The Last Bass Outpost

Thanks!

Me, too! Much more-so than I expected. It weighs next to nothing but feels and sounds REALLY solid.

Quote from: Dave W on June 05, 2017, 07:51:35 AM
IMHO that "webbed" feature makes the bass look graceful compared to every other bass I've seen with an extended upper horn.

It's the only 'single-cut' design I've liked. Most just look wonky (to be polite) or whale-like.

Again, after actually playing it, I see no down-side. It doesn't get in the way at all for me. I also really like how light it is without sounding light at all.

Here's a pic in use:

Quote from: Highlander on June 05, 2017, 12:52:12 AM
I looked back but have I missed what you've had her made from...?

Simple woods - the body is a single piece of ash. Neck is maple. Fingerboard is ebony (Sabah).

Quote from: godofthunder on June 04, 2017, 09:23:10 AM
    While not a Thunderbird that looks great! I love the extended scale on the upper register and the dead simale one pickup one volume layout.

Thanks, Scott! I played it on a festival yesterday (backline SVT with 8x10) and it totally kicked. Sounded very bird-like -- I think both the pickup as well as the set-neck/multi-lam neck construction. Totally pleased with how it came out - the gig always being the acid test. Also the intonation of even the uppermost frets is pretty much dead on.

Thanks Surprisingly comfortable and the weight was a really pleasant surprise at 3.5 kg/7.7 lbs. Will gig it for the first time at a festival next weekend.

Thanks!

Done!

Thanks! It is breaking from tradition, I know... 

Almost done. If all goes right, I hope to have it in hand next week. I'm VERY pleased so far:

Not for the faint of heart: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-ORIGINAL-GIBSON-FIREBIRD-GUITAR-FOR-REPAIR-PARTS-PROJECT/152521196146

Of course, I recall Scott's T-bird restoration but still...

Quote from: slinkp on April 27, 2017, 03:58:00 PM
Yeah. If you're going to design something this far off the (boring) norm, there's no point in settling for other than exactly what YOU want! Go for it!!

Thanks, I agree - not much point in half measures if doing a full custom!

Prescient, yes

And, more seriously, moving the pickup further forward pushed it into the treble side cutaway/would have required reworking that whole area. Just didn't look as good - and that's what matters, right? 

Too late now 

I know I shouldn't be playing that high anyway (but like that those highest notes on the D and G are octaves to the open E and A)

 

I pretty much agree. just like to keep options open. And I kind of don't like the pickup butting right up against the fingerboard. Don't really know why.