2006 - new Basses, new design, new reissue ???

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:03 am

It's a shame people don't have the balls to build their own instruments anymore.

I do!

Hey and someone always has something to say about a bass they haven't seen before that looks different. Someone here said mine was strange looking... and it's not as radical as yours!

johnhall · Post by **johnhall** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:07 am

....but I like the Ric bridges.....

And, you won't be disappointed then.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:23 am

David ... and you really build them ... you start from a block of wood ... me I start with parts and build one or take an existing bass and modify it ...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:31 am

Let's face it, you both start with 'the balls'...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:32 am

hey guys if you have a bass like this then don't try to fly with it ...

don't even go near an airport ...

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:38 am

At least it's a good thing when it 'jams'...

Jeff: what do you use with that thing...'rounds'?

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:45 am

ROFL!

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:35 am

might be banned here-too "evil" looking!

bobcat · Post by **bobcat** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:40 am

Who on earth would play that?

shinynewtoy · Post by **shinynewtoy** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:44 am

Ted Nugent...

jnbass · Post by **jnbass** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:46 am

kill and grill!

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:05 am

Whack em and stack em!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:09 am

that would be a good bass for gigging in Bagdad ...

david_schwab · Post by **david_schwab** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:15 am

Jeff, that's how I got started. I was doing repair for a while too. Then I worked for this place American Showster guitars that made this Chevy Tailfin guitar... but we just made the bodies, the necks were bolt on.

After years of modding basses I had this Ibanez 5 string that I liked, except the neck was unstable, so I thought to my self "maybe I'll make a new neck..." Then as long as I was going to do that I'll make the rest of the bass too!

My first neck was for this bass. This was actually a Fender P-Bass at one time. You can see it in the lower body curve...

philipharris · Post by **philipharris** » Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:17 am

Personally, I never touch the bridge as I know that if I do the bass will never ever sound the same again to me. And I'll lose the bits. Now if my techie does it without me knowing, that's different. Anyway, if there is a new one, and it's better and a retrofit, fantastic.