The Last Bass Outpost

Quote from: doombass on January 13, 2021, 01:04:43 PM
They named it the Jackson® Bass Bacher IV String-Through-Body Hardtail.

I saw that and thought that the strings were anchored on the back of the body and then went through the body.
But from the pictures you can clearly see the ball ends are visible on the back end of the tailpiece and not on the back of the body.

So, by "String-Through-Body Hardtail", do they mean strings goes through the body of the bridge instead of through the body of the bass?

I can kinda get the concept of this list.

I think the emphasys should be on "American" rather than on "Greatest".
Meaning it is not "America's Greatest Rock Bands" but rather "Greatest Rock Bands That Feel The Most American For The Rest Of The World".
Especially considerind the top 3.

I think one of the reasons for that shape and placement of the pickguards has to do with the idea of letting the soundhole unobstructed, so the sound from the soundbox gets projected at its full potencial.

Great job! That bevel looks really nice!

The brown-ish switch tip adds to the look. I really dig the whole look.

Cool! It almost looks like an upright played sideways.

Yup, that's a "Brazilian" Giannini bass guitar.
The headstock is definitely from the current chinese made models, but I've never seen that tele style before.

Giannini is a Brazilian musical instrument manufacturing company founded in 1900 by Tranquilo Giannini, an Italian luthier who immigrated to Brazil in the late 1800's. They started building acoustic guitars only, but went on to manufacture strings, amps, pedals, keyboards, violins and electrics guitar and basses.

Giannini is still run by the same family, and is the most traditional instrument maker in the country. It was the first in Brazil to offer steel strings guitars starting in 1960's (in Brazil, nylon strung classical style guitars have always been the norm) and the first to produce electronic keyboards in the early 1980's.
They have been exporting to the US and Europe since the late 1960's, and even have their own comercial, marketing and distribution office in New York.
In regards to electric guitar and basses the company haven't been building in their own Brazilian plant since the mid 1990's when manufacturing costs got cheaper in Asia. Aside from a brief period between 2006 and 2007 when they produced a series of in house Brazilian made guitar and basses using local wood suplies, all electric guitars and basses are made in Asia.
Nowadays the local plant produces mainly their higher-end handmade acouctics. And a lot of that is targeted to the export market.

Giannini most internationally successfull product is the Craviola, a 12 steel string guitar with a kidney shaped body. It's a internationaly patented product and it has been seen in the hands of famous musicians, most notably Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Andy Summers and Linda Perry.

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Quote from: Dave W on May 25, 2018, 04:29:37 PM
The camera angle has to be slightly off. They come right up to the edge but don't overhang.

If the edges were sharp, they would be right up to the edge. But due to the rounded edges, they do indeed overhang a little. Meaning, if you look from the front at a slight angle, you can see a bit of the back edge of the tuner's base plate.

One of the details on the newer Rics that I just think it's a unfortunate design choice.

If I'm not mistaken, Ric used to make their nuts out of bakelite.
At least is what I remember reading about years ago.

Quote from: Dave W on May 21, 2018, 07:53:08 AM
I don't need a reason. I don't need to justify what I prefer.

I respect Dave's opinion.

Like Dave with this non-wood issue,
I don't care if the Fender Jazz Bass is possibly the most versatile, best overall sounding and cost-benefit bass out there, I will never buy one for myself.
No matter what people say about how good it is.

That is just the awesomest bass I've seen in a while!

It's really intriguing to see that it's growing to fit your body. That's what I consider a "organic shape"!

Great work on this one!

Now we need to see a pic of her wrapped around your body... 

They should just have got rid of the pickguard altogether IMHO.

Ah, thanks for the tip, Bas!

Yes, I sent him a message and he was kind enough to send me simple tracings of the body and headstock, along with some basic information on the specs.
That should be enough to get started.
He didn't ask for anything in return, even though I told him my friend was willing to pay for the tracing. Nice guy!

He did ask me not to share the tracing on the interwebs, so I'll respect that.
But I'll be glad to share the experience on my building process aroud here, if anyone is interested.

BTW, anybody here got one of those?

Hey, guys. I friend of mine wants me to build him a Mosrite Bass (the Ventures Model), so I'm in the process of trying to find some basic info on the subject.

Anyone here has got one and is willing to take some measurements? Or know somewhere on the webs where I can find some specs?
Any info would be appreciated.

I did a little search but other than some nice pics, I couldn't really find any measurements or specs. I know it's a short scale, but what's the actual scale lenght? Fretboard width? String spacing? Body Depth?

Anyway, any help would be appreciated. And I'll gladly post here about the progress. Thanks, guys!

Oh, did I mention it's going to be a lefty?...

Wow! Just wow!
What a beauty indeed!
Also, groovy strap! I like it!

Do you play this one righty? 

Quote from: Alanko on July 18, 2016, 02:50:07 PM
I know a guy that got very deep into just intonation. He was wrenching frets out of guitars and trying to get a jeweler friend to add new ones in the 'correct' places, with a single fret per string in the 'correct' place. I lost interest in that, though I did defret a bass for him and inlay it with the correct markings (as per his drawn-on dots at least). In my ignorant opinion, perfectly in tune thirds and fifths made his instruments sound like synths when run through distortion. Part of the charm is all those fuddled mathematically wrong harmonic overtones.

I admire it from an innovation point of view, but at the end of the day none of my instruments have these mods carried out.

I guess you're talking about what it's know now as "True Temperament" fretting. There's this company http://www.truetemperament.com/ that has patented the system, I guess.

Watching the demonstration video, it kinda sounds like a synth when the guy plays chords.


Edit: I've just watched the whole video. I think it's worth watching, even if just for laughs. The guy basically says that "normal" guitar sounds like crap...