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Nice work!
This is an interesting design solution for the controls. Are the knobs accessed by the use of ones thumb?
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What's On Your Workbench?
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Nice work!
This is an interesting design solution for the controls. Are the knobs accessed by the use of ones thumb?
Nice work!
Well... that is just one option that comes to mind...
Indeed. I made sure to put small indented markers on the knobs so I could easily tell what position they are in, due to the fact that the orientation is weird.Nice work!
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One of the coolest basses I have ever seen made! Maybe match the back covers for color, but that is NIT PICKING compared to the build itself. Cheers!
EDIT FOR DUMMY: Guitar? Or a Bari bass? Either way - cool!
Guitar. I primarily build guitars, but this was one project in my queue that is preventing me starting on my 5 string multi scale.
Almost there. Just waiting on the new grill cloth and piping. This Vox VR212 is almost back to its former glory. Got a line on another VR115 to go with my bass amp. Hoping that works out too.
Here's the swamp ash project from the last page. Great work from the people at Warmoth on the naked roasted body. I found the Colortone yellow base applied with alcohol plus the Tried and True Original linseed & beeswax finish was very interesting. Still a little waxy and I hope that settles down with rubbing and time. Back to soldering once I receive a new iron.
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I have the V125B bass version of their 125 watt made from about 1981 to 83 (bought mine new in 1982). It uses a single 15" in a folded horn cabinet much like the twin 12 guitar cab. I believe it is the only Vox bass amp of merit. It sounds as it should. Very full, clear and articulate. It has a preamp volume, preamp gain control and a master volume so there is a lot of flexibility there. It also has a tube driven five band eq that does very well to tailor the sound. I am hoping to pick up another 15" cabinet as it can drive two in parallel at 4 ohms (8 ohms out with the single cabinet). The bass version is all tube and does not have FETs on the inputs like the guitar version. I haven't felt the need for anything else.
@dwizum Post 1453 has picture of bass and guitar amps side by side. This model was short lived as at the time people wanted Marshalls no matter what else was available. For some reason bass players didn't catch on to the bass version either. It's a good solid amp and though a little heavy not that much of a brute. The separate head and cabinet makes it reasonable to tote.
P.S. Just noticed there is a bass amp on eBay now shipping out of Japan
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Manton Customs
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Just putting together this refinish of a 80s MIJ Squier Bullet. Ended up being a complete restoration with new pickguard, frets, and refinish on neck too. All in Nitro.
So while waiting on the grill cloth for the Vox I decided to get this Fender Supertwin back in order. Re-glued the cabinet and added new tolex. Set of speakers and next have to make a grill cloth board for the front. Slide in the chassis and fire it up.
Not exactly a bass, but at 18" it is "long scale" relative to most wooden spoons, and is made of oil finish flamed maple:
I couldn't find my wife a wooden spoon that would work well with deep pots so I decided to make one. It has flat sides and bottom for scraping, and the corners are rounded to the curvature of our pots. Works great!
It is oiled with 6 coats of walnut oil. Supposedly that stuff is water resistant, but I don't really think it is. After a few uses it kinda seems like bare wood again, though it may have prevented some of the staining that would have happened if it had no finish at all. It doesn't really matter though since it is more about function than form.
My mom said it looked more like another wooden "device" they used to have when she was in school. I guess it probably does.
I couldn't find my wife a wooden spoon that would work well with deep pots so I decided to make one. It has flat sides and bottom for scraping, and the corners are rounded to the curvature of our pots. Works great!
It is oiled with 6 coats of walnut oil. Supposedly that stuff is water resistant, but I don't really think it is. After a few uses it kinda seems like bare wood again, though it may have prevented some of the staining that would have happened if it had no finish at all. It doesn't really matter though since it is more about function than form.
My mom said it looked more like another wooden "device" they used to have when she was in school. I guess it probably does.
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Got to work on my dad's 82 Gibson Firebird Artist 2 CMT. The nut was creeping due to bad glue and string pull. And it needed some cleanup, so I did my thing...
Frets before:
Frets now:
(yeah, I could make them way better with a crowning, but they don't need that yet, so this was just some steel wool and billet polish)
And the rest:
And yes, it's the one with the Moog preamp, like the RD bass has:
Frets before:
Frets now:
(yeah, I could make them way better with a crowning, but they don't need that yet, so this was just some steel wool and billet polish)
And the rest:
And yes, it's the one with the Moog preamp, like the RD bass has:
Whoa, that's a lot of electronics! I'll have to look that up, must be serious.
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Never seen one - must have been the guitar version of the RD bass. Unusual to have a Firebird with binding also. Interesting they didn't do a bound neck too.
Yeah, a couple of years (79-80) after the RD's, they released the Les Paul and Firebird artists that incorporated the Moog electronics. Looks like the Firebird used the RD board directly. The LP's I think used the same circuit on a different board to fit the form-factor.
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