Wenge ASAT

[Cuzzie]

For my ears I mainly use my ASATs on passive mode, occasionally engage the pre-amp for a little more oomph on the fly, rarely ever the treble boost.
Having the pre-amp also allows silent play with headphones plugged directly in.
The most important thing is 3 way pick up selection and series and parrallel in my view based on my usage

 

[Scoops]

For my ears I mainly use my ASATs on passive mode, occasionally engage the pre-amp for a little more oomph on the fly, rarely ever the treble boost.
Having the pre-amp also allows silent play with headphones plugged directly in.
The most important thing is 3 way pick up selection and series and parrallel in my view based on my usage

Thanks Cuzzie.

This is good feedback!

 

[Cuzzie]

Pleasure @Scoops

Always happy to help and feel free to contact anytime.
I am no expert, just a regular guy who enjoys playing and enthusiastbfir your project.
Happy new year!

 

[Will_White]

This is getting close

I started to polish the wood on the body.

Unfortunately I think I painted myself into a corner. My OCD said build it to look like a Tele. So why is this an issue? Where do I put the switches? I have a pup selector, series/parralell, and a active/passive.

As my playing goes, I could put them between the control plate the bridge pup and it would be a non issue. I could make room for 2 of the switches on the control plate

How vital is the preamp to the sound of the G&L bass?

Don't some G&Ls have passive treble and bass controls? You could do master volume then a TBX pot modified for treble and bass cut, with a pair of these for selection and series parallel switching Invalid Link Removed

 

[delta7fred]

Don't some G&Ls have passive treble and bass controls?

All L series and ASATs have passive treble and bass controls (and most*) with a preamp with a selectable treble boost.

*IIRC some of the early L series were passive only (but don't quote me on that).

 

[GMC]

Personally, I loved the clean look without the pickguard and control cavity bar. If it was my build, i would ditch them and rear rout the cavity and cover the back hole for an clean look. I just love the look of that wenge body. But I can understand the look you are going for with the pick guard and top route cavity cover. There is enough space on the bar for 3 knobs and 3 switches, just lay them out on paper until it looks right. You could go with a stack knob and a push pull knob, or go for a pair of pull up pots to reduce the clutter-age if you need too.

Think yourself lucky that you aren't fitting a John East circuit in there...that's 3 stack knobs and 4 switches! Sounds great though

It's a mighty nice looking bass by the way!

 

[littlebooner]

Personally, I loved the clean look without the pickguard and control cavity bar. If it was my build, i would ditch them and rear rout the cavity and cover the back hole for an clean look. I just love the look of that wenge body. But I can understand the look you are going for with the pick guard and top route cavity cover. There is enough space on the bar for 3 knobs and 3 switches, just lay them out on paper until it looks right. You could go with a stack knob and a push pull knob, or go for a pair of pull up pots to reduce the clutter-age if you need too.

Think yourself lucky that you aren't fitting a John East circuit in there...that's 3 stack knobs and 4 switches! Sounds great though

It's a mighty nice looking bass by the way!

I wholly agree with no PG as a preference. To me, it disrupts the unique grain pattern. Wenge has quickly become one of my favourite woods as of late. It looks amazing, has a beautiful colour when finished and from what I understand is a good stable wood. Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing the end product on this one, it already looks great!

 

[Scoops]

Personally, I loved the clean look without the pickguard and control cavity bar. If it was my build, i would ditch them and rear rout the cavity and cover the back hole for an clean look. I just love the look of that wenge body. But I can understand the look you are going for with the pick guard and top route cavity cover. There is enough space on the bar for 3 knobs and 3 switches, just lay them out on paper until it looks right. You could go with a stack knob and a push pull knob, or go for a pair of pull up pots to reduce the clutter-age if you need too.

Think yourself lucky that you aren't fitting a John East circuit in there...that's 3 stack knobs and 4 switches! Sounds great though

It's a mighty nice looking bass by the way!

I wholly agree with no PG as a preference. To me, it disrupts the unique grain pattern. Wenge has quickly become one of my favourite woods as of late. It looks amazing, has a beautiful colour when finished and from what I understand is a good stable wood. Regardless, I'm looking forward to seeing the end product on this one, it already looks great!

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your feedback.

We all have different tastes. With respect to the pick guard, I have it cut so that it is held in place by the neck, so I don't have to drill any holes for screws. It will be easy to remove it if it gets to be a bad match. It looks like I am in the minority, because I kinda like it. Again, I'm not a pick guard guy either, but for some reason, I like this.

 

[littlebooner]

Hey Guys,

Thanks for your feedback.

We all have different tastes. With respect to the pick guard, I have it cut so that it is held in place by the neck, so I don't have to drill any holes for screws. It will be easy to remove it if it gets to be a bad match. It looks like I am in the minority, because I kinda like it. Again, I'm not a pick guard guy either, but for some reason, I like this.

I wasn't trying to discourage. I'm curious to see it finished with the pickguard. There's always times when something outside our usual preferences catches our eyes.

 

[Scoops]

I wasn't trying to discourage. I'm curious to see it finished with the pickguard. There's always times when something outside our usual preferences catches our eyes.

No offense taken.

 

[Scoops]

Got the body polished down to 1000 grit. I think this is as far as I go with the body

Cheers and Thanks for looking

 

[Cuzzie]

Looking tasty!

 

[Scoops]

Messy today. I put a 10" radius in the FB. I'll be sanding if out in a bit. Maybe get it done today

Cheers and thanks for looking

 

[Scoops]

Fine tuned the straightness and started to polish the FB

Cheers

Thanks for looking

 

[Scoops]

Update:

I've started to assemble this. The neck still needs some fine tuning, but not that much more

I will keep this a passive bass. Meaning, I will not be attempting to install the pre-amp and associated battery at this time. I've really been leaning towards passive basses lately, and I really want to find out how this sounds without a pre-amp. If I find the need for the pre-amp. I can always change it later.

I'll be starting with the well know V-V-T config, with no pup switch. I've been playing like this for years, and am comfortable with an instrument setup this way. Maybe at some point in the future, I may put a 3 way or a 5 way switch on it with a single V and T, and add a phase switch for the pups

At this time, each of the volume switches will have a Push-Pull switch on it. This will give me series/parallel for each pup

I'll might put a Bill Lawrence Q filter on the tone pot.

Might have this strung up tonight, but more likely, over the next weekend.

Cheers

 

[Cuzzie]

Christmas coming late/early!

 

[Scoops]

Another update

I have just realized that I haven't posted a pic of the back. So here it is.
For all pics I post in the future of the front with the PG, and for those that don't necessarily care for the PG, I simply ask that you just look at this pic instead

 

[Scoops]

Christmas coming late/early!

Christmas is everyday of the year my friend!

 

[Scoops]

A few notes of interest

Bathroom scale say this is a 10.4 lb bass. I still need to get the control plate, pots, and strings on so I anticipate this coming in under 11 lbs. Not bad for a Wenge 5 string.
I was really trying to get this done before I have to go back to work tomorrow. Don't think that will happen.
Here's the obligatory no neck dive pic

 

[ctmullins]

Jammie pants!!



Oh, nice bass too.