[QUOTE=SoM]I would love to see pics of a harp in progress!

So, this bass is pretty much done. Now only one bass in progress and I think I need a rest after this one and the headless that I just completed. This has a dualcoil and a piezo bridge. Sounds very cool... looks ok too...

Sorry about the crappy backround.

[IMG]http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donefrontclose4_.jpg[/IMG]
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man i loooove your basses, very Alembic-esque (big accomplishment/compliment imo)

keep up the amazing work man
:o like you dont even know brother

[QUOTE=SoM]I would love to see pics of a harp in progress!

So, this bass is pretty much done. Now only one bass in progress and I think I need a rest after this one and the headless that I just completed. This has a dualcoil and a piezo bridge. Sounds very cool... looks ok too...

Sorry about the crappy backround.

Hmm, it seems that smilies count against the image count? Oh well.

[IMG]http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-doneheadfront1_.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donedots2_.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donefrontclose4_.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://www.thorbass.com/images/k-donebackclose3_.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is one of the nicest things I have ver seen. How much did it cost the guy that asked you to make it?

my Vee. my first build.

[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02237.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02248.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02245.jpg[/IMG]
EMG 81 bridge
Sharkfin inlays
Maple Fingerboard.
Licensed Flord Rose tremolo
22 Frets Jumbo frets.
Gotoh chrome tuners

im currently refinishing this now since this had a lousy finish. Also had it reshaped. POst it as soon as im done.

Not a big fan of the Black design on the body...kinda corny. What you refinishing it to?

SoM, I love the idea of using the different colored fret lines AS fret markers.

GENIUS!

hmm i like both the v's

nice work guys. Been a while since i even stopped in the luthier forums.

I should soon have some pic's of my own to post around here

[QUOTE=FunkMetalBass]SoM, I love the idea of using the different colored fret lines AS fret markers.

GENIUS![/QUOTE]
purplehazer, espbassist, and fmb...

Hey, I like 'em too! :) (really what I mean is I'm glad you like...)

Anyways, yeah the maple for the marked frets and purpleheart for the rest did work out awesome. That's a cool bass too because of the Bart pickup plus piezo in the bridge. About the cost, they're all different but usually a bit under 2k.

[QUOTE=Atomicant][IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Atomicant/melsbday23rd004.jpg[/IMG]

Owned[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i2.tinypic.com/206bel1.jpg[/IMG]
Owned.


I'm going to add a P pickup, a black bridge (and some black tuners if I can find them cheap), a new nut, golden knobs and a black pickguard. I'll keep the one with the stripes ofcourse.

[QUOTE=ian13]my Vee. my first build.

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02237.jpg[/IMG]

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02248.jpg[/IMG]

[IG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b273/ian1377/Dsc02245.jpg[/IMG]
EMG 81 bridge
Sharkfin inlays
Maple Fingerboard.
Licensed Flord Rose tremolo
22 Frets Jumbo frets.
Gotoh chrome tuners

im currently refinishing this now since this had a lousy finish. Also had it reshaped. POst it as soon as im done.[/QUOTE]
Looks childish tbh.

remember me?
 

hoppus bass knob (cause you only need one hehe )
[IMG]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/2005_0614_155729AA-copy-copy.jpg[/IMG]

Fender Amp Knobs
[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/2006_0410_221344AA-copy.jpg[/img]

andddddddddd
[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_134339AA-copy.jpg[/img]
[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg[/img]

Hey, I haven't seen you in a while. How are you and the super awesome Devestator doing?

haha glad you asked, actually im doing fine, so is the bass. right now im gettin a site for my band going with the help of my new recording computer (pics of my setup coming)

[QUOTE=Nipples]Looks childish tbh.[/QUOTE]
123, it looks really small

Backside, my oldest brother replaced the tip of the pick up selector on his 80's tele with a vintage Darth Vader head. That was kickas[COLOR="Black"]s[/COLOR].

Seafoam green, white pearloid pick guard, Darth Vader head...kickas[COLOR="black"]s[/COLOR]

sickk, they always look cool

[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Love the fact that you routed the pots and the input like this.

thanks, everyone seems to like the idea

you made that? and where do you get the bitchin knobs, i want me some star wars ones

simply cut off an action figures head, take a drill and drill out a hole so that the head will fit on the shaft of your pot. yeah i made that

this is a guitar i recently refinished... the finish is a little darker in-person...

[IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/guitarproject016.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/guitarproject011.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g246/ambienceistheband/07-02-06_2342.jpg[/IMG]

i am currently saving up for emgs and such... the stock pickups are crap and i dont need a guitar... so until i can get sum money it remains unfinished

I think you scalloped your fretboard a little deep man.

