Awesome, thank you so much for looking, McCreed. I appreciate it! I will definitely put your and Simon's advice to good use.
I was considering chalking this one up to experience and just getting a...
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Awesome, thank you so much for looking, McCreed. I appreciate it! I will definitely put your and Simon's advice to good use.
I was considering chalking this one up to experience and just getting a...
Thank you, Simon.
That's very helpful! I will definitely give those suggestions a go.
Thank you so much McCreed. I had used steel before and had no issues which is why I wasn't concerned about using it this time. Won't be using it again though.
Cheers.
So, I got a couple of custom orders (1xMMB4 and 1xMMB5 bass guitars) from PBG last year. What with one thing or another it's taken us a while to really get stuck into working on them.
The necks...
Awww man, it's a shame you are giving up.
I have a Suzuki Rickenbacker copy that I got from a hock shop 20+ years ago. The neck pickup needed replacing and I did that recently and rewired it with...
Simon, so ya HAD to go all nerdy on us! Geez! ;)
Thanks Simon,
I'll definitely look into those as well. It'd be nice if string specs included actual length from ball to where the gauge narrows, then we'd be able to check.
Thanks again.
BJTC
Thanks heaps for that.
Yes the body on mine is quite thick, I'd say that if I was able to make the ferrules deeper, that might make some difference, but not much I'd say.
Lopping off some of...
Thanks for that Sonic. The set I got is designed for 35" scale length - but I suppose they don't factor in the length taken up by inserting them through the body. That would've been part of the...
So, I finished my DHB-5F build a little while ago, about a month.
I bought a set of typical Ernie Ball 5 String packet and the strings were about an inch TOO SHORT. By that I mean that the bit...
Hi all,
Ok, so I WAS going to post the below:
but then I found, this video on YouTube (where else, right?) so I thought I'd post in case it may help someone else.
Thanks for that TZK321. I was leaning towards that way myself so there's 1 1/2 votes for #3 ;)
I'm still thinking I'll wait to see how the body goes. I'm looking for opinions on what people think...
Hey all, I'm trying to decide how to proceed with my bass neck. So, I've stained the body and now I'm just waiting for next weekend to start on the colour intensifying coat.
As this is my first...
Thanks Fretworn, that's some great advice. So the next steps for me is to:
Sand to prepare for "burst" effect
Add the darker outlines to get the "burst" effect
Sand and prepare for the...
After about a week I tackled the back of the body:
https://i.imgur.com/gr5jr1Yl.jpg
I used some Frog Tape to mask off the beading:
https://i.imgur.com/bQ5NkS5l.jpg
Which appears to have...
At first I was trying to decide whether I would paint or stain it. After seeing Brendan's AG-1F(?), I decided on the DingoTone Black Stump.
I got my stains and I figured, I'd procrastinated...
So, I did the mock build and setup a rough location for the bridge. As this build is an archtop with a floating bridge, I just needed to get some idea about where the bridge was going to go....
Ok, so it has been a while since I got my kit. Here it is:
https://i.imgur.com/V9nDFV1m.jpg
That's what I'm looking for! That looks awesome!
Thank you all for your answers.
Thank you. That's great info about the CA glue. I have also modified a cheapo bass to fretless. It is rosewood and I pounded the crap out of it. The band I was in was influenced by Birthday Party and...
I have a friend who has owned an Ovation Breadwinner for over thirty years. It's a great guitar though. He freaked out one day when it stopped working. He thought it was the amp, but it turned out...
So,
I now have my DHB-5F and I'm super excited. Things I need to research:
How to get black sunburst effect
How best to protect the ebony fingerboard from roundwound strings
Logo design and...
Hi all,
I just got my DHB-5F and I'm pretty excited to get started. I have a lot of research to do! I've already started here on the forum and was answered by Andy40. Thanks!
I've tinkered with...
Thank you for that Andy40. I'm getting a good vibe from this forum.
I'd like to see how that goes with the final coats. That looks great.
I have visualised in my mind something like like this...
Hi all,
My first Pitbull kit arrived today (I'm at work so I haven't had a look yet). I was going to decide once I'd seen the grain whether to paint it a full gloss black (think black Les Paul) or...