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#102
I made similar pickup covers on a previous WBO bass, my inspiration was Atlantsia but was also thinking giant strat pickups. :D

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#103
Dark Horse said:
So..... I’m going to use an EMG SA7 pickup .... yup, 7 string Strat pickup (!).... and the BQC bass/mid/treble control. It should give me a pretty wide range of tones with a single pickup.

yeah, I’m weird.
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That should sound great, and work great. Nice choice!
 
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#106
I am thinking about going with a hipshot B style aluminum bridge, all black hardware. At 3.7oz it’s super lightweight, and with Hipshot it’ll be super functional and clean looking.

Thoughts?

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Also in consideration is their Gibson style bridges. I think those are significantly heavier though, not sure. But I do like the way they look.


Thoughts ?



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#108
Dark Horse said:
I am thinking about going with a hipshot B style aluminum bridge, all black hardware. At 3.7oz it’s super lightweight, and with Hipshot it’ll be super functional and clean looking.

Thoughts?

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Also in consideration is their Gibson style bridges. I think those are significantly heavier though, not sure. But I do like the way they look.


Thoughts ?



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Jimmy M said he really hated the sound of the aluminum Hipshot B Style he tried.

I have a Hipshot A type bridge (brass chrome plated) that I like but these are heavier.
 
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#110
Just mulling about Neck ideas for this one. Considering perhaps using a wenge for a fretless fingerboard. Have any of you guys use this for fretless before? Thoughts?


Obviously I won’t be able to do this for a bit, but I wanted to keep ruminating on ideas.

OK, Done some searching, and seems like it’s a love-hate thing, but a lot of people love it.

I also went a little crazy and ordered some one by three decking from a company. Goncalo Alves (tigerwood), and Massaranduba, which is a really beautiful red color and seems extremely hard. Buying it as decking is cheap. It was under $40 including shipping, and I should get four fretboards plus I got some turning blanks, rosewood and Norfolk Island Pine, for my lathe.

I will let you guys know and take some photos when it gets here.
 
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Dark Horse said:
Just mulling about Neck ideas for this one. Considering perhaps using a wenge for a fretless fingerboard. Have any of you guys use this for fretless before? Thoughts?


Obviously I won’t be able to do this for a bit, but I wanted to keep ruminating on ideas.

OK, Done some searching, and seems like it’s a love-hate thing, but a lot of people love it.

I also went a little crazy and ordered some one by three decking from a company. Goncalo Alves (tigerwood), and Massaranduba, which is a really beautiful red color and seems extremely hard. Buying it as decking is cheap. It was under $40 including shipping, and I should get four fretboards plus I got some turning blanks, rosewood and Norfolk Island Pine, for my lathe.

I will let you guys know and take some photos when it gets here.
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I've used Wenge for a frettted board and it's very nice, very stable. However...it is very opened grained with very deep grain pores which will take a lot of filling and lacquering if you want a really smooth surface. Lacquered...and it looses all of it's colour contrasts and just looks like a very dark brown / black...however the sap wood contrasts nicely. When it's freshly saw (ie pre-oxidesed) wenge is bright yellow and sanding / sawing it produces the weirdest yellow dust. Leave it a few days and it oxidises to chocolate brown. As a timber, it sands really well but doesn't like planes or blades. Router bits need to be very sharp and run at a high speed, being ultra cautious with splintering, so make sure your router bits are travelling with the grain. It's a lovely wood to work with and it's really heavy and dense.
 
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