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Another new homebuilt bass day

Started by Peter H. Boer, January 23, 2022, 06:57:25 AM

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Peter H. Boer

I finished another bass, she's called: Saela

Neck:               6 string neckthrough, 9-ply (maple-cherry-purpleheart-cherry-maple-cherry-purpleheart-cherry-maple)
Scale length:     36"
Number of frets: 26 for B, E, A & D, 28 for G & C
Fingerboard:      Satinwood, with silver Bass clef inlay on 12th fret, Compound radius 9.5"- 16"
Body wings:      Cherry (hollow)
Top:                Spalted flame maple (free floating)
Tuners:            Wilkinson open gear
Bridge:             Schaller Bass Bridge 2000
Pickup:            Q-Tuner Transparent q2.0 6
Electronics:      Single volume, with bypass function (push-push)
Straplocks:      Schaller

Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl

rnolan

Hey Peter, very nice  :thumb-up: looks awesome.  Interesting, so are all basses where you add an additional top string tuned to C (rather than B as on a guitar) ?
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Peter H. Boer

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Quote from: rnolan on January 23, 2022, 10:37:29 PM
Hey Peter, very nice  :thumb-up: looks awesome.  Interesting, so are all basses where you add an additional top string tuned to C (rather than B as on a guitar) ?

Thanks  :bow:

Yes, always B to C.

The shift to the high string as a B would make it also logical to tune the G to an F#, but tha makes no sense as you would never play open string or barre chords on a bass (which is the purpose of G to B shift, from natural fourths, on a guitar).
Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl

MarshallJMP

I must say very nice build you did here.

Peter H. Boer

Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl

Harley Hexxe

Hey Peter,

     A sweet build here. It looks like you capped the neck-through portion of the body, (didn't like the look of the striped neck maybe)?

    Is that a standard tuning for the bass guitar in 6 strings? (I haven't a clue). I'm thinking a 5-string bass would probably be the most I could handle, (with a low B). That would probably cover just about everything I would play on a guitar, since I don't use to many different alternate tunings.

    Nice work Pete :thumb-up:

Harley 8)
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

Peter H. Boer

Quote from: Harley Hexxe on January 30, 2022, 07:24:24 AM
     A sweet build here. It looks like you capped the neck-through portion of the body, (didn't like the look of the striped neck maybe)?

Since I hollowed out the body I needed more depth than the neck blank could provide on its own.
Also I do like it when you cannot see the neckthrough part (except on the strapbutton side)

Quote from: Harley Hexxe on January 30, 2022, 07:24:24 AM
    Is that a standard tuning for the bass guitar in 6 strings?
Yup B to C is as standard as it gets :thumb-up:
Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl

Harley Hexxe

Quote from: Peter H. Boer on February 01, 2022, 02:47:15 AM
Yup B to C is as standard as it gets :thumb-up:

All this time I thought there was a top and bottom B string, but this tuning would throw me off a bit. (Guitar player's habit). :lol:
I would be reaching for the half step up or down from my current position, more from finger memory than anything else from the G string.

Harley 8)
I only have two brain cells left, ...and I'm saving them for the weekend!

Shibiwan

Good looking build. I gotta try my hand at building a bass or a guitar one of these days.
'88 Ibanez 540R
'90 Charvel 475 Special
'91 Ibanez JEM77BFP
'97 Ibanez JEM7VWH
'98 Ibanez Universe UV777PBK
'20 Ibanez PIA3761-SLW
'22 Ibanez BTB805MS Bass
ADA MP-1
ADA MP-2
Roland GP-100
Digitech GSP-2101 Artist (LE)
Digitech Studio 5000
Digitech Studio Quad V2
Behringer XR18
ADA MT-100 (spare amp)
Marshall 9200

On the repair/rebuild bench in various states of (dis)repair:
91 Ibanez 540R (restoration in progress)
Piles of GSP-2101
MP-2 main board in parts....

Kim


Peter H. Boer

Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl

Peter H. Boer

Quote from: Shibiwan on February 02, 2022, 02:32:44 AM
Good looking build. I gotta try my hand at building a bass or a guitar one of these days.

Thanks  :thumb-up:

Do start builds, its a lot of fun, just be patient :thumb-up: 8)
Nothing beats MB-1s and MP-1s with MDRTs

http://www.thegrannyattic.com
http://www.Illumion.net
http://www.sote.nl