NBD: Bass build complete!
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NBD: Bass build complete!
Well almost complete—just waiting for knobs to arrive (ooer).
Pretty happy with how it's turned out. Grabbed a Fender Rumble 200 a little while ago to play it through. Still finding my feet when it comes to bass playing, but sounds good so far.
Pretty happy with how it's turned out. Grabbed a Fender Rumble 200 a little while ago to play it through. Still finding my feet when it comes to bass playing, but sounds good so far.
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Re: NBD: Bass build complete!
Looking good! Liking the colour combo.
Those Fender rumbles are pretty cool too. Definitely will be grabbing one of those if I get an excuse to play bass again.
Those Fender rumbles are pretty cool too. Definitely will be grabbing one of those if I get an excuse to play bass again.
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Oh shoot from the hip , pass the poi , Mahalo !
That's epic !
I really emreally love that combo of tort guard, rose wood and Daphne (esque) blue
Rock on
That's epic !
I really emreally love that combo of tort guard, rose wood and Daphne (esque) blue
Rock on
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Nice, luv the sonic blue and tort pickguard too.
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That’s a fine looking bass, did you put it together from parts?
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Re: NBD: Bass build complete!
Cheers all. Yep, it's a parts bass. Bit of an expensive way to go but I had fun putting it together and got exactly the bass I envisaged. The body is from Warmoth and the neck is an Allparts job from an eBay seller who applies a very thin lacquer finish (I can tell it's going to wear quickly!), fits a nut, and files and polishes the frets. They've made a really nice job of it. I was concerned the prefitted nut wouldn't work out but, fortunately, it seems to have been cut for the string gauge I chose and in my total novice bassist's opinion, playability and action seem ideal. I did shim the neck to get the action right though.
The body is Sonic blue. The pictures don't quite show the softness to the colour. It's a very difficult finish to photograph.
The body is Sonic blue. The pictures don't quite show the softness to the colour. It's a very difficult finish to photograph.
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Denche blue...KNNZ wrote:very cool! so what blue is it actually?
Awesome looking bass
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Great looking bass!
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That looks so cool. Congrats
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So tasty, I’m almost ready to put together a parts pbass with a Lakland Chi-sonic pup in the regular pbass spot.
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Sexy as!!
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