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Date: 21 Oct 2006 01:01:28
From: Steve
Subject: New Project - Electric Upright Bass
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Pictures are posted on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
Swamp ash body with bookmatched flame maple top. Neck is birdseye maple
with a 1/4" walnut center stripe. Fingerboard and tailpiece are
Macassar ebony. Finish is general Finishes Arm-R-Seal (the same stuff
David Marks uses). The design is meant to capture the flavor of an
upright bass, but more compact. The neck can actually be removed. The
bass is almost completed, but needs a little electronics and setup work.
--Steve
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Date: 21 Oct 2006 14:10:01
From: Nova
Subject: Re: New Project - Electric Upright Bass
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Steve wrote:
> Pictures are posted on alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking
>
> Swamp ash body with bookmatched flame maple top. Neck is birdseye maple
> with a 1/4" walnut center stripe. Fingerboard and tailpiece are
> Macassar ebony. Finish is general Finishes Arm-R-Seal (the same stuff
> David Marks uses). The design is meant to capture the flavor of an
> upright bass, but more compact. The neck can actually be removed. The
> bass is almost completed, but needs a little electronics and setup work.
>
> --Steve
Hi Steve,
Nice job! It looks like the nut and saddle are made out of wood.
Doesn't that dampen the strings?
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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
novasys@verizon.net
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Date: 21 Oct 2006 09:31:41
From: Swingman
Subject: Re: New Project - Electric Upright Bass
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"Nova" wrote in message
> Nice job! It looks like the nut and saddle are made out of wood.
> Doesn't that dampen the strings?
Most acoustic bowed instruments (violin, viola, cello, double bass) are
traditionally the same ... nut, bridge and saddle of wood (traditionally
ebony in the case of the nut and saddle).
It's indeed a beautiful piece of work ...
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www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/01/06
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