Well folks, my sanity has finally snapped. I have gathered enough scrap timber from work (they recently had a pallet of maple delivered... I wanted to cry).
It's going to be a short scale bass.
First draft, it is a work in progress:
Well folks, my sanity has finally snapped. I have gathered enough scrap timber from work (they recently had a pallet of maple delivered... I wanted to cry).
It's going to be a short scale bass.
First draft, it is a work in progress:
Great project Rabbit. The draft looks good!
There has definitely not been enough axes done lately.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Thanx trevor
This was created from a cartoon image and scaled up to fit a 30 inch scale. I will be changing the neck profile, since a parallel string spacing will be a bit too close together. I need to get a couple of '51 style p-bass pickups, and use those and a nut width corresponding to my violin bass.The pups that show up in the toon show 4 pole pieces, hence the '51 fender style pups. Sadly this won't be a very playable instrament. The neck length would suggest a 24 fret instrament, however I will have to skip half the frets, since it's a 13 fret instrument. This is another reason why I am using scrap timber. Since it will be painted red... *all* of it, no one will see the laminated maple neck through or the laminated black walnut wings (walnut is also fairly light weight)
I will also be making a stainless bridge. Once I have the pups I can establish the string spacing for the bridge.
I'm also after two sets of the '51 style p-bass pups, for two Dusty Hill inspired Tele basses. Seymour Duncan have their quarter pounder, which looks great! But about $200 from a local supplier, or Ebay is down to $160 sent from the USA - both a bit pricey for me. So, I'm hoping for a better option!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
The SDs are nice, but for this build, a bit too nice and I already blew way too much on the pups for the other builds (the soapbars for the explorer bass were about $360 a pop I think, and the EMG Riptides weren't exacly cheap either). I ordered some cheap pups from china. I'm not expecting much outta them, but then I'm not expecting much outta a 13 fret bass with half the frets missing either!
Does it really only need to have the 13 frets? I would try to make it playable and as close as possible to the artwork rather than the other way! But, this is your build and your choice - and it is going to be fun to watch.
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Trevor: it wouldn't be Marceline the vampire princess's battle axe bass with a different number of frets.
Whoops. I had to google it, but now I understand!Originally Posted by Rabbit
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
Hmm.. I see a pattern emerging..."inspired by"Gene Simmons' axe bass, closish copy of Steve Harris's Lado Unicorn bass, replica of Cliff Burton's Ric, and now a replicaish of a cartoon instrument...
Ha ha. I think the pattern is:
You see it, You like it, You say "I can build that", and You build it! Great.
Or that is what I do. I have a folder containing pictures of guitars I would love to have. Sadly, there is a large number of pictures!
PitBull Builds: FVB-4, LP-1SS, FBM-1, AG-2, TB-4, SSCM-1, TLA-1,TL-1TB, STA-1HT, DSCM-1 Truckster, ST-1, STA-1, MBM-1, MBM custom, GHR-1 (Resonator), FH-5V (Acoustic).
Scratch Builds: Pine Explorer, Axe Bass, Mr Scary, Scratchy Tele's.
The little voices in my head keep telling me "build more guitars"
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