@darrenking Red actually......

@david-johnson09 It could be worse - you might be telling us that you are drinking a lovely glass of white wine and have got a semillon!!!

And to make matters worse, before I started to play guitar and bass I played conga's and timbales in several bands.

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Hey Marcel, Basses are fine, just don't go and tell that you also play drums!! I also play drums.

@marcel really nice builds Marcel. Would love to build a bass one day and even got the hardware already. Just gotta muster the mindset to get it design specs right to get the ball rolling. My dilemma ...

I have built 4 basses at the Bailey workshop and 11 at home. So far.

How many guitars/basses have you built Marcel? I'm getting the impression that it's quite a big number ...

one with round wounds. Try and say that 10 times fast... great work again. I love the fingerboard...?

The third bass I made at the Bailey workshop was a fretless one. I put on flat wound strings to give it the woody sound of a double bass. But after some time I changed them again to round wounds for a...

Beautiful work as ever Marcel. That maple top looks superb. What was pear wood like to work with? Thanks, the pear wood was actually quite easy to work with.

I sold this one. But @deej would have been your friend ? Beautiful work as ever Marcel. That maple top looks superb. What was pear wood like to work with?

After making a number of basses of my own design I decided to make some basses of a more classical design. The first one was this Jazz bass. But I wanted to give it a personal twist. So instead of a c...

I’ll take that for your work...

"Who knows..." meaning "There a slight theoretical chance..."

Well, start playing the bass and maybe next year who knows... I’ll hold you to that... ?

I suppose once you glue it onto the neck it’s pretty stable. flat sawn on that wood does look nice..

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 ...

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, Netherlan...

I can’t believe as I type this but I may get into playing basses after seeing the recent posts of your work.