[Rusty the Scoob]

I've had this bass project in the planning stages for a few months now, and took a huge step forward yesterday. I've been keeping it well under wraps - even the band doesn't know - but maybe now's the time to reveal my plans.

I'll give you two hints:

http://www.rukind.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 195#p56195

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 3DWatching

[strumminsix]

Nice! TONE TONE TONE

Gonna stick with the solo pickup in the neck or route?

Active or passive pickups?

[Rusty the Scoob]

Rout for a 2nd pickup, and passive Darkstar pickups. No question. http://www.hammoneng.com/

[Tennessee Jedi]

You are dedicated ,arent you ?

Hope it comes out as sweet as the last one you built.

[strumminsix]

Awesome!

[Rusty the Scoob]

Heh, thanks! Yeah, I've caught the bug. Somebody needs to balance out all these Tigers and Bolts and Alligators and Wolves with a little low end.

[strumminsix]

Heh, thanks! Yeah, I've caught the bug. Somebody needs to balance out all these Tigers and Bolts and Alligators and Wolves with a little low end.

HA! True, true. Not many non-garcia instrument homages around here.

But I'm doing my best. My Jackson is setup like Bobby's "No Fun" guitar:
http://www.rukind.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=309&t=5823

[myoung6923]

Sweet!!! You're a madman - to our benefit!

[tigerstrat]

What a great project. I'll keep an eye peeled for more photo references for the paint job. You have someone lined up to do that, or going to try yourself?

[Rusty the Scoob]

Me? I can't even write my own name legibly. My mom is a great painter, she's been recruited for the task. Any and all pictures would be really helpful! Here are all the ones I've gathered so far:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danfcrea/s ... 140553831/

Also Live at the Family Dog has some good shots, I'll send that to her. Not sure about Festival Express, I'm working on borrowing a copy of it.

The last thing I have to figure out is which machinist I'll have make the custom tailpiece. It almost looks like I could do it myself with handtools if I could get my hands on the metal stock. What do you think it is made of, brass?

[tigerstrat]

The last thing I have to figure out is which machinist I'll have make the custom tailpiece. It almost looks like I could do it myself with handtools if I could get my hands on the metal stock. What do you think it is made of, brass?

Probably chrome-plated brass, but who knows it could be titanium alloy carved from the nose cone of an SR-71 spy plane...

[Rusty the Scoob]

Wow. They seriously just stuck a 30.5" bass neck on an SG body, changed the routing a tiny bit, and called it a bass. This thing is TINY. And light.

[Rusty the Scoob]

I need a master thread for this bass... other than the now-complete inlay thread:
http://www.rukind.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 49&p=75466
and hopefully to be revisited electronics thread:
http://www.rukind.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 559#p71702
so I'll bring this old thread back to life and update it as progress is made.

D'oh! My file's too big... will update from home. Sorry for the tease...

[Rusty the Scoob]

Small progress but a big step.



Next is grain filler, cherry red stain, routing for second pickup, drilling for extra knobs, and making pickguard and backplate. Then it comes back and gets a bridge.

[tcsned]

very cool!