Sanding relief

[JIO]

I personally believe that good luck is the result of good engineering. Being in the right place at the right time, prepared, recognizing an opportunity when it appears, and grabbing it before it gets away.

Bad luck is the opposite.

No truer words were spoken - same way I feel about "luck"...

 

[JIO]

We play sort of progressive light alloy metal so more metallic, string sound is exactly what I’m looking for. Single coil pickups with filter preamp for each pickup gives a very wide sound palette. I like this bass a lot; nice, modern looks, it’s nicely balanced, quite lightweight, plays easily, has very even sound thru the fretboard and gives sounds I like a lot. It has way more potential I’m ever able to use but hey, why not drive a Ferrari, especially when I can make it myself for reasonably cheap. I have to admit myself that I can make way, way better basses than what I could ever buy. The main difference to commercial basses is the neck, whether it’s like this or one with Bruce’s truss rod and mounting block design. These necks just sound and behave way better than anything else. I’ve been disappointed many times with necks that have dead spots, are very reactive to humidity or are flexy like rubber.

Philip Kubicki (RIP) said aside from the pu's/electronics - the next most important factor (see what I did there...) for a guitar/bass sounding good is the neck. I trust he knew what he was talking about. You created a very cool usable bass - I think the same way... any bass I create needs to be player useable right out of the gate. Nice work as always!

 

[Gilmourisgod]

Heh, I think I achieved the "hand-sanded relief" at the center of my first fingerboard using a sanding beam ineptly. It was not, however, the "perfect" relief, more like "really bad". Those Kubicki's are amazing basses, shoulda bought one when they were still marginally affordable.