i need some help gang - Colby Bass

[sniper]

the last time i was in Tim Thelen's shop getting an estimate, he asked me what kind of finish i wanted. i told him he could do it in amalgamated cow plop if he wanted as long as it looked fair and didn't smell too bad.

i find all this a bit funny. a Gibson finish will be fine.

[drbassman]

the last time i was in Tim Thelen's shop getting an estimate, he asked me what kind of finish i wanted. i told him he could do it in amalgamated cow plop if he wanted as long as it looked fair and didn't smell too bad.

i find all this a bit funny. a Gibson finish will be fine.

Well, I'm displeased with my results, but I do appreciate your understanding and hope I can live up to the cow flop bar you set!  There's just a lot of grain pore showing everywhere and nitro just isn't very forgiving in that department.  I can't get the flaws to show up in the pics, but there's a lot of shrinkage there.  You can see it better on the walnut back.  On a positive note, no cow flop smell!!!



You can really see the grain in the walnut!    Another wood that begs for poly!


Got the idiot's name sanded out from the back of the neck.  The headstock polished up really nice.





Thumbrest placement.  OK here?

[drbassman]

I got the pup all wired and I was trying to decide where to hook it up on the control panel.  Where's the best spot for the lead and the ground wires?  The vol control is on the far right of the pic below.  I haven't dealt with a wiring set up like this before.  No big surprise!!!

[sniper]

I got the pup all wired and I was trying to decide where to hook it up on the control panel.  Where's the best spot for the lead and the ground wires?  The vol control is on the far right of the pic below.  I haven't dealt with a wiring set up like this before.  No big surprise!!!

i dunno jack about wiring, but turn the pup around the other way. i'm thinking the finish looks pretty good from what i see. neck and head looks super. scoot that thumb rest in towards the "E" string a bit and shorten it up about an 1/4" or so then center it between the bridge and pup.

[Dave W]

Now wait, is it cow plop or cow flop?

I don't want to think about how you would amalgamate it.

Looking nice and shiny now.

[drbassman]

Now wait, is it cow plop or cow flop?

I don't want to think about how you would amalgamate it.

Looking nice and shiny now.

I didn't think there was much difference between plop and flop!  Just semantics, I suppose.   

Shiny, yes!  Gibson graininess, for sure!  Maybe I could get a job in Nashville!!!

[drbassman]

i dunno jack about wiring, but turn the pup around the other way. i'm thinking the finish looks pretty good from what i see. neck and head looks super. scoot that thumb rest in towards the "E" string a bit and shorten it up about an 1/4" or so then center it between the bridge and pup.

Will do on the pup and thumb rest.  Glad the finish will work for you.  Ifin it were mine and I had months to play, it would be a different story.

Now, we'll need a consultant for the wiring.

[drbassman]

Hey Sniper, do you want rounded or square edges on your thumbrest?

[sniper]

i think i would like them rounded off a bit. as far as the wiring, that is a Gibby EBO loom. what vintage i am unsure of, but a visit to Jules place should give you a schematic and the hookups to the pup are the only thing i don't know. if you have a multimeter it couldn't be too hard to figure out though i wouldn't think. iffen it don't work, switch dem wires. i'll see if i can research a DS loom and get a pic to post.

if someone knows where Rodent is at these days, he could prolly answer the schematic questions.

anybody have an idea? i think i would call the red one hot and blue one ground (via talkbass).

[bassvirtuoso]

the last time i was in Tim Thelen's shop getting an estimate, he asked me what kind of finish i wanted. i told him he could do it in amalgamated cow plop if he wanted as long as it looked fair and didn't smell too bad.

i find all this a bit funny. a Gibson finish will be fine.

Before or after he moved to Iowa?

[sniper]

Before or after he moved to Iowa?

i used to live in Grinnell and had to go to Des Moines once a month for a blood check at the V.A.. i simply stopped in his shop one day to get an estimate. i didn't know he lived anywhere else.

[drbassman]

I found the EB-0 schematic on Fly Guitars, so we're set (I hope!).

[bassvirtuoso]

i used to live in Grinnell and had to go to Des Moines once a month for a blood check at the V.A.. i simply stopped in his shop one day to get an estimate. i didn't know he lived anywhere else.

I guess I say that because I had never heard of him before he opened The Luthiere Shop, and he had already seemed to have quite the reputation. I've never used him though, I went to a great guy across the street at Last Chance Guitars/Crazy Horse Guitars named Greg.

Are you from Iowa? </offtopic>

The bass is looking great!

[sniper]

i am from Kansas ... miles and miles of dry miles and miles. i joined the Navy and traded the dry miles and miles for wet miles and miles but i was never much more than 5 miles from land ... straight down.

me on my yacht in 71, Guam bound.



USS Hunley AS-31 somewhere in the West Pacific

[Highlander]

Catch-up is a b*tch...

You did a stint with the Navy...? tell us more...