weaponepsilon Posted May 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Soundat11 is selling off parcels of wood for great prices. I have my eye on some wenge thats 49 x 9/16 x 2 inches. Anyone think that a wenge laminate construction would look nice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted May 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Heres one on ebay right now with a load of pics in someone was interested in construction and design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Soundat11 is selling off parcels of wood for great prices. I have my eye on some wenge thats 49 x 9/16 x 2 inches. Anyone think that a wenge laminate construction would look nice? Most definitely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Went to the wood store the other day...wood is expensive!!! argh. I have an upright neck on the line now, I guess I can mount that onto a body as per my original plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_ado Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 mmm not sure if that would work a normal uprights neck its way sort and an "atandard" electrics neck its longer................depends on your design i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Well, I want to retain the feel of my upright but compact it down to a portable size. If I join the neck to a body using a set neck approach with a solid body, I retain the feeling of playing that neck and get something I can actually fit in my back seat. Either way, it'll be an experiment nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Not quite detailed enough in the areas most of our members want to know about, but a cool read nonetheless: http://ebass.nl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 (edited) GregP, you nailed it! That exactly what I meant! Yeah, his construction is based wholly on the original style bass neck with a thinning solid body. I want a different style body of course. I wonder what his dimensions between the fingerboard and body are...Wait he does have a clickable sketch with full dimensions listed! o_O Wow! Edited June 6, 2007 by weaponepsilon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Okay, after reviewing that site, the guy seems to have a very coherent design. He amps his piece using a piezo under saddle pickup. I've bought one of those before, except it cost $40 for a cheap one. I figured I'd have to spend a little more on something like that when I had an idea. After looking for DIY piezo and coming across this when I got the idea of hitting up mouser/radio slack for functional piezo elements. That would knock about another $60 or so bucks off the project by going this method. Would this work out for an upright bass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted June 6, 2007 Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 There's a tutorial around here somewhere about making piezo pickups with Radio Shack buzzers, etc. I think it comes down to the same thing as the one you linked to, though. There's no reason it wouldn't work. In fact, one of the commercially-available piezo systems for upright bass is just 2 small piezo disks which you can mount on the bridge. The cool thing about piezos (apparently-- I have to admit, I've never done the Radio Shack project) is that you can put them almost anywhere on the instrument that picks up vibrations. You can even think outside the box and try them in places other than the bridge. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Alright, so I came across an upright neck on the 'bay for pennies and I just had to snatch it up. I thought it was odd because the guy said it was a "modern art conversation piece" that he bought from a luthier in Germany. I wait anxiously for my new project neck to show up and it arrives today. I frantically tear open the box and inside is my maple(?) hand carved neck. Then I notice this and then this In my most homer-esque scream I realize indeed this is why it had been considered a conversation piece. "It's still good! It's still good" I guess injecting epoxy in going to have to be in order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted June 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Alright, looking in closer detail someone has already attempted a glue job on the inside, but horribly messed it up. I guess I will have to sand and lay a thinned piece inside glued against that area to reinforce it. The bottom of the neck in the heel region has a similar split. Epoxy/filler/sand time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weaponepsilon Posted March 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Bump for selfish access reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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