BluesHawk Bass

Started by Barklessdog, April 04, 2008, 10:36:12 AM

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Barklessdog

True, since it is a bass, the contours could differ.

I find it strange the way the narrowest point of the back contour is on the widest part of the body. I really wanted to make it as Gibson would (without the poor quality & lack of craftsmanship). With Gibson's other guitar bodied basses, they have kept them pretty much identical, body size & contours. I can still contour mine the same as above. I am only down  about 1/2" into my contour at the bodies waist. I could easily remove the extra wood to get it where the guitar is.

Funny but in the second picture above there appears to have a slight bump in the contour at the waist!

I don't think I have seen that on a bass before?

shadowcastaz

The bump is for your belly button , provided you have an innie.Be careful ,dont sand into your  hollow under the F hole.
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chromium

Quote from: Barklessdog on April 30, 2008, 07:47:02 AM
I don't think I have seen that on a bass before?

I think its intent is to stimulate an accupressure point beneath your sternum that induces an affinity for all things relating to John McLaughlin or Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Dave W

Quote from: chromium on April 30, 2008, 12:35:04 PM
I think its intent is to stimulate an accupressure point beneath your sternum that induces an affinity for all things relating to John McLaughlin or Mahavishnu Orchestra.

Thanks for the warning!  :o

shadowcastaz

I got my Cuban Mahog yesterday.Nice!
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shadowcastaz

It takes a very deep-rooted opinion to survive unexpressed

drbassman

Those boards have potential!
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!

Dave W

How do you know that's Cuban? If you put it under black light, do you see an image of Desi Arnaz?

Just wondering, since Cuban allegedly hasn't been offered commercially for decades. And if it is Cuban, is it old stock? If not, what's the advantage?

shadowcastaz

Many old instruments were make with cuban mahogany . It is supposed to be the real deal. before my severance dries up , i figured Id treat myself. I guess I trust the supplier. :P
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Dave W

I think just about all the commercially available mahogany in the US was Cuban until the embargo. But it is embargoed, so how does you supplier have it? If your supplier has wood of the same species but grown in another country on different soil, then it's not the same thing. And even if the embargo were lifted tomorrow, it wouldn't mean that you could get the same old growth mahogany as you could 50 years ago.

Even well-meaning suppliers misrepresent things, especially when it's an import and they can't easily verify the source. For example, Honduras mahogany is commonly sold in the US, but Larry Davis of Gallery Hardwoods says that it's all really big leaf mahogany, even when it's from Honduras. He says real Honduran mahogany hasn't been available for years.


Barklessdog

QuoteIf your supplier has wood of the same species but grown in another country on different soil, then it's not the same thing

True to a point, but it is grown tropically and is at least the same species or so they say. It's the best we are going to get, unless we cut up granda's dresser

drbassman

Not being a tree hugger myself, I find most of the mahoganies very similar and I can't discriminate between them very well to be honest.  I would need a lot more schooling to really tell the difference among them all.  I figure as long as I continue to buy old abused basses that are 20+ years old, I'm probably getting what connoisseurs think of as good old mahogany.  Otherwise, it's a crap shoot to me.
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!

Dave W

Quote from: drbassman on May 01, 2008, 05:43:04 PM
...Otherwise, it's a crap shoot to me.

Uh-oh, you've got creeping Rudyism. Better see a doctor!  ;D

drbassman

Quote from: Dave W on May 01, 2008, 07:46:05 PM
Uh-oh, you've got creeping Rudyism. Better see a doctor!  ;D

Oh my, I had forgotten the origin of that universal truism!   You have a great memory Dave!  I wonder what ever happened to him.   I dropped the FDP when it became nothing but negative back and forth over which bass was the best in history.  Really childish nonsense.   We've got a much better atmosphere here.
I'm fixin' a hole where the rain gets in..........cuz I'm built for a kilt!