I liked the sound of the fretless bass I had made very much so I decided to make a bass with the same type of pickup (Seymour Duncan SMB 4a). But with other woods.
Ash body with a myrtle top, maple (scarf)neck with a wenge fretboard. Göldo bridge and Gotoh tuners. And again no active tone circuit.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx
Well I’m glad the be your “friend”...Virtual or otherwise...did I mention it’s my birthday in a couple of weeks... ?
Seriously though great work again. You have a tasteful eye on shape and selection of woods..one word...STUNNING
I have too many guitars...said no one in the world..ever!
One of the most fun things when I want to make a guitar or bass is thinking of the woods I want to use. A couple of years ago when I was at my wood supplier's place (Masave woods in Zwolle, Netherlands) I saw he had a pile of flat sawn fretboards. They looked to amazingly good I bought 5 or 6 of them. I know Mark always says the best fretboards are quarter sawn but flat sawn wenge look much more spectacular than quarter sawn wenge.
Quarter sawn wenge:
The myrtle wood I purchased from Oregon Wild Wood in the USA.
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx
did I mention it’s my birthday in a couple of weeks...
I can’t believe as I type this but I may get into playing basses after seeing the recent posts of your work.
Well, start playing the bass and maybe next year who knows... ?
"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception"
Groucho Marx