well on music123.com theres to models of the gravity, one is a much cheeper model, and hte second is much better and said to be inspired by rob trujillo

well..new on THESE boards, and what a way to introduce myself with my bastard fretless p bass.....this is cheapo.....my nan got in a mystery auction....it was your basic stock p copy before...i pulled the frets, mixed in red food dye with the wood putty, i carved the cavity for the 2nd pup with a chisel and hammer and i made the finger ramp at the bridge....mmm brass bridge
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/Kubicki_heath/bastard.jpg[/IMG]

what's with the wood block?

[QUOTE=neatobassman]what's with the wood block?[/QUOTE]
its a finger ramp..kinda like on the ibanez gary willis sig....on my ex-factor the pickups are curved to match the radius of the neck and i have my pickups raised so i fell them under my fingers, helps to prevent digging in to much and improves speed.....and well the gap between body/pickups and the strings on a p bass is too much, so i did the same thing just made it out of wood, and on a fretless the worst thing to do is dig in too much, so this helps...

its pretty much a preference thing, i just like to feel something under my fingers..plus i have a light touch

I see, must try that out one day

hey, i'm just de-fretting my bass atm... 4 more to go. anyways, gonna buy new pickups too and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are. i'll post a pic when it's finished

[QUOTE=experi_metal]hey, i'm just de-fretting my bass atm... 4 more to go. anyways, gonna buy new pickups too and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are. i'll post a pic when it's finished[/QUOTE]


i know i wanna see pics of that

[QUOTE=experi_metal] and put 2 green LEDs where the 12th fret markers are.[/QUOTE]

How can you do that without ruining the fretboard/neck!?


:confused:

^^^ exactly what I was wondering! And where will you put the battery?

^^ pull of the board, install the leds.

run the wiring down the rod cavity, into the bass.
rout a cavity for the battery, put in a switch.

reglue board.

heres a pic of a cool modded ibanez atk..leds, the single coil pickup and extra strat style pickup switch
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/Kubicki_heath/bass.jpg[/IMG]

very nice.

nice... but why is there a light on the pickup ion that pic?

I still dont think it'll work, surely once you've ripped off the fretboard you can never get it back on correctly and not **** sounding...

[QUOTE=Skit]nice... but why is there a light on the pickup ion that pic?

I still dont think it'll work, surely once you've ripped off the fretboard you can never get it back on correctly and not **** sounding...[/QUOTE]
why not? its how it was put there in the first place...

hehe, call me crazy or whatever, but the way i done it was to drill straight through the 2 holes from the 12th fret dots. i've already spoken to a friend who makes guitars/basses, and he said as long as i haven't touched the truss rod (which i haven't), then everything will be fine. at the moment i'm just applying the umpteen layers of polyeurethene... and the bad thing is, tomorrow night i've got my first jam with my new band

Could somebody help find some pickups I could put into my Ibanez 305? I am looking for something with a real punchy sound and less bass.

ibanez what? BTB? Soundgear? ATK? Roadgear? Roadstar?..be more specific, if you dont know what pickup types are they, single coils, split coils, humbuckers, soapbars, a combination of the few

[QUOTE=Kubicki_heath]ibanez what? BTB? Soundgear? ATK? Roadgear? Roadstar?..be more specific, if you dont know what pickup types are they, single coils, split coils, humbuckers, soapbars, a combination of the few[/QUOTE]
It is a soundgear. And, I believe, has two soap bar pick ups.

[QUOTE=MikeRatcliffe]It is a soundgear. And, I believe, has two soap bar pick ups.[/QUOTE]
That's the bass I'm getting as soon as I can raise $180

Its a sweet guitar, I like it alot. Get it in black though. The moonshadow silver colour kind of gets ugly after awhile.

yeh i am in the process of gettin the srx300. i am getting it in iron pewter. im getting it off the web and it should take a week or so to arrive. ive only played it briefly but i liked it.

i have an esp b-50 4 string it has 3 pickups(dont really know much about my bass) and i was wonderin about a paint job and 2 humbuker pickups or whatever is better for my bass you look at one samedaymusic.com or musiciansfriend any ideas of how this would cost or should just keep my pickups. thanx if anyone can help

i want to put a white line around the edge of my warlock. Like Nikki Sixx did with his black warlock. Anyone know how this could be done?

i was gona post in here, be4 i did the actual bass part of the forum,
anywho. i just got 2 new pickguards for my p.bass, that i intend to customize. so i decided i wanted to design my own pickguard. As a friend i know is a graphic designer and can create a stencil type for me to do it.
Now, what paint shall i use? and what protection? to stop it from just flaking off?

any help is much apretiated.. :thumb:


Dav

[QUOTE=twiggyramirez]i want to put a white line around the edge of my warlock. Like Nikki Sixx did with his black warlock. Anyone know how this could be done?[/QUOTE]


take masking tape, and unsticky it a bit (do this by patting your fingers on the sticky side so it gets dirty and less sticky) so that it wont ruin the finish, then tape up the corner of your instrument, but on top leave where you want the line, and tape newspaper over the rest of the instrument.

you should have
|b|t-|n-p-e|
|o|a-|e-a-r|
|d|p-|w-p-|
|y|e-|s-p--|

then, spray or paint over the body (try and be as clean as possilbe...even tho u have newspaper, theres no sense in taking chances). when its dry, take off the tape/newspaper, and you have yourself a painted line around your bass.

i hope that makes sense. IM me at xiiLewsTherinIIx if it doesnt.

[QUOTE=Bedrovelse]i was gona post in here, be4 i did the actual bass part of the forum,
anywho. i just got 2 new pickguards for my p.bass, that i intend to customize. so i decided i wanted to design my own pickguard. As a friend i know is a graphic designer and can create a stencil type for me to do it.
Now, what paint shall i use? and what protection? to stop it from just flaking off?

any help is much apretiated.. :thumb:


Dav[/QUOTE]


acrylic enamel, id say.

then maybe like a clear coat (clear nail polish?)

[QUOTE=LewsTherin]acrylic enamel, id say.

then maybe like a clear coat (clear nail polish?)[/QUOTE]


cheers :thumb: will look into it :cool:

hey im painting my bass

i have a Peavey Milestone III, im gonna paint it and i was wonderin
do i need any certain kind of paint
and how many coats of paint should i put on it
and should i remove the neck or put tape around it so i dont paint it
like, what all should i remove from the body

^
Im not sure about what paint, but remove the neck and everything (pickups - bridge - electronics etc) from the body before hand ;)