looked like a fancy custom but then thought about some chick spilling a sticky pink drink all over it and then me having to choke her out. That would just look bad so I decided to avoid jail time, called chris back and said "You know what man, just paint the whole damn thing black!" Thats exactly what I said. I don't like black paint when it's new because it shows every ding but once I get a 1000 fine scratches and dings on it, it will look cool and continue to get cooler as it wears in.
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I totally get what you're saying. That's why none of my basses are coffee table basses. Basses get wear and painted basses just look cool to me, where coffee table basses need to look pristine.
 
#51
kringle77 said:
No. I really don't use the ones that are on my old basses very much. I use a few different tunings so it's just as easy to tune on the fly.
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oh, ok... Just wondering. I have them on a couple of my basses (Bennie 6 string and a Fender jazz 4), the funny thing is that I rarely use it on my 6 (which it make the B string go down to A), but I use it more on my 4.
 
#52
I finally got the brass bridge for this bass last night. The aluminum one was really bright but the bass sounded a bit hollow. When you pluck notes on my attitude bass they sound like " bub bub", but the stambaugh with an aluminum bridge sounded like "wuh whuh". Meaning, there was no really thud or impact, the notes were clear but kind of floated off the bass instead of having real impact. With the new brass bridge I got back the "BUB".

This bass has both more lows and highs than my billy sheehan bass so I find myself rolling back the very top end alittle and the very low end more than usual to sound like my old bass. Thats not a bad thing, just a new learning curve. I've been using blue steel strings forever but may actually try some rotosounds or Dr's with this bass.

I've got to say that Chris really delivers on the quality and customer service, just multiply whatever amount of wait time he quotes by 3 and you won't be dissapointed. Im definitely glad I've got this bass.
 
#55
Here is a bump for my stambaugh attitude bass and for Chris, the man himself. I have got a pile of gigs on this bass already and it's starting to get the fine scratches and character that I was talking about. Since I have got it tweaked in, my old favorite bass hasn't even come out of it's case. Chris did a really great job for me and this bass couldn't be much better. Im thinking about finding a less bright J for the bridge pickup but the truth is, I don't really use it anyway and could have just went with a single p. The creative audio buffer made the bass bright enough to not even need a J. I've got options though.
 
#56
Hello kringle77!
If not inconvenient, could you help me with a question?
What are the dimensions "x" and "y" of the headstock, as shown in the figure below?
I do not have and do not even know anyone in my area who has an Attitude to measure.
Thanks!

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