Marcel
,@marcel
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Marcel posted a new topic "P bass" – 4 years, 9 months ago
The mother of all basses is the Precision bass. About 3 years ago I made one. Alder body, flamed maple top, maple neck with a pau ferro fretboard.
The pickup is a Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder, Göldo bridge and… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Jazz bass with a twist" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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.
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Marcel liked forum post "Jazz bass with a twist" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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Marcel replied to the topic "Bass with a myrtle top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
“Who knows…” meaning “There a slight theoretical chance…”
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Marcel posted a new topic "Jazz bass with a twist" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Bass with a myrtle top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Bass with a myrtle top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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… Read more»
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Marcel posted a new topic "Bass with a myrtle top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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,… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "5-string bass" – 4 years, 9 months ago
I had a Honer Jack headless 5 string bass years ago, i had a Hohner headless 4 string bass many years ago. It was a surprisingly good sounding bass for not too much money (if I remember correctly I bought… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "Fretless bass" – 4 years, 9 months ago
I have built 4 basses at the Bailey workshop and 11 at home. So far.
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Marcel replied to the topic "My BYO/ first build" – 4 years, 9 months ago
To be fair, Mark is quite a long way from most places. For me it’s only 445 miles. Luckily I live close to Amsterdam airport, so it’s the bus to the airport, flight to Glasgow, bus to Paisley Gilmour street… Read more»
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Marcel posted a new topic "Fretless bass" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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… Read more»
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Marcel liked forum post "My third bass from the Bailey workshop" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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Marcel replied to the topic "12 string" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Yes, very different. I never confuse my virtual friends with my imaginary ones.
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Marcel posted a new topic "5-string bass" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Six years ago I decided it was time to make a 5-string bass. Again I started with a full scale design.
And again It’s got a swamp ash body and a wenge fretboard. But this one has a quilted… Read more»
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Marcel replied to the topic "12 string" – 4 years, 9 months ago
@johnnierox-boo I don’t mind the happy accidents, but I still try to avoid them though.
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Marcel replied to the topic "12 string" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Our wives will all hate you!
That’s ok as long as their husbands don’t.
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Marcel replied to the topic "12 string" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Hey Marcel, I’ve got a birthday coming up, need another friend?
I’ve got lots of friends, most of them virtual.
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Marcel replied to the topic "Bass with a redwood top" – 4 years, 9 months ago
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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Marcel replied to the topic "12 string" – 4 years, 9 months ago
Can I be your friend @marcel.
You can try.
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