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Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 7:03 am
by david_schwab
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!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:07 am
by johnhall
....but I like the Ric bridges.....
And, you won't be disappointed then.
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:23 am
by jwr2
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 ...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:31 am
by wayang
Let's face it, you both start with 'the balls'...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:32 am
by jwr2
hey guys if you have a bass like this then don't try to fly with it ...
don't even go near an airport ...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:38 am
by wayang
At least it's a good thing when it 'jams'...
Jeff: what do you use with that thing...'rounds'?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:45 am
by nattiep
ROFL!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:35 am
by jnbass
might be banned here-too "evil" looking!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:40 am
by bobcat
Who on earth would play that?
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:44 am
by shinynewtoy
Ted Nugent...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 9:46 am
by jnbass
kill and grill!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:05 am
by atomic_punk
Whack em and stack em!
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:09 am
by jwr2
that would be a good bass for gigging in Bagdad ...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:15 am
by david_schwab
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...
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:17 am
by philipharris
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.