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#2464048 - 01/20/13 04:45 PM Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach.
Boggs MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 03/07/02 Posts: 2816 Loc: Rochester,NY,UNITED STATES	This shows the RockBeach 5-string bass with the neck just sitting on the neck pocket extension which is much longer than it will be when finished. The body is myrtle top and back with tulip poplar midsection. _________________________ Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com
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#2464049 - 01/20/13 05:02 PM Re: Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach. [Re: Boggs]
Dannyalcatraz MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 07/28/04 Posts: 2191 Loc: Dallas/FW Metroplex, Texas	I notice there is a fairly large gecko on the fretboard... Nice touch. Is it going to remain just wood or will there be some "fancification?" _________________________ Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: “Ninety percent of everything is crap”. My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/
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#2464052 - 01/20/13 05:17 PM Re: Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach. [Re: Dannyalcatraz]
Boggs MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 03/07/02 Posts: 2816 Loc: Rochester,NY,UNITED STATES	It's a Warmouth Gecko neck. That's how it be... _________________________ Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com
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#2464053 - 01/20/13 05:20 PM Re: Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach. [Re: Boggs]
Dannyalcatraz MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 07/28/04 Posts: 2191 Loc: Dallas/FW Metroplex, Texas	I learned something new today...and that's a good thing! _________________________ Sturgeon's 2nd Law, a.k.a. Sturgeon's Revelation: “Ninety percent of everything is crap”. My FLMS- Murphy's Music in Irving, Tx http://murphysmusictx.com/
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#2464455 - 01/22/13 07:12 AM Re: Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach. [Re: Dannyalcatraz]
Danzilla MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 01/09/04 Posts: 4756 Loc: Baltimore, MD	Oh, to have some extra money to send your way. _________________________ "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band
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#2464547 - 01/22/13 10:38 AM Re: Myrtle and tulip poplar 5-str bass being built at RockBeach. [Re: Danzilla]
Boggs MP Hall of Fame Member Registered: 03/07/02 Posts: 2816 Loc: Rochester,NY,UNITED STATES	I feel your pain... _________________________ Check out my Rock Beach Guitars page showing guitars I have built and repaired... http://www.rockbeachguitars.com
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