RDS

I do understand about what you guys are saying. I weigh the ideas on both sides . It's a curiosity . The tuned chamber my friend is doing is vented behind the bridge. I think there are lots of possibilities with sound. Sonic cannons and whatnot. That's going deep. I know we are not talking electric sound generators. Maybe off topic--- Our band played at a new (wooden) community ampitheater. A fairly large one. We showed up early of course to set up and do sound check. It was very quiet at that time in the afternoon. I was standing on the stage near the middle looking down tuning my bass that was plugged into only my tuner- so there was no sound. I heard two people talking in normal voice. Their conversation went on for a few minutes. I could hear perfectly what they were saying. Just two women chatting. I glanced up to where I thought the voices were coming from and no one was there. They sounded like they were 10 or 15 feet from me. I looked around and then up the hill and there they were at least 150 ft away from me sitting near the middle of the area. I was hearing them plain as day. It was great. Later I was thinking how the technology of the ampitheater was figured out a thousand or more years ago.... I think they had wooden stringed musical instruments back then too. For all I know and the way my head is wired-- I kind of think anything is possible. I'm also able to figure most times when some stuff just ain't gonna' fly..........WAIT.....that reminds me of the Wright Brothers... oh boy here we go !!! HA!!!

Thanks- my comp won't load them right now for some reason. I did check out a couple videos on You Tube that were helpful also.

The guy who is doing the chamber says his is tuned a certain way. He gets into the Physics of the concept and can explain it to a point then he stops. I have thought about it and I tend to think that an amplifier will have to come into play. I can achieve long sustain on a couple of my basses standing in a certain spot or touching the body against the amp. I'm thinking that the chamber helps this effect and hopefully would smooth it out. Maybe? He describes it as being similar to the Fernandes sustainer. We'll see...right?

I don't have a "shop" . My buddy from High School has the equipment. All I have to do is draw up the plans and he would make the body and neck for me. He's a builder. If I was to scratch build - he would be the guy actually doing it for me. So he would be considering doing a scratch for me!! HA! He's busy. He has built many guitars. Recently he built a copy of Mark Farners' (Grand Funk Railroad) first acoustic guitar and it was presented to him (Farner) on his 65th birthday. Nice. It's a really different type guitar. The neck bolts up flush-- the fretboard stops at the edge of the body and the bridge is moved accordingly. I guess Mark really enjoys it from what I hear. For my build I would go with a "V" neck bass . Hard Rock maple. I like the Padauk(spell check) bass I have and I might consider that for the body wood. It's light and has good resonance going on with it. I like the reverse P with J like Ibanez does. I'm more about sound than anything when it comes to bass. I wouldn't want any paint on the bass. Another interesting thing might be the "Step" chamber I've been hearing about. A tuned chamber in the body that is supposed to produce tons of sustain. My other builder friend is working on a patent for his design on that. He already has built guitars with the chamber.

I recently made a compilation of 18 songs from 4 of my CD's. If anyone wants to hear a song- PM me and give me your email address and I'll send a tune or two. It's all instrumental - Pop, Rock, Fusion, Jazz. MOR and Ballads. I've sent out 50 CD's lately -- I'll just send you one or two songs though- I don't want to over do it!!! Anyway that's all I know.

I did not realize that Ravens were so intelligent. Very interesting. I wonder about Crows now.

Yeah- I've had experience with more than a few "duffers". Brand new Fender basses that no amount of throwing money at will cure. A dud is a dud. That's all I know.

Hello- RDS here. I've been playing guitar and bass guitar for over 40 years. I do my own repairs (within my skill level) and mods . I've built 10+ electric guitars and basses from aftermarket parts - mostly Fender style. I have played professionally since 1977. I own mostly Fender bass guitars and several 6 string electrics. I have two friends that build guitars. One has built over 200 acoustic and electrics and another has his own line of electrics that he contracts bodies and parts for. They are busy guys and I pick their brains as much as I can . So I'm here checking things out to increase my knowledge. Have a great day........

I found some videos on You Tube and checked them out. I am only needing to level frets. I decided the job should wait untill I can have my repair guy do it. He won't charge me much and he's been doing it for at least 35 yaers. I think that may be the better way to go. I can handle getting buzzes out and filing a few frets but with doing the whole fretboard of frets and follow up procedures -- I just don't have an old neck to use. The neck I'm wanting to do was expensive- even though it's needing attention. I put electric guitars and basses together from after market parts, necks and bodies. I 've had pretty good luck lately untill I bought a neck with a fret hump in it.

How or where or is there anything in the forums that will lead me to find any info on learning how to plane and level frets? I am interested in being able to fix high frets, humps , etc in the aftermarket fretboards/ necks I purchase. Electric bass necks . I'm finding that I need to learn how to do this/ these procedures. I'm in search mode- any help is appreciated. Thanks

Thanks- I'll check it out. I looked there briefly before.

Hello- I have built 10+ guitars/ basses from parts and have modded many more with new parts etc. I'm at a point now where I need to learn more about fret planning and leveling and specifics to these processes such as particular tools and techniques. I'm wondering how to go about this. I know a couple guitar builders but due to how busy they are they really can't spend the kind of time I think I'll need to learn. I'm good at learning on my own. I need suggestions and references that may help such as directional manuels , tools etc -- just a little help with maybe pointing me in the right direction. I have filed high frets and fret ends in the past . I'm pretty experienced with what I do and I want to move into the fret thing. I'm working with aftermarket parts and am not installing frets. I pretty much just need to correct flaws by manufacturers. I'm running into this more and more-- the more projects I get into. I have played guitar and bass for more than 40 years. I play professionally and have owned more than 90 guitars so I have a pretty good working knowledge of what's up with them. ( just a bit of background) Thanks and any help is appreciated.....