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Post by Glen DeRusha on Nov 20, 2009 0:20:28 GMT -5
Stainless steel frets. ;D .095" wide by .045" tall. Glen
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Nov 20, 2009 22:31:08 GMT -5
Today we ground the fret ends off. She who must be obeyed wanted a shelf. So I took these, and made this. Trashing my bench in the process. And then I had to go and install the thing. And then we got back to neck carving 101. Tomorrow should be interesting. G. I. Steve is suppose to come by and work on his bass. Glen
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Nov 21, 2009 22:38:06 GMT -5
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Post by folkstrum on Nov 22, 2009 6:51:53 GMT -5
Hey Glen-unique shape on that there electric! And the staggered "bridge" arrangement. Is that one of your ideas? Does that make intonation more accurate? What's the finish/paint etc. going to be??
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Nov 22, 2009 9:47:16 GMT -5
Hi Norm, That is Steve's body shape design. It has something to do with the shape of the universe, or the shape of the powers of the universe or something. The staggered bridge is a multi scale, fan fret thing. It is not my design. I think it is John Rose's design from the late 1800's. No it does not make the intonation more accurate. It makes 5 different scale lengths. Which are all as equally and as far off and out of tune as each other. This is a 5 string bass he is doing. This guy explains intonation pretty good. www.jimloy.com/physics/scale.htmFor guitar what you can do is cut .020" off of the end of the fingerboard. That helps for the first 3 or 4 frets. I have no idea how much to cut off of a bass fingerboard. I don't build basses. Then move the saddle until everything is pretty close from there on up. You can move the saddle a little bit closer to the nut making everything a little bit sharp from the 12th fret to the saddle. If you are going to play a lot of fast leads right there and you don't want to have to bend the strings as far to bring them up to pitch. Or just do that for the first 2 or 3 high strings. Hence being able to play faster ripping leads right there with a bunch of string bends. I did my testing on a couple of mock ups. So I took into consideration the physical act of pushing the string through the air, stretching it, until it makes contact with the fret too. I think something queer happens at the 9th or 10th fret too. It didn't seem to be a big deal at the time so I didn't try to chase it down. And I was in a hurry at the time. Ain't it great to have options? ;D And I have no idea what he is going to do for finish. That one's a crap shoot. ;D Glen
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Dec 4, 2009 0:31:18 GMT -5
Computer Steve's left handed parter bass is getting some paint. Yellow. G. I. Steve is still doing some inlay. Annie ;D Glen
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Post by folkstrum on Dec 4, 2009 7:14:11 GMT -5
Very cool Glen. I saw some "drips/drops" and then none, so I'm guessing there is some sanding (?)--also, how many coats? Clear coat finish? Starting to shape up. We love the Beagle w/ the Christmas outfit. I love beagles. Our neighbors had a beagle--"Nipsy," and she got kinda old; they forced her to sleep outside in a stinky, cold doghouse, and she would kinda lope over here all during the winter, and curl up on her own "blanket" here keeping warm by the pellet stove. If it was really sub-zero out, we'd let her "spend the night." Actually, she became more our dog in her final years. She had some kind of abdominal tumors and now and again she'd have a seizure. One night, she didn't come over. I knew she had died--and she had. She was about 14 years old. Very calm doggie. I miss her!
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Dec 4, 2009 18:11:45 GMT -5
Some sanding? The body was sanded in the white. The pore filler was put on way to thick. It took an enormous amount of sanding to get that stuff off. The primer paint was not really the sandable kind. That sucked. I didn't buy the stuff. The yellow paint is not really the sandable kind. That sucked. I didn't buy the stuff. It's all part of the learning curve I guess. It's his first attempt at finish so, as long as he's having fun I guess. ;D It should take about 12 coats of McFaddens lacquer to finish it off. It should end up being about .007" thick when it is done. Annie is a Coon Hound. She doesn't like being called a Beagle. Even though she looks like a big Beagle. ;D Her father was a Walker and her mother was a Bluetick. They were trained to hunt mountain lions in AZ. Annie has the hunting spirit thats for sure. She likes to sleep all day and hunt all night. She just had major surgury done. She had a mass growing on her uterus that was removed. That whole ordeal was horrible, time consuming, and expensive. To say the least. Glen
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Dec 6, 2009 10:11:28 GMT -5
Have had an interesting past couple of days. Been trying to put this piece of inlay in this headstock since last Thursday. Maybe today will be my lucky day. ;D G. I. Steve got his inlay in. Glen
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Post by folkstrum on Dec 6, 2009 22:22:05 GMT -5
Neat pix, Glen! Keep 'em coming!
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Post by Glen DeRusha on Dec 6, 2009 23:53:00 GMT -5
I got it in. Even with a trip to "The House". ;D I got the heel scooped out and fitted also. Now it needs a sound port and some finish. And I got my ornament hung up. ;D Glen
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