Peelings. Wo-oh-oh-ooo peelings... (BaCH NR and a stripper)

[ramone57]

that is stunning!  the color is really nice and your workmanship is top notch.

[Barklessdog]

Wow Joe that turned out stunning. Love the rock reflections. You really got a mirror finish on her.


Great job.

[godofthunder]

That is just stunning ! 

[Denis]

Beautiful! Your patience and hard work was well rewarded!

[drbassman]

I'm speechless!  (and that's rare!!!)

[exiledarchangel]

Even that I REALLY like the colour in my bluebird, I gotta admit that if there was a PlayBass magazine, it would be in the cover for sure.

[gearHed289]

BEAUTIFUL! It's a knockout. Nice work! 

[Highlander]

That's a SUB ZERO from the UK contingent... 

[Daniel_J]

Looking really good! Great job!

[chromium]

Thanks all!  I'm so happy with the way the bass came out as a whole, and all the good advice from here and from lurking at Reranch helped me avoid some newbie pitfalls - so I really appreciate the help!

I literally slapped it back together without paying any mind to the setup, but after it sat overnight it seemed to have settled right in.  This inspired me to finish the electronics last night-




No funny business, just yer basic parallel VVT type of affair - featuring the world's largest capacitor!  (I might be able to sell power back to the utility grid now!!   )

I've only tried it at low volume, and it still sounds undeniably Thunderbird.  My 76 is wired in parallel too, and the Bach sounds very much in that ballpark despite the obvious construction differences.  I'm sure the subtleties will be more apparent once I get it running at volume.  The band is on hiatus for the holidays, but I'm looking forward to putting it through the paces come January.

[Highlander]

Might be worth putting some copper screening in there, Joe

[Basvarken]

BaCH already used shielding paint for the cavity.

[Highlander]

(psst... did you strip that area, Joe...? Rob's whinging... )

[chromium]

Haha - yeah I did strip it.  It seemed like the conductive paint was impeding the natural resonance of the wood.   

All kidding aside, Bach did do a nice job in the control cavity - the shielding, bridge was grounded well, no fugly solder joints, etc... 

To be honest, I haven't tried doing any extra credit shielding on any projects yet.  Maybe the braided wire and grounded potentiometer enclosures helps, but I haven't run into any noise problems with 'em (that wasn't a byproduct of me playing, that is).  My other bird is setup this way too.

As a safeguard, I've always made it a point to be in bands with Strat players.  In the event any strange buzzing starts up at a gig, I can just blame the guitarist 

[Highlander]