WezV Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 ok, midnight blue with satin chrome hardware!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted October 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2008 For a bit of a change today I actually got some woodwork done instead of the constant finishing I have been doing for the last 3 weeks. Got the neck into the body of the 9 string. I had to make up a sub base for my router as the pocket was so wide the router would have toppled into the cavity which would have made accuracy almost impossible. So one piece of 12mm acrylic later I was up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 That 9 String is mad! Out of interested which basses are you taking down to the UK Bass Day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I will have the Camphor Recurve 4 Harlot 6 Finn 4 fretless. Skelf 5. Harlot R Type. There will also be a few customer basses about as well. This is the last one to be finished. Harlot R Type prototype. Santos Rosewood top with 5 mm Zebrano accent and an American Black Walnut body. 7 piece neck Mac Ebony/Bubinga/Maple/Wenge. Acrylic impregnated Zebrano finger board 35" scale alloy side dots and no radius. ABM bridge Hipshot Ultralites Schaller straplocks. ACG EQ01 ACG SB pickups ceramic magnet in the bridge Alnico in the neck. Finish Lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 9 string with the neck now in the body and various cavities sorted out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 Left hander with the heel done and the contouring,just the neck to carve now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Looks awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Scoops bass finished and picked up at Bassday. Black Limba with a spalted Beech top. Wenge/Black Limba neck. Spalted Acrylic impregnated finger board ACG EQ01 pre-amp ACG FB humbuckers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Scoops bass finished and picked up at Bassday. Black Limba with a spalted Beech top. Wenge/Black Limba neck. Spalted Acrylic impregnated finger board ACG EQ01 pre-amp ACG FB humbuckers. So how did bass day go? I didn't make it down as i finally got a part time job but it started on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Travis Well done on the job bad luck on the start day. It went pretty well much busier than last year and I actually sold a bass on the day the Harlot 6 which was a real bonus. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Some work done on the headless Harlot (sounds like a really dodgy film). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthus Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I might go see The Headless Harlot....... Got any larger pics, Alan? Are those tapered laminates? Actually, come to think of it, you might benefit by making a limited run of Headless Harlots available only around Halloween-time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 I have one of the fret board which I will post. Not tapered I am afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Travis Well done on the job bad luck on the start day. It went pretty well much busier than last year and I actually sold a bass on the day the Harlot 6 which was a real bonus. Alan Yea it was a bit unfortunate but who knows maybe i can even save up for one of your basses now =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted November 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2008 Some work done on the 9 string,the holes for the knobs and the channel for the piezo wiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 (edited) Been a while since I posted so a few basses to show what I have been doing for the last few months. Body core in Swamp Ash with a Mahogany top. 7 piece Wenge/Maple neck with a book matched Acrylic impregnated Spalted Maple finger board. 2 ACG FB pickups with coil switching and a Hipshot A Type bridge with piezo saddles. Bridge pickup and piezo are switchable before the feed into the lowpass filter on the ACG EQ01 pre=amp. This allows the bass to be set up as bridge pickup and neck pickup or piezo and neck pickup. Full EQ of the piezo is allowed with his set up and blending between the piezo on the neck pickup. East low battery indicator. Edited February 13, 2009 by skelf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Blackheart Sassafras top with a white limba body. Purpleheart/wenge /flame sycamore neck with acrylic impregnated Zebrano finger board. Zebrano knobs made by THG. SB and FB narrow format passive electronics volume 4 way rotary switch used to combine the picks. This gives you bridge/bridge/neck in series?bridge/neck in parallel/neck. Second rotary switch is for coil switching in the neck pickup. A good range of sounds are produced with this set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 4 piece wenge/bubinga body. 7 piece maple/wenge neck with an Acrylic impregnated Ziracote finger board. ACG EQ01 pre-amp with 18 volt supply, ACG FB pickups with coil switching,low battery indicator. Hipshot Type A Ultralites and Schaller straplocks. Finish lacquer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 First 4 string single cut. Amboyna top mahogany core with a flame sycamore back. 5 piece maple/mac ebony neck with an Ebony finger board. 2 RFB with the ACG EQ01 pre-amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 More done on the Finn today. Neck carved and the body contouring mostly done. Pickup routes done as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted February 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 A bit more done on Dave's bass. The pickup routes have been done and the tuning unit attached and the bass strung up for the first time. The pickup is just there wired straight to a jack to give me a signal to tune the bass and check the intonation in order to get the position of the bridge unit containing the saddles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Looking good! I really like the top on that Finn =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted March 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Spec Camphor Burl top and back with a Flame Sycamore body. Bubinga/Flame maple neck with a bookmatched Acrylic Impregnated Spalted Maple finger board. The fingerboard and the Camphor both came from Larry at Gallery Hardwoods. Custom 15 mm string spacing ETS bridge/tuners and ABM headpiece. ACG SB pickups and the EQ01 pre-amp. Oil finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Some work done on this bass. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden69 Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Some work done on this bass. Alan That is a nice looking top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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