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[Basvarken]

Wow!

[drbassman]

Thanks guys, she plays and sounds great.  I wish I had designed the original!!!

Good eye there Mike.  I used an old original Mosrtie bass tail piece from a 1968 I parted out.  The bridge is new Gretsch sitting on a floating riser made of solid rosewood.  Works great for this application.

I'm so happy work is going well.  Keep it up!!!  

[OldManC]

Congrats to Mike and Bill! That's a beautiful bass. And Mike, I'm glad your job is going well. It's always a great relief to get back to work!

[drbassman]

A special thanks goes out to Chris P. for his tracing and measurements.  They were invaluabe to getting this project off the ground!  I owe you one buddy!   

[Dave W]

It's nice to know that there was at least one good thing to come out of your Mosrite adventures.

[drbassman]

Yep, I got the bridge too!

[Lightyear]

Well done Doc!

[drbassman]

Well done Doc!

Thanks!  She sounds sweet too!  I'm gonna put TI rounds on her this morning.  As much as I lveo TI flats, I'm liking the round wound ring through the Jones pups.  The test strings were from an old p bass from 4 years ago!

[drbassman]

I have a couple observations regarding this bass.  The hollow body with a solid block down the center sounds very good.  The pickups, without tone controls, sound fantastic.  Clean and clear, very crisp and the notes are so distinct.  I wired the volume controls like a jazz bass so each one controls their respective pup individually.  Being able to dial in as much, or little, of the neck or bridge pup is really nice too.  So far, I'm playing it with the neck pup full on and the bridge just up 1/4 turn.  I'm looking forward to actually playing this with the band.

[drbassman]

One other note.  I put Hipshot tuners on this one for a change of pace since they have a Ric-style model with short stems and smaller ferrule holes.  Not only do they fit nice and look good, they are the smoothest and easiest tuners I've seen in a long time.  I highly recommend them.  You can literally turn them with one finger, I've never seen anything like it!  I also have a friend who can get them at 30% off!

[shadowcastaz]

I have a set slated for my starfire II.  They are real nice quality.Nice folks at the company too. In your neck of the woods ,eh doc?

[Dave W]

Are those Ultra Lights or regular weight Hipshots?

[shadowcastaz]

I bet they are regular weight .

[drbassman]

I have a set slated for my starfire II.  They are real nice quality.Nice folks at the company too. In your neck of the woods ,eh doc?

They are perfect on the Gibson or Guild headstock.  Oh my gosh!  I didn't realize they were in the Finger Lakes, just south of me!  Wow, small world, no?!?

[drbassman]

Are those Ultra Lights or regular weight Hipshots?

They are regular weight, but they are sooooooo nice.  I do have some of the light weights on a TB and they are super as well.  I used to use Schaller all of the time, but I love the compactness of the short stems and smaller ferrule holes.