diehardcrew

Slayer, the list is long... South of Heaven, Reign in Blood, Mandatory Suicide, Disciple, Hell Awaits, At Dawn they Sleep, Dead Skin Mask, War Ensemble (well okay maybe that one's all thrash.) I know I'm forgetting a few classics somewhere....

That's really tough. Especially since I usually avoid huge concerts cuz I just don't like the scene. BEST- Either Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade in 2002 at Vic in Chicago, or Mighty Mighty Bosstones at Metro (Chicago) in 1993. Oh man, and Kyuss w/ White Zombie (oh yeah I think that Danzig played yawn)... at the Riv? in Chicago in like 92 or something I don't even remember. Oh shoot, Helmet & Faith No More were great at Western Univ. IL in '92 too. Darn I can't choose. Oh darn it all I just remembered Clutch at the Fireside Bowl (Chicago) in ??? 99-ish. Worst- The Orb at Metro (don't ask) AND The Warped Tour in 98 or some year who knows, because it rained and Sick of It All was cancelled. That and all the bands were awful.

I know this is an old thread, but I found this when I was researching woods to choose for a bass. I wish I can remember where I got this info from though, sorry... "Cocobolo 1136, weight: 68 lbs per sq ft. is not good for gluing, because of natural oils in it (good for tops!)" So obviously its used (& glued) in guitars, but supposedly not the best choice I guess because of the oils in it??? Who knows, I know I don't.

Thank you all very much for your help! I also ran to the local bookstore and flipped to the neck shaping section in "guitarmaking" or whatever by Compiano (sp?) and that helped. He pretty much does it by feel and eyeballing, etc. and duh!! I have a feeler gauge but haven't used it yet and didn't think of turning it around to check symmetry if I felt that was necessary. Sometimes I think about things too much and skip the obvious. Basically I've been wanting to make my own bass(es) for a little while now and am getting inspired from this site to probably attempt it soon. The most I've done to date is just pull the frets out of my old Peavey 4 string Fury and fill them in to make it fretless. I also plan on tossing some better pickups and stuff in there too. I'm gonna go for a 5 string neck through and get all ambitious. I've done a lot of woodworking duplicating my houses ancient molding, so I have some of the tools and some experience. THANKS AGAIN!!!!

Thanks, it does help a little. I think I understand the fingerboard radiusing just fine, I'm just confused on the back of the neck. They all look so perfect and symmetrical, even on all the hand carved ones I've seen, and I'm wondering what the trick is. I supposed a radiused sanding block could do that as well, but it just seems trickier than the fingerboard. What do you mean when you say you check one side then the other? I assume you're talking about both sides to the back of the neck (left then right). But I can't picture what kind of guage you'd use? A feeler guage, or something radiused you made yourself (or bought)? I'm also a little confused on why some necks are angled when they meet the body. I've heard some talk about this and don't understand the benefits of flat vs. angled and such. Thanks!!!

I understand a lot of neck shaping is done w/ spokeshaves & sanders, etc. I was wondering how you double check your work, or know that it's precise & exact? I guess I'm thinking about the radiii and stuff like that. I mean I know there are radiused blocks you can check the neck w/ and stuff, but how if one doesn't fit right, I can't figure out how you'd indicate that or know how much to sand off? Is it a lot of eyeballing? I guess I should pick up a book on how to make a neck.

For one, no one has mentioned Bill "The Buddha" Dickens. One of the best bass players ever. Secondly, that story was just plain wack. Opinionated yes, understood. The first basses HAD NO FRETS, they added them later. So it wasn't some new invention to pull them off. The Precision bass was called that because it added frets, to get more precise notes. Also, the bass has been around way before guitars, at least the stand-up has been. And they were doing solos on basses long before a guitar was even invented. Also, there are myriad instruments that are higher-pitched than the ones you've mentioned, and they also existed long before the guitar. And the same lame things you've said about bass could be said about guitar. So most of all I hope you were just kidding, because if you really feel that way, then I'm sure you must think that all music MUST sound the same because if it strays in any way shape or form (aren't musician's supposed to be creative??) then it just isn't good, right? But to give you some credit, I must agree that there are some types of music that the bass should try to provide more bottom end & support, but the bassist just goes off and tries to show off.