Thanks for sharing all those photos - it was fascinating to see the process in such detail.
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The Twins...
- Thread starter J. Wes
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This may work...
...if it does, this is the fretted bass running straight into the recorder. No preamp or effects. The song is "Runaway" by Jamiroquai and I'd only been working on that song for a couple days, so please excuse the sloppy technique. It was just a test...
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...if it does, this is the fretted bass running straight into the recorder. No preamp or effects. The song is "Runaway" by Jamiroquai and I'd only been working on that song for a couple days, so please excuse the sloppy technique. It was just a test...
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...and just in case anyone thinks that "I've never seen them both in the same place"...
My setup this morning. Fretless in the early "traditional" service and the fretted for the later "contemporary" service. The fretless has Bartolini pickups installed until my other set of Delano's come in.
My setup this morning. Fretless in the early "traditional" service and the fretted for the later "contemporary" service. The fretless has Bartolini pickups installed until my other set of Delano's come in.
Really cool build! I really like that pick guard design and implementation. That one is going in the the old memory bank. Since they are glued in did you have to route cavities for the pots in back?
Yes I did. I used scrap from the same piece of rosewood that I made the inlay out of to make a "control plate cover" out of. Standard cavity, just carved from the back...
After playing them for a while, I realized that I really missed a thumb rest. So I took scraps from the pickguard inlay material that I had left over and laminated a small block together and sanded until a thumb rest appeared...then sanded some more. I seem to sand a lot.
Anyhoo...to install the thumb rest, I had a couple of options, but in the end, I decided to tape off the exact area that the thumb rest was to end up and sanded the lacquer all the way down to wood. After that, it's the old reliable glue and clamp.
Anyhoo...to install the thumb rest, I had a couple of options, but in the end, I decided to tape off the exact area that the thumb rest was to end up and sanded the lacquer all the way down to wood. After that, it's the old reliable glue and clamp.
Here's the final result. I like it a lot...more comfortable to play and it looks awesome with no screw holes. I did the fretless tonight and will probably do the fretted tomorrow.
Quick update: the "teardrop" shaped neck never grew on me, so I took it off and reshaped it. There's something quite strange about disassembling a working bass and cutting into it. Strange...and refreshing.
Anyway, I didn't reapply teak oil to the neck before re-lacquering it, so the rasped/filed/sanded area is lighter in color very visible...and for some reason I like it. It's a reminder that the bass has been altered...a subtle homage to the original. Or something like that!
It's a much better player than it was. Now those rough, not-quite-sanded-enough parts of the body are bothering me!!!
What an awesome thread! Your basses came out beautiful. Let us know when you're ready to start taking order.
Man sweet double job! I'm building a pair of T Basses right now - I should put a thread together...
