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Jeronimofesto
08-28-2008, 02:09 PM
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5299/img3318yh4.jpg

Just in case anyone actually uses this forum anymore. :)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=200250131168&Category=159949&_trksid=p3907.m29
BenJammin
08-28-2008, 02:47 PM
$2,500?

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/18/iloldcat.jpg
Akira
08-28-2008, 03:12 PM
First a faux-Ritter, now a faux-CT?

Make your own design and stick with it. And then charge less.
jake_kinney
08-28-2008, 03:22 PM
Ha maybe if that 2 wasent in front of the 500. That seems a little crazy.
BenJammin
08-28-2008, 03:27 PM
Quite frankly, I'm surprised JC even has the gall to try and sell his bass here after we ran him out before.
Raayl
08-28-2008, 03:33 PM
hey JC go to my soundclick and tell me what you think.

http://www.soundclick.com/raayl
BenJammin
08-28-2008, 03:41 PM
hey JC go to my soundclick and tell me what you think.

http://www.soundclick.com/raayl

I see what you did there.
Sablate McNuff
08-28-2008, 03:43 PM
That CT-copy was actually a build for a friend of his that wanted a CT-copy. His friend ended up backing out last-minute.

And I still love my 8-string. Superb build quality.
Jaded
08-28-2008, 03:51 PM
Looks great in the ebay pictures, but 2500?!?! Dude you can't charge that much when nobody knows who you are. How many basses have you even made that you would consider selling as a JC bass? Three? Four?
SkaRobotArmy
08-28-2008, 03:54 PM
looks sick but i think you screwed up and used guitar hardware/pickups, its only supposed to have 4 strings dude.
Jeronimofesto
08-28-2008, 04:01 PM
$2,500?

Your music?

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/18/iloldcat.jpg


First a faux-Ritter, now a faux-CT?

Make your own design and stick with it. And then charge less.

Those were design choices by other people than myself.

Ha maybe if that 2 wasent in front of the 500. That seems a little crazy.

This seems a little crazy since the hardware/electronics/wood alone cost around $1000.

hey JC go to my soundclick and tell me what you think.

http://www.soundclick.com/raayl

Not sure what you want me to see...

That CT-copy was actually a build for a friend of his that wanted a CT-copy. His friend ended up backing out last-minute.

And I still love my 8-string. Superb build quality.

Thank you Joe, you at least know what you are talking about.

Looks great in the ebay pictures, but 2500?!?! Dude you can't charge that much when nobody knows who you are. How many basses have you even made that you would consider selling as a JC bass? Three? Four?

Well you can buy it for $2000, not $2500. I consider all my basses "JC Basses"
BenJammin
08-28-2008, 04:12 PM
lol

Personal attacks. Amazing. You're an upstanding guy.

Please, sign me up for 4 of your builds.
Jeronimofesto
08-28-2008, 04:17 PM
lol

Personal attacks. Amazing. You're an upstanding guy.

Please, sign me up for 4 of your builds.

Well you attacked my work, I am only returning the favor my good man. :chug:
Jaded
08-28-2008, 04:36 PM
If it was 1500, a four string, and a jazz copy body style with fender copy headstock you'd have a deal. I love that "rainbow" body top though I'd probably want a different combo of woods. I really like the red and white (which I guessing are mahogany and maple), but not the walnut or whatever that other wood is. I'd prefer a yellowish wood instead, and little ebony stripes too.
Jeronimofesto
08-28-2008, 04:42 PM
If it was 1500, a four string, and a jazz copy body style with fender copy headstock you'd have a deal. I love that "rainbow" body top though I'd probably want a different combo of woods. I really like the red and white (which I guessing are mahogany and maple), but not the walnut or whatever that other wood is. I'd prefer a yellowish wood instead, and little ebony stripes too.

That's the thing, a 4 string is cheaper to make. So the price I would charge would be close to that number. The red is padauk and the white is maple, the brown one is walnut. Thanks for not insulting me, I truly appreciate it.
Phalanx
08-28-2008, 04:53 PM
wait, I'm confused, why all the hate?
Jaded
08-28-2008, 04:58 PM
I think it's because UPS raped one of his basses and it showed up all sh*tty. Or he made a crappy bass, I can't remember.
Phalanx
08-28-2008, 05:03 PM
I think it's because UPS raped one of his basses and it showed up all sh*tty. Or he made a crappy bass, I can't remember.

poor fellow :(
DaveMustaine12
08-28-2008, 07:43 PM
Not like it matters, but most people don't know that Les Claypool's Rainbow bass cost around $10K. Even still, I don't know if people would be willing to spend that much money ($2500).
It's a very nice looking bass though.
EADGC
08-28-2008, 09:16 PM
First of all why would you copy someone else's design

and what kind of poser wants an exact copy of Les Claypool's bass anyway?

There are too many things wrong with this picture
Sablate McNuff
08-29-2008, 12:29 AM
looks sick but i think you screwed up and used guitar hardware/pickups, its only supposed to have 4 strings dude.

