Whacked Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Wow, that looks good! Now the BIG question is, how does it play? And damnitall, now you got me searching ebay for bass bodys and necks to try that myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 It's beautiful. - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy c Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 It looks fine to me Zeronyne. In fact it looks most excellent. And of course, HOW DOES IT SOUND? (It's hard for me to hear it from here, that's why I'm yelling) What was the total cost for this project? (Apart from emergency room charges for stitches from slips of tools, soldering burns, and punching the wall in frustration? ) Free download of my cd!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlrush Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 The bass looks great 09!Nobody will know about those cosmetic flaws but you and they won't affect the way the bass plays.My hat's off to you!A trick I heard from one of my luthier buds for grounding the bridge is to twist the ground wire a little and put a tiny drop of solder on it. He claims this trick will insure solid contact and cure noisy passive pups. Just a thought.Good job! Visit my band's new web site. www.themojoroots.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Originally posted by jeremy c: What was the total cost for this project? (Apart from emergency room charges for stitches from slips of tools, soldering burns, and punching the wall in frustration? ) $604.00. I could have saved $100.00 if I had chosen a neck without binding and blocks. Also, the Dremel I bought was $40.00, so there was some reuse there. But the education was priceless. After I intonate it tonight, I will record a few short clips. "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 That looks awesome! Way to go 0-9, I see that you have a new hobby! Already lining up the next project. Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumpelstiltskin. Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 it looks great. i like how the black pickguard looks on it, especially with the binding and blocks. are you going to get an 8.7k pickup or stick with the 10k? robb. because i like people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomgottem Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 09, that bass is beautiful! My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle. ~Liberace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamy ALB Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 That is so cool dude, health to play!! Number two will benefit from all this experience. http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Little-Bitter/185235472447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Sweet Willie_ Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Congratulations, 0-9! Can I have your Nordstrand build slot now? You clearly don't need it... Peace.--SW spreadluv Fanboy? Why, yes! Nordstrand Pickups and Guitars. Messiaen knew how to parlay the funk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getz out Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Nice work... pretty hot. Where are the sound samples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcr Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Cool! Now people will come up to you and say, "That's a neat bass--I've never seen one like it!" And you can say, "There isn't another one like it--I made it." Cool to have something that you made yourself. I look forward to clips; I bet it'll sound great. All that and an education to boot! Now I so want to do this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenfxj Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Beautiful! Nice job! Push the button Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danzilla Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Mr 0-9: If I had a hat, I'd take it off to you. I am in no ways a fan of the P-Bass, nor of black guitars (yet I end up with them anyway); yet you found a way to make me say, "Hmmm... that's a nice P-Bass! I wouldn't mind having that!" And you've given me a reason to consider buying the odd pieces to eventually build my own. Three cheers to Zero Nine, Junior Luthier! "Am I enough of a freak to be worth paying to see?"- Separated Out (Marillion) NEW band Old band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 If it plays and sounds as good as it looks, you've got a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Way back when I was young, I assembled some electronic kits. One thing that remains from that experience is that different soldering situations require different levels of heat. You can use reasonably low heat to attach a wire to a post, but need more to attach to the pot body. Also, some metals resist being soldered. I remember filing a spot on some metal casing so I could solder to it. That might have made the soldering to the bridge more workable. The drilling from control cavity to bridge area is a mystery to me. I'd like to see the tools to do that (I'll probably browse StewMac). That (to me) seemed like the hardest part. It looks good, and if it plays and sounds cool, you're in great shape !! sweet tease said: Can I have your Nordstrand build slot now? You clearly don't need it...And what do you need it for? You have one, and were last seen buying guitar equipment for your offspring... Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred TBP Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Originally posted by zeronyne: The Gotoh Bridge I bought seems to have some sort of coating, so solder just refuses to stick. My jury rigged solution will follow. may be too late, but here's what I do: get a piece of copper or aluminum foil that is adhesive on one side (I've used insulation foil from Home Depot, it works) and stick that under the bridge where the sun don't shine. your solder and wire will stick onto the foil. it's as simple as that. pull out your VOM and see that, if you did it right, you'll have conductivity from the top of the bridge to the ground wire. besides, screwing down the bridge will insure the ground wire isn't going to go anywhere unless you move it around. another tip: skip the solder they sell at Radio Shack. spend just as much and get the fine silver-tin solder they use for electronics work. heats faster and you wind up using less to do your work with. make sure your solder tip is clean and plated before each use, and if it starts getting hard to use just get another tip. a clean, plated tip is much easier to solder with than a dirty, blackened one. I was lucky to have my dad show me the fine arts of soldering and shop work as a young man. TC: there's a long (6-8"?) drill bit they make to drill through bodies. last time I think I found one in Sears, but not all of them carry a good assortment. figuring out the right angle to drill can be tricky, though if you're not used to thinking 3-dimensionally. best to practice on scrap wood before doing the deed on the actual body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 I had a small multimedia clip to do for a corporate client tonight. I'm rewiring my studio, which takes several days, so I decided to try to pull it off on my laptop. They wanted to reference a Temptations song. My apologies to them for butchering it. Anyway, I used the P Bass, and I thought some of you would want to hear it. I pulled out everything in the mix except for some percussion and a small synth line. I recorded the bass in two passes. The latency is due to me monitoring through the laptop. I will fix it before it gets to the client, but it is immaterial here. The initial part and end part(this is only 30 seconds) is the P Bass through an Avalon 737 set completely flat with no compression. The tone is rolled completely off. There's a bit of a delay plug in, but it is run parallel, so it's not effecting the source signal. The middle part is the P again, tone full on, played through the Bass Pod using a GK model with a bunch of high end added. By the way, in case you are interested. The "radio tuning" noise throughout is a filter plug in (PNP Pyro) set to self-oscillate, but the LFO is modified by the basses signal. Sort of a side-chain for the filter. I hope it's a good contextual representation of old-school P goodness from a beginner. LINK TO MP3 "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getz out Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 The P sounds great. Sounds like a... P. Kind of just elbows its way in. What did you use for the drums? Sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Reminds me that 09 is a bad mutha... \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbn Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nice sounding P.... I dig the synth lines as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke73 Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I was thinking...hey that P looks really nice 09...I was expecting alot less after reading your notes. It sure looks sweet, and I must say sounds great too after hearing your mp3. Great work! http://www.myspace.com/twoshortrocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Capasso Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nice sounds. Next I want to hear the tone not rolled off, but without all the highs added. Bet that is a "full service" sound !! Tom www.stoneflyrocks.com Acoustic Color Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground. - Theodore Roosevelt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Zeronyne, your "P" bass sounds a lot like my MM Stingray 5.. That is to say, it sounds nice! Like CMDN sez: You are one bad mutha! Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeronyne Posted April 12, 2006 Author Share Posted April 12, 2006 Thanks for all the kind words, deserved or not! Getz76 What did you use for the drums? Sounds good.This was done in Live 5.2. For the mellow section, I used two tempo-matched loops from Stylus RMX plus a bit of snare from a Yamaha RM50. The livelier part is another loop...I think it's from an Acid library...on top of a pattern I sequenced with sounds from DFH2. They both have a compressor set to intentionally "pump", and the middle part also has some Q filtering for that pseudo wah thing. Shecky Madball: Next I want to hear the tone not rolled off, but without all the highs added. Bet that is a "full service" sound !! Will do, but the new strings are a bit zingy. After I finish the rewiring, I'll revisit this and record something more "true". This may be the first time in my Asian American life that I've been associated with the word "Mutha". I feel complete. "For instance" is not proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomgottem Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Originally posted by CMDN: Reminds me that 09 is a bad mutha... Shut yo mouth! And for my .02, that bass sounds fantastic. My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle. ~Liberace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I'm just talkin' 'bout 09... \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Force Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 ..Can you dig it? Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenstrum Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 That has a nice RHCP-ish tone. Tenstrum "Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." Harry Dresden, Storm Front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bear Jew Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 He's a complicated man, and now he understands how to build a p-bass.... \m/ Erik "To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." --Sun Tzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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