98 LP Bass finished (mostly!)

drbassman · August 21, 2008, 07:26:21 AM

Yeah, I'm thinking one of those would be nice. I also scored a nice Guild NOS bridge on the bay the other day with adjustable rollers, my favorite style. It's the one they used with B-301s and the like.

Dave W · August 21, 2008, 07:40:22 AM

Ali McMordie of Stiff Little fingers played a Guild B-302 on their early tours (late 70s). I emailed him asking about the bass and he mentioned (among other things he didn't like about it) that the bridge bolts tore up his hand.

drbassman · August 21, 2008, 07:48:50 AM

Whew, fortunate for me I usually rest my thumb on the neck pickup when I play. I love thump/mud and never play anywhere near the bridge on my basses. Good info to know though.

Barklessdog · August 21, 2008, 04:16:05 PM

Quote from: shadowcastaz on August 19, 2008, 10:15:52 AM
the bridge is a funny story. I found on a german site. it was for my pontiac gold t bird build a few years back (avatar) and I went with the black (in honor of Unk & Uwe of course). I should take a pic of the PG . I had an old pontiac logo made.
Unk was the owner/friend in high school that had a big Pontiac 2 door with a big block and a 3 speed shift on the steering column. This car could hold 3 in front , 4 in back seat and countless cases of brewskis& gear.
I have to plane it an see the figure 1st.

Im thinkin black or grey top ,natural back. Maybe a black/natural burst.i love natural mahog. tough part is wiring but Im on that also. I love the process.

Blue would work

shadowcastaz · August 21, 2008, 07:52:53 PM

Yes it would but as I said before,That blues hawk deserves some solo time in the lime light .Truly an inspiration for me and Im sure there are many others that drool over her. We are fortunate that we have the focus for such projects. Or is it we are just fuggin nutz!!!
Ive got 2 non- existent Gibby mongrels to do plus my StarfireII in green (which I dont have the stones to try yet) When I do the blueshawk its either gonna be green :mrgreen:or natural. I do like the black/red od Uwe's Nikki bird though, and I hate red after stripping all that chit off the Starfire!!!

drbassman · August 22, 2008, 09:01:39 AM

Yep, red is a bear to remove, that's why I always apply my transparent colors over a couple coats of S&S for easy removal if I don't like it.

drbassman · August 31, 2008, 12:33:49 PM

OK, she's done except for some fret dressing and nut finishing I need to do. Got the messed up ground fixed (my fault of course when soldering). It turned out even better than I imagined it would. The Fralin pups are great and I mean great! I did a little comparison to my 60s TB bass with the SD custom pup, and they both really sound very much alike. Booming lows with just the neck pup and lots of mids and high growl with both or the neck pup only. I have SIT rounds on it and they are a little softer sounding than normal rounds, but I like that it doesn't sound like a piano!

shadowcastaz · August 31, 2008, 12:47:05 PM

Strawberry vanilla looks awesome !Again ,Im humbled.

drbassman · August 31, 2008, 01:02:25 PM

Quote from: shadowcastaz on August 31, 2008, 12:47:05 PM
Strawberry vanilla looks awesome !Again ,Im humbled.

Thanks Mike, however I'm not that good! Just persistent!

Nocturnal · August 31, 2008, 01:34:18 PM

Great job there DR B!! That turned out great!

drbassman · August 31, 2008, 02:01:37 PM

Quote from: Nokturnal on August 31, 2008, 01:34:18 PM
Great job there DR B!! That turned out great!

Thanks! I'm just happy it sounds so darn good! I'll have to try her out with my band next week.

Dave W · August 31, 2008, 02:07:09 PM

That looks so much better than it did when it left the factory. Beautiful. Nice work.

shadowcastaz · August 31, 2008, 03:40:05 PM

Persistantly Good!
Im gonna post a pic of my roughed out Moderne neck tonight . It will look good stawberry vanilla . I may have to tone or darken the strawberry a bit though. I have a silver gibby logo for the head and some gibby/gotoh machines. I have some nice nickel 2x2's but they would put the strings to far to the center.

chromium · August 31, 2008, 04:16:59 PM

Great job on that one - really striking design, and I love the cherry+vanilla two-tone.

drbassman · August 31, 2008, 04:49:11 PM

Quote from: shadowcastaz on August 31, 2008, 03:40:05 PM
Persistantly Good!
Im gonna post a pic of my roughed out Moderne neck tonight . It will look good stawberry vanilla . I may have to tone or darken the strawberry a bit though. I have a silver gibby logo for the head and some gibby/gotoh machines. I have some nice nickel 2x2's but they would put the strings to far to the center.

I'm looking forward to seeing that one!