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bump for a working link

I appreciate the help. It worked like a charm.

I posted a sound sample in the progress section.

You can really here a difference between 9 and 18v.

Thanks again.

I recorded a quick sample by plugging the bass straight into the mic input of my computer and using the windows sound recorder.

Nothing fancy. just some sounds.

tell me what you think.

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I suppose it would help if I put in the link. huh?

You have to use the resistor to limit the amount of current passing through the LED. The LED will typically only survive 20mA of current at the most, and the resistor is there to prevent the current from rising beyond what the LED can handle. No resistor = no current limiting = burnt out LED.

I can testify to this statement.

I went through a few LEDs very fast when I was first messing around with them.

At 4$ a pop.

I like the idea of them running off the same power source. Hopefully the LED will work somewhat like a battery power indicator.

Well, Here I go. wish me luck!

Both in parallel will do the trick.

In series!!! In parallel will vive you 9V with more current. I don't know about the resistor for the LEDs. Never palyed with them before.

I meant the two devices running parellel to each other, not the batteries wired parellel.

Sorry about the confusion.

I'll try that. thanks.

Just to be clear, do you mean hook them both up parallel to th 18v, or series?

Well Here is the latest pictures of the bass.

Wasn't happy with the first finish.

I ended up sanding it down and finishing it again. This time with nitro laquer.

Its alot better but I still have a lot of room for improvement in the finishing department.

I love the tone of this bass!

Its very defined and thick, the smaller stainless frets are really quite nice. It seems like they have more of the open string clang sound higher up the fretboard. I also find myself doing a lot more vibrato because of the added "slickness" or hardness. The bartolini pickup and the aguilar pre are a perfect match.

I will have to record sample through the puter later on.

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Hi I have put fiber optics into my latest bass,which also has a Aguilar OBP-1 preamp.

I have it wired right now with 1 9v with a resister powering the LED and 1 9v powering the Preamp. They are both switched by the TRS jack. My problem is I'd like to get more voltage to the preamp (18v recommended) but I dont have any more room for batteries. nor do I want to put 3 in it.

Does anyone have any tips on how to get more power to the pre?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Well Its been a long time since I started this bass. but its finally in the home stretch.

I've got one more tuner to put on. Then I can string it up.

I wound up putting an ebony fretboard with stainless frets and fiberoptic sidedots.

A Bartolini MMC music man style pickup

An Aguilar OBP-1 preamp.

A Leo Quan BADA$$ 1 Bridge

and a warwick a-just-a-nut style 1

I can not wait to here how this thing sounds!!

Here's a quick (not very good) pick of the top so far.

I'll hopefully take some glamour shots later this week, after I get it strung and intonated.

Well I think I'm gonna let this go through the weekend, and then put it on evil bay.

Make an offer. I would really rather trade or sell it here than deal with ebay.

The worst thing I could say is no.

Wow I thought there would be a lot more interest for one of these.

Its great for printing out full sized templates and profiles from CAD files.

Shameless bump.

I'm open to other trade offers too.

Hi ,

Its been awhile since Iv'e been on PG.

I've been doing alot more playing, and less building lately.

I've got an HP Designjet 350c d sized Inkjet plotter I need to trade for a nice bass cabinet.

I'm running a mesa boogie 400+ and looking for something comparible to an 8x10.

But tell me what you got.

The inks are over a year old so you may need to get new ones or have them refilled(refurbed).

I'm located in between Iowa and illinois and am willing to drive to get a nice cab.

Thanks guys.

Take it easy,

Bruce

BTW- I think its great what your doing for Bluespresence. That guy was very cool.

Nice basses. I love the original shapes and the cool headstock.

I've seen the first one at talkbass before.

ok, tonight was the first show with the axe bass finished.

here's some pics.

what a blast!

Well, I made a little progress this week.

the three piece neck is laminated with macassar ebony veneer in between the birdseye maple. The body wings are shaped roughly out of 9/4 african mohagany.

the wood is that thick in order carve them into a convex shape. The bass body should be about 1 5/8" thick after carving.

Here's some new pics.

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I'd like to thank everybody who gave they're input. You guys really helped me out.

But I think I'm going with the last one. So I guess I should call it "The Rubber Chicken Wing"

Anyway, I think It's going to flow really nice with a four string neck

Here's the patterns layed out on the mohagany

(talk about a close one!)

that's a nice one. not really what I was going for.

but definately metal looking. It would make a nice lead guitar, I think.

well, I had one more idea this morning. I'm not really sure about it.

It kinda looks like a modified V. But it also sorta looks like a rubber chicken

ok here's one more to check out. i messed with the bottom half a little.

I like that idea. but the body of this bass is going to be curved like a spector bass. so the wing will be out of the way.

how about this?

I changed the lower wing a bit to make the curves flow a little better.

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In retrospect I think the bottom on the original looked a little complicated.

I'm glad Matt pointed it out, but I don't want to lose the "evil" look of it by making it too square looking.

Alright. I took matts suggestions and kinda worked with them a little bit.

I know its sloppy but I'm not very good with photoshop. (don't have corel anymore)

what do you think?

yep, I got the basic end shape from that bass.

but i don't like the rounded shape of it. It seems a little too traditional for a radically shaped bass.

also, does the bass player use a pick or his fingers? when i play with my fingers i have a tendancy to rest my forearm on the guitar. the highest point on your design looks a bit close to that "resting place". i dunno though, something to consider.

i can almost see it complete in a lovely gloss black 

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Yeah, he does play with his fingers. Thats another thing I've got to figure out.

Usually finger players rest there thumb on a pickup or something.

The pickups on this bass are in the bridge. It would be nice to incorporate a thumbrest into the design without it looking too obvious.

I'm going to dye it very dark black. with a gloss finish.

Well here's another iron in the fire.

This one is for Necro, the bassist for the blackmetal band Summon.

He wanted something along the lines of a bc rich warlock but custom with optical pickups and a narrow neck like the ibanez sg 4 strings.

I took the warlock shape and styled it more like the Summon's band logo.

The throughneck will be flamed hard maple and the body wings will be african mohagany.

This is my first "pointy" guitar build. So, any thoughts or pointers on the shape of this body will be greatly appreciated.