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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:24 pm 
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Hey,

I have been out of the loop for a little while, wanted to show a recently finished piece.

This is a crotch mahogany topped singlecut, set over an aspen core. I used a matching set of wood for the back plate. It is set up with two singlecoils, volume, blend, treble, bass, mid EQ, with a variable mid frequency boost selector circuit. It plays well, if not a little punchy for those who are passive to the core, but overall, I think it is a really nice bass - but hey, I built it :).

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:51 am 
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Very nice work!


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:50 am 
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Really incredible Stephen.

What finish did you use ?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:57 am 
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Beautiful. [:Y:]

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 5:05 am 
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Lovely bass, very understated.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 7:58 am 
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Gorgeous!

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:39 am 
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Wicked cool!


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:30 pm 
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Nice to see you post here again, Z! I've missed your presence on this board, as well as your beautiful work.
The instrument above is another fine example.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:59 am 
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simply stunning [:Y:]

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:22 pm 
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Wow!
When I first saw this I thought the upper upper bout looked weird,
but I like it, a lot!
Different is good.
Only thing I don't like about it is,
and this is my own thing as a player is,
too many knobs!


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:51 am 
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Yeah...the knobs...
I originally installed a pixel transfer in the aspen core laminate, so that had its own treble roll off and volume. Then after i went through work to design and print a custom dreams, and spent forever tuning the gain and the corners, i decided i did not like it and installed the 3 band eq. Alas....

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 11:59 am 
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Awesome work, as usual...!

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