decadentjon Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 well, i just finished the first pointy evil guitar i've been commissioned to do, it wasn't even meant to be that evil originally, the guy wanted a moserite-ish shape with some airline type points. ah well, here are the specs. 2 piece alder body wenge neck, LONG neck tenon ebony fretboard, stirling silver inlays, 34" scale, 22 frets hipshot 4 string bass tremolo SD quarter pounder p-bass schaller tuners slipstone? nut flatwound strings 45-105 brushed aluminum pickguard, jack plate, trem cover, truss cover. i'm really surprised how good the tremolo is to play with, really smooth, sounds great, good sustain and with a well cut nut and decent tuners it really doesn't go out of tune. i'd like to try it on a more conventional bass sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 (edited) Edited October 13, 2008 by decadentjon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foil1more Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 Nice. This is the first bass I've seen with one of the hipshot trems. I'd like to build a bass with one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ae3 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) Insanely cool, very unique. Never seen a bass with a trem before, but that's probably just because I'm ignorant when it comes to the finer details of basses. I do quite like this one though. Edited October 13, 2008 by ae3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acousticraft Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) Awesome. Certainly a different shape to the normal basses. The whammy bar on a bass isn't a run of the mill thing to have. I know Roger Glover from Deep purple uses one. Edited October 13, 2008 by Acousticraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travismoore Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Awesome. Certainly a different shape to the normal basses. The whammy bar on a bass isn't a run of the mill thing to have. I know Roger Glover from Deep purple uses one. Les Claypool also uses one. Nice bass by the way =D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattharris75 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 The brushed aluminum pickguard is really great. What tools did you use to cut it out and do the bevel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanesque Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 SOOOOOO sweet. I wanna swear about how cool it is but I see the sensors are still working! haha I want one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decadentjon Posted October 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 thanks guys, as far as cutting the aluminum, its 2mm thick, its not really that hard to work with. i cut it very accurately on the bandsaw, then, with plenty of care and plenty of personal protection used a bevel router bit with a bearing at the bottom like you would a normal pickguard, the customer had assured me that if it screwed up my bit he'd buy me another, im sure it dulled it but still seems to work fine. then plenty of hand sanding. i really dig the aluminum pickguard and would love to see it on more of a retro looking thing (which is what i usually do i). its a whole lot cheaper than regular 3 ply plastic too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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