1st timer building an ESB-4

[fender3x]

I finally put the truss rod cover on... and decided i really don't like it.. hadn't even looked at the thing before but it's just a piece of plastic with chromed screws.. gonna be really easy to make a new one out of a scrap bit of wood though.. just need to find me a nice piece.

I could not see using the supplied trussrod cover either. I made some out of Maple. Broke one or two drilling. Painted one, natural finished another. Finally bought one made of rosewood on eBay for around $2.

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[Dedman]

You can buy Duesenburg bass humbuckers. I plan on using them in a Hoff style sometime in the future

http://www.rockinger.com/index.php?c...&product=DB15S

[fender3x]

The Dusenbergs look really cool. Are they are magnets? Have you heard them? Would have a nice retro vibe...

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[Simon Barden]

Dusenberg guitars normally sound great, so though I've never heard a bass, it's not going to be bad. I'd search for videos of Dusenberg basses on YouTube. Though the bass construction will make a difference, it will give you a decent idea of the general pickup sound.

You all ready and hunkered down for the big blow, Fender3x?

[fender3x]

Working on it. We've done all the normal stuff. We're not in a zone that normally floods, but this one looks like it could bring a massive storm surge, so I'll be using the remaining hours doing what I can to keep water out. We expect power to be out for a week or so after. We have lots of propane and charcoal, but I may have to delay a bit on getting my sound samples up. Hard to do without power ;-) Thanks for asking.

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[PeterSik]

gl with the windy thing out there.. we have a real simple solution to that much water over here.. we turn the pumps up a notch.. we kinda have to though.. i'm about 6m below sea level

gonna be a tough choice... doozy's or dimarzio's.. or maybe one of both.. the doozy's kinda fit the style of the thing.. but on the other hand the dimarzio's are a touch of the unexpected.. and they are coil splittable n stuff for even more diversity in sounds... oh well there's time to ponder while i save up for them..

[fender3x]

I've heard good things about the DiM's, and they have been around a long time. That said I suspect the Dusenbergs are also splitable.

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[Simon Barden]

The Duesenbergs are 4 conductor as well. Can't find them on their web site so they might have stopped making them - so you may need to be quick. They are fitted to their Starplayer Bass, which is a semi-acoustic bass (of sorts), so not too dissimilar to the EB4.

[fender3x]

The pumps will be running full blast. We've had a lot of Dutch engineers look at out problem. Unfortunately it's a bit different than yours. Our ground is porous, so when we get surge, it just percolates up through the ground. That's why my joke to friends in other areas is that the reason houses don't have basements here is because they attract fish.

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[Simon Barden]

Good luck, Fender3x. I really hope it drops in force or does a major diversion. I've got a friend in Sandford, a bit north of Orlando. A bit more inland than you probably are and he's got a friend who's lived through 70 years of Florida hurricanes and is saying not to worry, but then again, he probably hasn't seen one as violent as this. Wind energy squares with speed, so a 140mph wind is 50% stronger than a 120mph wind.