Grindell Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ace Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Oooooh that is puuuurdy. Specs are needed so long ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Rosenberger Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Looks great, the d-g string spacing looks suspect though. It could be the camera angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted January 26, 2004 Report Share Posted January 26, 2004 Looks awesome, I like that pickguard shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Since it was my bass, I figure I would add my own pickgaurd. I just drew one out about 4 or 5 times, then picked the best one. I haven't seen one quite like it before, I figure I was in good shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 awesome, but to me, headstock is a little too chunky, maybe just the pic Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespresence Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Very Nice! Simple and elegant. Love the pick guard also! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGBass Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Like the wood choices. I agree on the headstock, little to big for my tastes, either that or just designed odd for the amount of wood. 2 questions...who made this for you? and SPECS SPECS SPECS?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 This is one I built. I wanted the headstock shape to be unique to me, but I also wanted it to be heavy, to counter-weight the body. Plus, I wanted it to have a lot of mass, so that it would help sustain. I didn't want a 4 to the side config, so I bought a 4 to the side and a 2 to the side set, then made 2 3+1 sets. The thing sounds amazing. I wound the pickups to about 8.9k, which is a little weak, but I have a 4X10 cabinet, and can more than make up for volume that way. Plus, the notes ring out like a bell. I can play a full 4 note chord, and there is no loss of definition. My friend Nathan has played it, and he agreed on the sound. It almost sounds like piano strings, they way they ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 was it hard to wind the pickups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Oh, I almost forgot the specs. It is 34" scale lenght. THe neck through core is braz. cherry, walnut, maple, walnut, braz. cherry. The body wings are figured bubinga, maple, and figured bubinga. Fingerboard is Wenge, headstock plate is figured bubinga. Frets are Stew-Mac jumbo. Pickups I wound myself. Bridge is a Leo Quahn BadAss, tuners are Gotoh. Finish is 6 coats of Danish oil, of which the last 2 are wet sanded with 600 grit and Danish oil. Then, a coat of paste wax. The S inlay for my name, Swaim, I cut out of abalone and inlayed with epoxy. Nut is bone. There is a thin strip of ebony between the nut and headstock. I wanted to get ebony on there somewhere, but I only had some small pieces of ebony, so I made the slot for the nut wider, then used a thin strip of ebony to fill the space. I thought about using ebony for a binding around the headstock, but I didn't have enough for that, either. The shape I drew from a Ibanez Roadstar bass, then started cutting way until I found the shape I liked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Pickups weren't hard to wind. I built my own pickup winder rom the Lollar book. You can go to home.mchsi.com/~kswaim to see a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGBass Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 sounds awesome. by 8.9k you mean 8,900 winds? In most cases that is above standard? But you say its weak?...thanks! We're winding our pickups to 8,200 but we're still in experimental stages. Did you use the Stew Mac coil wire? I checked out your website...you do quality work, good job man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 Thanks. The pickups were wound to 8.9k Ohms, which for me was, if I remember right, 4500-4700 turns per pickup. I used wire from Essex, but I just bought wire from Wirenetics. The bobbins are forbon, with A5 rod magnets, and 42 gauge SPN wire. Thanks for all the kind comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKGBass Posted January 27, 2004 Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 cool thanks man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grindell Posted January 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2004 I should have said, per bobbin, not per pickup. 4500 per bobbin, for a total of 8.9k ohms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse666 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meegs666 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 look at the dates, you just bumped a post that is more than a year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLUCKyou Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Awesome bass...pickguard is sweet..very original...great wood choices...i'm glad to see that more ppl are experimenting with different woods and letting the color of the different woods be on display...i'm not too into paint.....keep up the good work My cousin lives in heyworth...that's crazy...lol Edited February 25, 2005 by PLUCKyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse666 Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 look at the dates, you just bumped a post that is more than a year old. ← it was the last post and I was bored so I bumped it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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