Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:54 am
You'll need the weight of the horseshoe to help balance this bass out since the upper horn is so short 
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Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:25 pm
I'll just glue a bunch of alnico slugs randomly all over the body and say they're polka dots... yep...
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 1:54 pm
i'm going to be making the body thickness in 1 and 1/2 " like the old late '50's robin zander style 450 or combo. plus it will be stretched to acomodate the 4001 scale as i'm using a '75 for the center section. i think the one mr. hall made has a stretched body like a 3001 or hamburg long scale. this will help in the balancing.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:24 pm
I think keeping the small body will allow a 24 fret fretboard easier, while extending the upper horn like a 4001 will help with balance.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:39 pm
MiroN wrote:I hope to understand your requestBAD RONBO, KiLLeR DWaRfS wrote:many thanx to you guys with the computer skills to make things look real ! my idea was just a hen scratch tracing back in the late '70's. that last rendering was very nice. can you do a 1/2" spacing "super mario" ? ( i think mr. hall is quietly watching this thread with wheels a turnin' in his noggin ! wwaaaa ? we have to churn out another bass ??? )
that's fabuloso, super mario ! great job.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 8:41 pm
there you go, mr. hall ! start production with ebony or maple fretboard, please ?
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:31 am
I think it's wonderful
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:11 am
greatMiroN wrote:
I think it's wonderful
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:26 am
That looks great, but almost assuredly a neck diver.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:48 am
I don't think so!bassduke49 wrote:That looks great, but almost assuredly a neck diver.
Has someone proved the one bass that is in the Rickenbacker factory?
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:24 am
it does look really nice! I'd like to see FWI on the fingerboard, or perhaps, dot inlays and no neck binding as the body has no binding.MiroN wrote:
I think it's wonderful
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:53 am
If you look at most production basses, you'll notice that the upper horn extends approximately to the 12th fret. This is for balance purposes. Leo Fender got it right in 1951.MiroN wrote:I don't think so!bassduke49 wrote:That looks great, but almost assuredly a neck diver.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:02 pm
Just make the tailpiece/bridge out of iridium and you'll be fine...bassduke49 wrote:That looks great, but almost assuredly a neck diver.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 12:44 pm
Now thats cool.
Re: what do you think about 4654 project?
Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2010 7:17 pm
MiroN wrote:
I think it's wonderful
thats very cool ! see, now that all the mockup work has been done for mr. hall, he can give the forum jobber discounts on this model order !
