basey Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Well Its been a long time since I started this bass. but its finally in the home stretch. I've got one more tuner to put on. Then I can string it up. I wound up putting an ebony fretboard with stainless frets and fiberoptic sidedots. A Bartolini MMC music man style pickup An Aguilar OBP-1 preamp. A Leo Quan BADA$$ 1 Bridge and a warwick a-just-a-nut style 1 I can not wait to here how this thing sounds!! Here's a quick (not very good) pick of the top so far. I'll hopefully take some glamour shots later this week, after I get it strung and intonated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egdeltar Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Heres a blast from the past... More pics man!! Looking cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Let us know how those stainless steel frets work out for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted March 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2007 Well Here is the latest pictures of the bass. Wasn't happy with the first finish. I ended up sanding it down and finishing it again. This time with nitro laquer. Its alot better but I still have a lot of room for improvement in the finishing department. I love the tone of this bass! Its very defined and thick, the smaller stainless frets are really quite nice. It seems like they have more of the open string clang sound higher up the fretboard. I also find myself doing a lot more vibrato because of the added "slickness" or hardness. The bartolini pickup and the aguilar pre are a perfect match. I will have to record sample through the puter later on. pic2 pic3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Looking good! Post some more pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 I recorded a quick sample by plugging the bass straight into the mic input of my computer and using the windows sound recorder. Nothing fancy. just some sounds. tell me what you think. edit..... I suppose it would help if I put in the link. huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basey Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 bump for a working link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campylobacter Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 Sounds very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 vibrato is definately better with ss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Deathmetal bass? You should string it up BEAD so you can fill that low range up even more. Or if you're REALLY daring, string it up like some Warwick I saw that was strung F#BEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTU 7's. Posted March 8, 2007 Report Share Posted March 8, 2007 Nice dude. I don't like a lot the strange shapes, but i like this one. And the beast too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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