The Bassist and Guitarist thread

[Drago]

I never suffer, but im a hefty chap with broad shoulders so the geometry eith the straps works well in my favour.

 

[MontyVeda]

It doesn't matter how busy I am, or what else I'm up to, I always do at least an hour a day.

Gear4Music sell very nicely finished ash and mahogany P nass bpies for less than 45 quid. I build my 69 precision replica using the ash version and can higly recommend it. I'm sure the pricing is an error, but their loss, and all that.

That is a bargain! ...but for me there's no fun in buying a ready made body with all the shaping and routing done. This is more about the woodwork than anything else. Lots of doodling, making router jigs, entering unknown territory.... I've been pondering it for years: a tele-shaped bass, with as much air inside it as I can get away with, and a solid top but no f hole... I believe the term is 'chambered' rather than acoustic. I'm hoping it'll sound nice unplugged, but that remains to be seen heard

 

[MontyVeda]

I've ordered the chopping board (walnut), the top (cedar), pickups, pots, knobs, tuners... current cost £122.14p, plus the cost of the cheap copy p-bass i bought and fecked up 30 years ago... £40. It might take me a year or three to put it all together... so don't hold your breaths

 

[Oldhippy]

Pictures as you go would be good.

 

[MontyVeda]

That means tidying up

 

[Oldhippy]

A messy work shop is an industrious one.

 

[MontyVeda]

A messy work shop kitchen is an industrious one.

FTFY

 

[Drago]

Been conversing today with a chap in the village who wants me as bassist in a new band he's setting up.

 

[MontyVeda]

Did the village people have a bassist?

 

[Drago]

Did the village people have a bassist?

Yes, a guy in lycra with a big moustache and a carbon framed bike!

Its been 6 weeks since I last acquired a bass, and im now getting a strange hankering for a Hofner Shorty. When the lockdown ends ill be down at my Dad's for 2 days a month, so itd make a good travelling companion,

 

[Oldhippy]

My dad played a Fender fretless five string and a double bass.

 

[MontyVeda]

The chopping board arrived...

I hope they've done a decent job of bonding it together

 

[DCBassman]

The chopping board arrived...
View attachment 573218

I hope they've done a decent job of bonding it together

Looks mighty nice, and mighty thick! Are you adding the top to the full thickness?

 

[MontyVeda]

Looks mighty nice, and mighty thick! Are you adding the top to the full thickness?

it is thick! and heavy!

I'm chuffed that one of the blocks (4th from left) runs full length so it'll have a single solid block from the saddle to the neck pocket

It'll be 65mm (maybe a tad less) including the top... which is about the same as those acoustic telecasters i reckon

There is one thing i wanted to ask you @DCBassman ...the truss nut is at the body side of the neck and I don't want to cut an access slot in the soundboard as it'll look naff. It'll be a faff having to remove the neck should I need to adjust the truss (possibly having to remove, adjust and refit several times before it's right)... So the question is, is leaving no access to the truss nut unless the neck is removed, a completely daft idea?

 

[Oldhippy]

Looking like it will be heavier than a Les Paul!