verhoevenc Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 So I figured I've been holding off until "it looks like a bass" long enough and it's about time to share with you folks what I've been doing the last 4 months (slowly ). I present to you my first commissioned build: the first "DC Ego" 5-string active bass. It's a neck thru of wenge/bubinga/limba/bubinga/wenge (the gorgeous blank which came from our good friend soundat11). It's also got a wenge headplate. The wings are bubinga with a beautiful 1/4" flamed top I picked up from Rich. As you can see it's got an original warwick bridge and graphite adjust-a-nut (shiped from england) as well as the MEC pickups that the warwick thumb 5's use. It's a relatively thin bass at 1.25" (allowable cause it's a neck-thru, same as my Rickenbacker 4001) with an ebony fretboard and "stages of the eclipse" MOP inlays (which the picture doesn't really show well since my camera sucks and doesn't pick up the smaller pointy areas and subtleties), fretboard bound with more ebony. It's also gunna have the Seymour Duncan Basslines STC-3a active EQ system. This will most likely be all I show before it's done... but still feel free to comment. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 ick..that guitar is too long and only has 5 strings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 ick..that guitar is too long and only has 5 strings plus that 12th fret marker is not strait at all its on a mad angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 oh..wait...somebody just told me it's a "base"guitar?...oh..."bass" guitar unnnngh...good job? (yelling at the guy behind me)"HEY JAYBOB!!!WHUT N D HECK IS A "BASE" ANYWAY???!!!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Wow thanks for ALL the kind comments guys? Chris PS: Supposed to be on an angle. Eclipses don't abide by yo' rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low end fuzz Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 it does look cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 i am just teasing you because it is in the wrong section.should be in "in progress and finished work" trying to give the experience as if you just walked into a biker bar thinking it was a gay bar and asked the bartender where the cute guys were...hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Oh shoot! I've been here years and I make this mistake now?! MODS! to the rescue? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Good work, chris, looks good. Is that scarfed headstock a bit crooked? Maybe slipped during glueup? If so, I wouldn't worry about it. It shouldn't be obvious once you cut the profile out. I'd make a big deal of it if I didn't know what you were charging the guy . I like the eclipse inlays a lot. I think it would have looked just as good with just one at the 12th. peace, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 No the scarf isn't crooked hahahahaha, optical illusion In fact.... it's not even scarfed at all, it'd cut directly out of the blank ala Gibson style. And the REASON for the optical illusion........ suspense...... The wenge headplate isn't anything NEAR a perfect rectangle lol but it was big enough to cover the area that I wanted and more... so it wasn't an issue, and it'll be obviously cut to shape soon. Chris PS: Scott, if you stop by an go "hey wait a second!" I SWEAR I didn't copy your guitar design. I actually tookk the upper horn from an iceman, and the lower horn was originally suppposed to be an "ergonomic" feature in that your leg would fit right up in that cove for sitting position.... HOWEVER after drawing everything out it turned out WAY to small, and making it big enough for that made it ugly And the body actually used to be different too... the guy I'm making it for made me change the orientation of the rear bout to be that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Beauty! I think the pickups are setting a little high, and you need to cut those strings off them(just looks a little sloppy). That looks cool how the binding extends off the fretboard. Is that a tuning fork kinda thing? Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted December 10, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Hahahahaha ya know what guys... LAST time I post a work in progress lol. Binding WILL be cut (they were JUST glued on) and the pickups will be routed, I promise lol Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 The neck is sticking out of the body! In all seriousness, sweet work. The roundover looks so clean and perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickguard Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 (insert no longer needed comment here) Pretty cool that you have your first commission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Nice work chirs! Im not a big fan of the bottom horn but it is your design and i really like the top one =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 NIce! love the shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundAt11 Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Wow! That's really cool looking. The shape is really cool looking, sort of a hip retro funky look, something like they'd have on the Jetsons, but with a Ric vibe. What kind of headstock do you have in mind (maybe the matching Rick one)? Before I shipped out the blank, I tapped on it for a while and that is one deep sustaining piece of wood, so it's gotta sound huge when you get it finished. The ebony fretboard (nice inlays, sorta halfway between the Jet wax/waning moons and the Yamaha compass inlay) ought to give you some brightness and clarity, good choice. very nice:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Hey guys. Bass is done. Is now entered into GOTM as the first entry for May. Wanted to get in the April one... but finished like 2-3 days too late! GOTM Entry Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Great work, been looking forward to seeing this project. Bubinga is the ultimate slap wood, I highly recommend it. And a FYI - I used more slapping and tapping than any other technique with my old metal band. Genre is never technique specific, unless it is funk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 nice theme for the inlays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thanks Perry, for serious, I honestly really appreciated that. I got slammed by a kid earlier for offering to do some free inlay, and then when he got usury I said he was then asking too much for me for free, and that wasn't what we agreed on, and then he insulted my inlay work, said I was sloppy etc. etc. But yeah, I think the bass came out really nicely. Hopefully the guy likes it! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiKro Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Very Nice Chris, I think it looks Kick a$$. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Nice! I *love* those inlays! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biliousfrog Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 I love it, nice shape, nice inlays, nice woods....I liked the blue jean finish too but the natural is very nice. I have a small crit.. I'm not very keen on the headstock layout, the string paths look a bit random & bunched up, does this affect tuning in any way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 All Warwick and Spector headstocks are about like that. It does not affect the tuning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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