The Valenti Megathread

[Nino Valenti]

Hollow Man's bass. Too dark out for Wood Floor pics:

 

[ALiP BoB]

I seem to be having deja vu.

 

[Hollow Man]

Hollow Man's bass. Too dark out for Wood Floor pics:

 

[FunkySpoo]

What are the three toggle switches between the knobs?

 

[Nino Valenti]

Preamp bypass, Stacked/Single Coil for Fat Stack and Audere Z-Mode switch.

 

[FunkySpoo]

Thanks Nino. BTW, beautiful work.

 

[vicenzajay]

All you need is a long shafted screw driver. It is unnecessary to take off the neck.

I'm still having issues - doesn't want to tighten. It loosens fine, just won't tighten (and I know better than to force it).

I'll take it to a tech - the action and truss rod (which were perfect summer/fall) are quite a bit out of wack right now.

Thanks for the help in any case, Nino.

Jay

 

[Spoiled Grape]

Finally, I get to play, too!!!

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Read my review of the bass here: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=301492​

Oh my god.

 

[the feebler elf]

My favorite Valenti so far. Great job Nino! Now all you need is to be able to build this in a 6 string!!

She's strapped on even as I type this! I'm definitely a believer.... not that I wasn't before. Now I'm just waiting until things clear up so I can talk to Nino about having another built!

 

[ALiP BoB]

I have some qn's for Mr Valenti himself.

Do you offer any other shape of headstocks?
Not that there's anything wrong with your current one but some bodyshapes just look better with uh... "squarish" (Is that what you call it?) headstocks.
Take a Mockingbird or a Gibson for example.

2nd question.
You ONLY use USACG parts? No more Warmoth? EVER?
Cause Warmoth has some cool body shapes other then the traditional shapes.

3rd question.
Do you offer this burst? (EXACTLY if possible.)

Thanks

 

[Willem]

Yeah I was wondering about 2 and 3 tone sunburst...

 

[ALiP BoB]

Uhh... Bump?

 

[Toasted]

Nino responds best to email

 

[ALiP BoB]

I know. But I don't want to bother him.
I'm just curious

 

[Nino Valenti]

Do you offer any other shape of headstocks?
Not that there's anything wrong with your current one but some bodyshapes just look better with uh... "squarish" (Is that what you call it?) headstocks.

2nd question.
You ONLY use USACG parts? No more Warmoth? EVER?
Cause Warmoth has some cool body shapes other then the traditional shapes.

3rd question.
Do you offer this burst? (EXACTLY if possible.)

Thanks

1-No. That's the only headstock style I plan to use.

2-I probably won't use Warmoth any longer.

I made that one T-Bird bass but I wanna stick strictly to P's, J's and possibly T's.

3-I can do that burst but no one has ever asked for that color and no one has ever asked for a plain maple top like on that Les Paul. Trans colors look different on different types of wood.

 

[ALiP BoB]

So you definitley won't be making non-traditional shaped basses any longer?

 

[jsbass]

So you definitley won't be making non-traditional shaped basses any longer?

It's what the people want most! Traditional > all.

 

[Willem]

This is what I want:

PJ 5
Alder 2 tone sunburst Precision body
35" maple neck
21 frets with black dots
Maple fretboard
Passive electronics
Reversed P and split/silent J
Vol/vol/tone controls
Black pickguard
Black hardware

That would be my ultimate axe
I'm saving up for it, and am even considering selling my current bass.

 

[Nino Valenti]

Fretless 5 completed for Tom F. (I don;t think he's a TBer)

 

[Nino Valenti]

Hollow Man's Wood Floor pics: