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Im only going by what I remember seeing a few months ago. They are bad enough he isn’t playing it at the moment and that was his number one. When I get it from him I’ll have a better definition and post some pics.
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What's On Your Workbench?
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Yeah, I was gonna ask what "pretty good" grooves meant too. I'd want to know just how deep, because it would need to be fairly deep before you couldn't just run a radius block over it to re-level/re-radius it without taking too much material off, right? I'd think if your fretboard had been originally built at a fairly standard 6mm thickness you could probably take off a full mm before you start running into trouble, no?
Just thinking out loud here. But my first gut instinct would be to see about just releveling it with a radius block. Of course, that depends on how "pretty good" the grooves are.
Just thinking out loud here. But my first gut instinct would be to see about just releveling it with a radius block. Of course, that depends on how "pretty good" the grooves are.
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I had similar thoughts about taking too much off to re level it. I should get the bass from my buddy in the next few days.
He’s kinda flaky (but a good guy) so we’ll see
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If there was a guitar that could merit "motorized tuning"... it would be a 12-string!
If there was a guitar that could merit "motorized tuning"... it would be a 12-string!
I have 2 twelve string acoustics. Yes, they are a pain to restring and tune, but I think the fullness of their sound makes it worth it.
I wanted to try forged carbon fiber look and started making a bass. Top is curing in the vacuum bag.
With forged look there’s no need to try to keep the weave lines straight. I chopped leftover pieces of 400g carbon cloth tows to 2cm pieces and used that as a cosmetic layer. I like the look it came out!
When I accidentally dropped my Steinberger XP-2 and chipped the neck, a quarter sized piece of the gelcoat came off and revealed a substrate of carbon fiber "mash" that looked a lot like that. Cool build, per usual. You are the Master of CF builds on TB, Sir.
Two months ago I cut down a small tree in my front garden. Some cutoffs were a bit curved and flexible, so I figured they might be usable for making a string bow. They've been lying in front of the central heating radiator. How do I know if they're dry enough? I've never tried to dry wood before, and don't know the first thing about it. Do I need a moisture meter? And if so, how dry must the wood be?
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You can weigh the wood repeatedly over time. That doesn’t tell you what the moisture content is, but it does tell you when it has stopped reducing.
Also, yes, you have to make a bass from twigs. You may use one of the towel bars in the background for reinforcement.
Also, yes, you have to make a bass from twigs. You may use one of the towel bars in the background for reinforcement.
Leg is still broken. So I try new discipline for me.
Hey everybody! I haven't been super active posting in these forums but I've been on TB for a long time - I wanted to start getting a bit more involved. So here ya go - these are currently on my bench. The SC is a 5 string for me so it's got the back seat at the moment.
Hello Paul;
Looking good. That's the kind of project we like to see here on Luthier's Corner. How about starting a thread on it? Show us some of the steps of construction, techniques and tools you've come up with, problems and solutions, etc.
Ugh. That's one good thing about making pickups: You can do almost all of it sitting at one workbench. Take your disability as an opportunity learn a new part of bass building. Custom pickups are an adventure of their own, with many unexplored paths. Explore some of them!
Thanks Bruce! I'll see if I have enough photos to start a thread for that build - I'm really bad at documenting the process - funny enough, you built me a neck...probably 15 years ago?? wow...when I first started getting into this stuff and wasn't quite ready to make my own necks. Time flies. Glad to see you're still doing your thing!