I can't tell if that was serious or not, because Les has a couple 4-string CTs that look similar, but no, JC made it right. Le's "Rainbow Bass" has 6 strings.

If it wasn't serious, lol @ basses having more than 4 strings. 5 str1ngz? Get a guitar j00 nobs and stop compenstating.
DaveMustaine12
08-29-2008, 12:45 AM
its only supposed to have 4 strings dude.

Because Les' Rainbow bass has 4 strings, right?
:lol:
funkyhoney
08-29-2008, 03:39 AM
Looks good.



That's all.
DaveMustaine12
08-29-2008, 10:59 AM
and what kind of poser wants an exact copy of Les Claypool's bass anyway?



You'd be surprised that there are a lot of posers who want it.
Raayl
08-29-2008, 12:16 PM
You'd be surprised that there are a lot of posers who want it.

^-- see above poster for details
jake_kinney
08-29-2008, 01:05 PM
zing.
DaveMustaine12
08-29-2008, 01:22 PM
^-- see above poster for details

Oh, Hi Sade. :wave:
BenJammin
08-29-2008, 03:10 PM
Well you attacked my work, I am only returning the favor my good man. :chug:

Ha, fair enough.

But the difference is that no matter how much my music sucks, I'm not trying to weasel $2500 out of people for it. :)
Soulfly666
08-29-2008, 10:21 PM
That's a nice bass, but I have a few quick questions. You mentioned you put roundwounds because they wouldn't wear down the ebony fretboard, but don't roundwounds actually eat the fretboard? Did you mean flatwounds, or is ebony a hard enough wood that roundwounds wouldn't affect it?
funkyhoney
08-29-2008, 10:36 PM
Ha, fair enough.

But the difference is that no matter how much my music sucks, I'm not trying to weasel $2500 out of people for it. :)

Yeah... that's because music as a good (or a service for that matter) does not equate to anything approaching $2500. That's just unreasonable :eek:
Spaceman Spiff
08-30-2008, 12:23 AM
Not like it matters, but most people don't know that Les Claypool's Rainbow bass cost around $10K. Even still, I don't know if people would be willing to spend that much money ($2500).
It's a very nice looking bass though.

Ten thousand for a brand name.
EADGC
08-30-2008, 12:58 AM
You'd be surprised that there are a lot of posers who want it.

I'm sure a lot of them do, I just don't understand why.
funkyhoney
08-30-2008, 01:59 AM
I'm sure a lot of them do, I just don't understand why.

Because they want to play Tommy the cat madhXc!!!!
EADGC
08-30-2008, 02:54 AM
Because they want to play Tommy the cat madhXc!!!!

Never do that again.
funkyhoney
08-30-2008, 02:58 AM
never Do That Again.

Tommeh Zee Kattz0rrzz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EADGC
08-30-2008, 02:59 AM
Stop that.

http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/vox/media/r_stop.jpg
funkyhoney
08-30-2008, 03:03 AM
But I Luv Tomm3h T3h Katz0rz!!!!
katana_manatee
08-30-2008, 07:30 AM
Nice, you have done a good job of getting the same look as the Rainbow but selling online for over $2k when you haven't built up much of a rep could be very tricky if not impossible.

Good luck though, shame the person who commissioned it backed out.
trumpeter
08-30-2008, 11:24 AM
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb19/youdumbcat/EpicFail02.jpg

That is all.
BenJammin
08-30-2008, 11:28 AM
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb19/youdumbcat/EpicFail02.jpg

That is all.

Speaking of fail... your linking skills fail.
trumpeter
08-30-2008, 02:58 PM
Yes. Yes they do.
DaveMustaine12
08-31-2008, 12:30 AM
Because they want to play Tommy the cat madhXc!!!!

That and Jerry was a racecar driver.
DaveMustaine12
08-31-2008, 12:33 AM
That's a nice bass, but I have a few quick questions. You mentioned you put roundwounds because they wouldn't wear down the ebony fretboard, but don't roundwounds actually eat the fretboard? Did you mean flatwounds, or is ebony a hard enough wood that roundwounds wouldn't affect it?

Yeah, ebony is a hard enough to stand the roundwounds. Les Claypool's rainbow bass obviously also has ebony fingerboard as well as roundwound strings on it. If I am not mistaken Les uses either Dean Markley or Carl Thompson roundwounds.
funkyhoney
08-31-2008, 01:40 AM
My musician has an ebony fingerboard coated with some rough as nuts marine epoxy. I still use flats, I like them.
Sablate McNuff
08-31-2008, 03:33 PM
My musician has an ebony fingerboard coated with some rough as nuts marine epoxy. I still use flats, I like them.

I like the feel of flats also, and flats were the only strings that have ever made my MIM Jazz NOT sound like sh*t.
DaveSavesTheDay
09-08-2008, 09:43 PM
This is my contribution to this thread.