nice one Arzi glad you are back on track to get it to playing status very soon
nice one Arzi glad you are back on track to get it to playing status very soon
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scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
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scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Hi
So I strung her up (terrible way to describe the operation...) ...
Bone nut filed, truss rod adjusted, intonation adjusted. Put DÁddario´s half rounds on it cause I wanted more comfortable strings but not all flats - wanted to keep some of the rounds´sound. Very nice strings by the way.
The Action on E-string is about 2,5mm at 12:th fret so not bad at all. The neck feels very comfortable and actually better than my 38mm jazz now that I´ve played it. Don´t have to squeeze so much when pressing two strings at the same time with my left.
The preamp works well - although have to put the bass almost off to get the higher tones to come through.
The coil split is wonderful - I can get very different tones just by flipping the switches and blending the two pups. I love it! And talking about low end - this one has more bottom than any of my other basses.
I left the crack on the headstock as it is for now. It doesn´t look too bad and I have plenty of time to decide what I wanna do with it. Just have to design and make the trussrod cover.
Here are some pics of it all playable:
Had some golden screws on these also:
From the back:
Here you can see the "fat" top:
Another pic of the top:
The string alignment:
So far I´m very pleased on how this one came out. Only power tools I had were battery operated drill and a dremel.
That looks pretty special Arzi, very well done.
Scott.
That looks awesome Arzi. I wish I could give that one a go for sure!
Enjoy!
Very nice Arzi, absolutley beautiful.
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Well done Arzi looks brilliant. We will need a sound demo when it's playing nicely!
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
That looks so cool! Amazing job man!
yes that looks really nice..
Regards,
Neil
Arzi, you saw it through. The binding idea was brilliant and you made it work. You must be proud of the results it looks great.
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
Thanks guys!
This has been a very big learning experience and a lot of fun. I'm not too familiar with recording sofware but I'll try to make a demo at some point - might take a while though...It's already playing nicely but will need some tweaks as the neck still finds it's place. After I get the headstock finished I'll post pics and hopefully a sound demo.
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