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Winter Build Off 2022 - The Crook
- Thread starter Beej
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Jesus Beej, that thing is Schweet! Beautiful combination of woods and great job on the volute horn. For some reason it escaped me that the pup cover is also a Ramp, been wanting to try that. Agreed on the finish, satin looks right on that bass. Well Done, Sir!
Yep, p'dook is definitely going in the next bass. Or the one after.
Ultimately I'd like at least 6 unfinished instruments before I move on to my next hobby.
Ultimately I'd like at least 6 unfinished instruments before I move on to my next hobby.
Okay so last night I started to assemble things to ensure everything still fit together. When I test strung it up in the white a while back, I used a set of roundwounds I keep for just such a purpose. This time, I figured I'd string it up with the new flats I bought for it. When I opened the package of Slinkys, I'll be danged it they didn't have purple silks.As soon as I saw those, I had to finish putting everything together. So I did. Then I played it for around an hour and this is honestly the most playable out-of-the-box instrument I've ever completed. It needed almost nothing, just a little intonation. This morning I took some sunlit room pics, though I need to take some better ones somehow.
This is not my submission post, but that's coming shortly.
OK, this is totally not my kind of bass, but that thing could not have turned out more amazing! The satin finish looks fantastic on it too. Top notch work all around!
Can't wait to see more pics
Yes piezo saddles and preamp with controls edge mounted.
They are 6mm x 3mm and I'm not exactly sure of how "instant blood blister" converts to kg of pull, but they are very strong. The magnet to magnet join is strong enough on the control cover that it takes quite a bit of force to pop it off from the inside. You have to use a thin screwdriver through the jack hole to push the cover off from inside.
The first test cover I did this with had the "body" magnets rest right against the "cover" magnets, and I was not able to get them apart without destructive forces being applied. I was honestly worried that they would not have enough force to hold the cover down, but instead it was way too much.
The next test had the magnets sitting about 3mm apart and that was more than enough to hold very tightly but had enough give that I could get them apart somewhat easily, so that became my MO. I also tried magnets on the cover holding onto a steel head screw in the body, but it's not quite enough force to feel confident also having a jack mounted in the cover. So magnet to magnet it became.
I found some really small ones, 1/8" dia x 1/16" thick and 1/32" thick.
I believe they were .51 and .27 lbs of pull force. I'm ordering a variety pack with 10 or so of a few different sizes, instead of 250-400 count packs of one size.
I'm hoping those sizes/strengths work good for magnet to magnet applications.
I really like how the control cover looks with no screw heads, so I'm just gonna do that, the pup and the truss cover with magnets. Will arrive by March 14.
Plenty of time.
I believe they were .51 and .27 lbs of pull force. I'm ordering a variety pack with 10 or so of a few different sizes, instead of 250-400 count packs of one size.
I'm hoping those sizes/strengths work good for magnet to magnet applications.
I really like how the control cover looks with no screw heads, so I'm just gonna do that, the pup and the truss cover with magnets. Will arrive by March 14.
Plenty of time.
This is my submission to the Winter Build Off 2022 in the Assembly Build Category.
Specs:
Body: Laminated padauk with maple centre stringer and purpleheart stripes
Neck: Fretless 1 piece roasted walnut with purpleheart fingerboard and laminated padauk/purpleheart nut. Padauk headstock cap and back.
Neck/Body Join: bolt on with furniture bolts
Scale Length: 34”
Fingerboard Radius: infinite
Strings: Ernie Ball Super Slinky flats
Pickups: EMG 40 DC under custom cover/ramp (padauk with purpleheart cap)
Electronics: EMG active
Controls: Volume/Tone
Knobs: generic black barrels
Cover: inset purpleheart with magnets
Jack: rear-mounted strat type
Bridge: Sung Il BB105
Tuners: GB7 knockoffs
Finish: Lepage filler with epoxy sealcoat and clear gloss Osmo Polyx-Oil left unbuffed
Thanks to anyone who followed along this far! Here are some pics:
Specs:
Body: Laminated padauk with maple centre stringer and purpleheart stripes
Neck: Fretless 1 piece roasted walnut with purpleheart fingerboard and laminated padauk/purpleheart nut. Padauk headstock cap and back.
Neck/Body Join: bolt on with furniture bolts
Scale Length: 34”
Fingerboard Radius: infinite
Strings: Ernie Ball Super Slinky flats
Pickups: EMG 40 DC under custom cover/ramp (padauk with purpleheart cap)
Electronics: EMG active
Controls: Volume/Tone
Knobs: generic black barrels
Cover: inset purpleheart with magnets
Jack: rear-mounted strat type
Bridge: Sung Il BB105
Tuners: GB7 knockoffs
Finish: Lepage filler with epoxy sealcoat and clear gloss Osmo Polyx-Oil left unbuffed
Thanks to anyone who followed along this far! Here are some pics:
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