The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bill's Shop: Projects, Mods & Repairs => Topic started by: shadowcastaz on September 14, 2008, 05:27:32 PM
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Body I have had for some time . I got the idea from the other builders when they were dicussing the LP jr and blueshawk bass.(Thanx Doc & Barkless) Its a tiger maple & mahog sandwich. I have some planin to do but I have quite a few parts.
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d138/shadowcastaz/IMGP0737.jpg)
I have a maple on maple straight paddle head that I turned into an angled headstock and shaped like my G3 head stock( Pic later)
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That is to cool !
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Thanx, I was totally enamored with the blueshawk project. I felt it needed to stand by itself and not be copied so soon . In amongst the posts was the idea for an S1 based bass and I remembered the body I bought several years back and never used. I had some G3 pups, bridge ...I figured what the hell
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I like your approach of building Gibson basses that Gibson forgot to build (S1, Moderne)!
Keep 'm coming :thumbsup: (an L-6s maybe?)
P.S why don't you make the S1 a short scale? The bridge plus tailstop will fit better with the controlplate if they're a bit futher towards the neck IMHO.
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Looking good. I love the idea of a 3 pup bass. Very cool!
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Mostly because I had the paddle head neck,which is long scale. I have not drilled or routed yet so short scale is a possibility. I agree that the bridge placement would look better. I seem to prefer shorties.I still prefer my Triumph HO to most all others. maybe due to my hand and arm surgeries , I get less sharp cramping in my hands and arms . This one is gonna sit for a bit . I need to plane some bed posts this fall so Ill plane the body when I set up my planer.
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I had a jam with a guy last Saturday night with an S1 Guitar. I was surprised to see it had a bolt on neck. I had a play on it for a while, man that Maple body is HEAVY! good sound though. After playing this one I can completely understand why you would want to make a Bass out of one.