The scalloping looks fine

I don't think you can really scallop too deep unless you see the neck through the wood.
/waits for mandatory "Scallopwned" picture

[IMG]http://www.brettallenstudiorental.com/Guitars/Gibson/Gib64_21.jpg[/IMG]
sorry no camera but thats what it looks like.
worked on it for a year

I also did a les paul Jr. 1955:(

[QUOTE=ledzepfan][IMG]http://www.brettallenstudiorental.com/Guitars/Gibson/Gib64_21.jpg[/IMG]
sorry no camera but thats what it looks like.
worked on it for a year

I also did a les paul Jr. 1955:([/QUOTE]


you refinish that or what? built it from scratch...?

[QUOTE=Akira]/waits for mandatory "Scallopwned" picture[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://www.shredaholic.com/images/m4448307-3012.jpg[/IMG]

:eek::upset:

There we go. The best part about that picture is some poor guy actually asked is he filed too much.

You can even see the maple neck showing thru the fretboard. That picture will never get old.

[QUOTE=PainKiller8191][IMG]http://www.shredaholic.com/images/m4448307-3012.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
:amaze:
oh man.

LOL at scallopwned.

I was just wondering how hard it would be to make your own whammy bridge for a guitar. I mean Brian May made one out of motorcycle parts but I want one which can go up and down in pitch quite far. so how hard do you think it would be?

Whats your experience with working with metal?

I am very good with working with metal.

OK, here I go with some scans of old paper photos:

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/club40+ls120+strat.jpg[/IMG]

The one on the left is a late '60s semi-acoustic Höfner Club 40 modded with a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck humbucker at the bridge and new Schaller M6 Mini tuners. The neck had come off, it was painted black on the top, so it was quite a bit of work to get rid of all the lacquer. As a finish I stained and waxed it which feels great. I use it as a slide guitar now, because the neck is too warped backwards to do anything else with it.

The Tokai LS120 has Gibson P-94 single coils now, in 1981 the original pickups were DiMarzio PAFs which sound great in that guitar, too. But I have another Tokai LS60 with Gibson Shaw PAFs, so I like the different sound of the P-94s in this guitar. The first owner had Schaller M6 tuners installed as well.

The strat on the right side is self-built from different parts, i.e. a Mighty Mite 1-piece quilted maple body, hardtail and other brass parts from Rockinger, and an ESP maple neck. The pickups are three Seymour Duncan SSL-1. I tested a lot of different wirings with them, but will probably only keep the additional neck+bridge combination in parallel and maybe in series and definitely the middle+bridge pickup in series combination.

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/musician+strat+335_small.jpg[/IMG]

The Ibanez on the left is a 1978 Musician MC300 where I changed the pickups like crazy, so it needed special Rockinger brass frames to cover the bigger cavities of the original pickups. I also changed the bridge to a 1-stop brass bridge/tailpiece later. The Luxor 335 copy on the right has the same bridge in chrome and two Seymour Duncan '59s with additional mini-switches for parallel and single coil wiring.

Last but not least here are two pictures of my "work in progress", a Höfner 465/S/E3 archtop from 1963 which some fool had painted black on the top and neck. I still have most of the necessary hardware parts, but may have to work on them as well, e.g. the original 511 pickups.

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/465_body.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/465_back.jpg[/IMG]

the finish on ur strat is really nice hans

[QUOTE=fenderstratocaster22]the finish on ur strat is really nice hans[/QUOTE]
Thanks, it's not lacquer, but a compound of stain and some sort of wax that has to be rubbed into the wood with a cloth. The color is called "mahogany red" and is also used on the PA speakers (birch plywood) in the back of this picture:

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/tokais+strat.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/strat_pickguard_small.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/bassman+marshall+strat.jpg[/IMG]

Well, almost all of my guitars and basses are modde in one way or another. Here are a few:
Shortscale bass
-defretted
-doodled on with a Dremel rotary tool
-still unfinished
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Short-scale%20Bass/ba613a98.jpg[/IMG]

P-bass
-defretted
-J-pup added
-got it for free and its a killer bass now.
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Condor/DSCF1315.jpg[/IMG]

Bass build project
-using zebrawood, striped ebony, maple and purpleheart
-still in progress.
[IMG]http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/Neckthroughwoojeeboo/Plan/DSCF1225.jpg[/IMG]

And that is just part of the guitars I've worked on. Modding stuff is such fun.

Your J p-up seems very close to the bridge, closer than normal, but maybe its harder to tell with the ashtray, what mak is the bass anyway.

It is quite close, but he it sound good to me so it's ok. The brand is Condor, it's Japanese from the late 60's or early 70's. I found it on someones attic and have been loving it ever since. It's a real frankenstein bass but I like it.