Day 1
After years of contemplating building my own bass, I have finally decided to take the leap and ordered a TB-4. My reasons for prevaricating for so long, stem primarily from my satisfaction with my 1976 Shergold Marathon - she and I have been together so long (from new!) it feels like infidelity to contemplate playing another. However, she now needs some attention and now is the time. Also, if I am honest, a secondary consideration was my abject fear at f***ing it up - Well, if I do, this will be the record of that f***-up!
I received my kit and extras in very quick time, particularly impressive since I live in the North of Ireland! All was in order - I did a rough assembly to see if I had all the parts. My only issue was that the knobs had been packed/come loose and were scuffed.
However. more amazing service, replacements were sent and arrived within days! Thank you Pit Bull, well impressed so far!
My plan is to paint the body black, oil the neck, and ebonise the fretboard. I contemplated a Heritage Cherry finish but then realised that if I painted it black I could call it 'the Blackbird' and that appealed to my sense of humour, so black it is.
I intend to post photos and reports here of each of the various stages (success or disaster) for your information, support and, most likely, amusement. So here goes...