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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 19 ก.ย. 2017
Building, fixing, and playing with all manner of musical equipment, mostly basses but occasionally other randomness.
Samick Artist 5 string - Roadtrip, Repair, and Review
A special one this week. I drive halfway down the country to correct the errors of my youth, and rescue a bass from (almost) certain death. Sorry it's a bit long, there was a heap of footage I didn't use as well as several lengthy explanations that weren't relevant, much general philosophical musing and other assorted bull***t.
Let me know if you want me to do a travel show🤣
Let me know if you want me to do a travel show🤣
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Hohner B2 - Repair and review
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Here's one that was on the list for a long time, but I was hesitant. I wish I was more hesitant.
Semi-Hollow Bass Build Episode 4
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The long awaited final episode, I get through all the rest of the work and get a result.
Semi-hollow Bass Build - Episode 3
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This episode I have some trouble with pickups and logos, but I don't let it slow me down...much...well, quite a bit actually but I got through it in the end.
Semi-hollow Bass Build - Episode 2
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Major progress made as both the body and the neck take shape.
Semi-hollow Bass Build - Episode 1
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Yep, I'm at it again, trying something different and (probably) not doing it right, but doing it anyway.
Aria pro II - Mystery Cardinal(?) Bass - Teardown and review
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Is it a Cardinal? It's certainly trying to be but is it really? The only things we know about this bass is that it's a Korean made Aria Pro II from the year 2000. Some of the hardware is identical to it's contemporary models, but It's not featured in any of the catalogues from the era, and I cannot find a single photo of another bass like it. Prototype? Short run? Custom job? We may never know....
Fernandes Explorer Copy - Teardown and Troubleshoot
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It's an odd shape but it's got a few nice surprises. And one very annoying one. Go and take part in the RPM Challenge: www.rpmchallenge.com/
Fresher Personal Bass - Teardown, Cleanup, and Setup
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Today we look at a bass that's so clean it's Lemon Fresh-er
Photogenic J Bass - Teardown and Cleanup
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From the recent haul of new basses, first on the bench is the Photogenic Jazz copy.
Holiday Bass Build Episode 5 - Putting it all together
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Building instruments is the one activity where you have to differentiate between finishing and completing. Happy to say that this video contains both so there should be either less confusion, or all of the confusion multiplied by itself. You decide. The band on Facebook: signofthefirebird Big Al on TH-cam: www.youtube.com/@alanerickson6906
Holiday Bass Build Episode 4 - Finishing the pickups and the neck
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It's episode 4 and the madness has set in. Wibble.
Holiday Bass Build Episode 3 - Making the pickups and carving the neck
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It's summer in New Zealand and we have insane weather. We had a heatwave in one part of the country and thunderstorms in another, it's a weird place sometimes, we're overrun with hobbits and elite rugby players. Anyway, I'm building a bass and neither heat nor hail nor Frodo can stop me.
Holiday Bass Build Episode 2 - A deep dive into fret accuracy
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In This Episode: Sawdust Clamps Music Talking More sawdust Glue A viewer question about marking and cutting accurate fret positions More sawdust Enjoy the show!
Holiday Bass Build Episode 1 - Working out what on earth I'm going to build this time
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Holiday Bass Build Episode 1 - Working out what on earth I'm going to build this time
Aria Pro II 313 MK2 Detroit V - Teardown and Review
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Aria Pro II 313 MK2 Detroit V - Teardown and Review
8 String bass episode 3 - Putting it all together
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8 String bass episode 3 - Putting it all together
8 String bass episode 2 The Neck mostly
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8 String bass episode 2 The Neck mostly
8 String Bass Episode 1 - Building The Bridge
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8 String Bass Episode 1 - Building The Bridge
8 String Bass Episode 0.5 - Preparing an electric hacksaw for cutting the bridge
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8 String Bass Episode 0.5 - Preparing an electric hacksaw for cutting the bridge
Fernandes MB-65 - Mockingbird Copy - Both sublime AND ridiculous!
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Fernandes MB-65 - Mockingbird Copy - Both sublime AND ridiculous!
Epiphone Les Paul Bass - Refret and new custom pickups
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Epiphone Les Paul Bass - Refret and new custom pickups
Vintage Greco P-Bass - Exploring a rare and distinctive pickup
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Vintage Greco P-Bass - Exploring a rare and distinctive pickup
Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 5 - Final sand and polish, setup and soundcheck.
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Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 5 - Final sand and polish, setup and soundcheck.
Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 4 - Cavities, bridges, applying the finish
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Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 4 - Cavities, bridges, applying the finish
Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 3 - Carving, ebonizing, and fretting the neck
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Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 3 - Carving, ebonizing, and fretting the neck
Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 2 - Truss rod / fingerboard / radius / fret positions / pickup
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Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 2 - Truss rod / fingerboard / radius / fret positions / pickup
Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 1 - Initial design and bodywork
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Multiscale 5 string Bass Episode 1 - Initial design and bodywork
Samick Corsair Bass - Teardown and review with RSM (really stupid modification)
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Samick Corsair Bass - Teardown and review with RSM (really stupid modification)
Exellent work, where can i find the vid, the whole instrument sounds ?
Just watched Tim Sways version of making a double bass pickup interesting thought I'd point you towards it great video content both of you..😊
Yes, I just watched that too, interesting design choices he made, particularly putting the magnet on top... I've got a bit to say about that and his build shows some interesting things about string physics generally. I'l be getting back into regular videos in a couple of weeks so that'll be an interesting topic for sure. Cheers
it was amazing and I love your voice narrating this. It felt like Ron Swanson was building the instrument, which also felt like something Ron Swanson would do. I was really speechless when you started playing this. "Can't argue with that tone" is a very light way to say that the instrument just sounds really beautiful. This is really what a bass should sound like in a perfect world. It's so clean and amazing, that really touched me immediately. You also played so smoothly and perfectly on time during the jam session, it made me want to pick up an instrument and practice a little. stay healthy and thank you for sharing your work with us, it's really something
and here I am in the USA with my everyday run of the mill ho-hum blue lefty Rick. Never thought of it as particularly special.
Fender Guy here. 21:18 -> this sounds magnificant. I guess it's the Bartolini one? No matter. Such an distinctive outstandig sound is what gives the Rick the right to exist 🙂
That’s pretty amazing, do you think the same pick up would work on 3/4 Upright Bass
I can confirm that it does and it sounds way better than it has any right to😆
8:00 Load up your guns bring a friend
Haha, busted. Yep, that's the riff except every chord is a Maj7. The .WAV file for that track is actually called 'Smells like teen armpit'.
The whole reason for buying an EB-1 is the "mudbucker growl". It isn't SUPPOSED to be a smooth sounding bass. Good enough for John Paul Jones and Felix Pappalardi... good enough for me. To each his own though. I'll keep the mudbucker and if I had to I would deepen the pick up cavity. A Gibson EB-1 is going to cost you $8 - $10 K for one that isn't trashed out. The Eppy is STILL a fairly rare instrument. They simply didn't make many of these and I almost cried when you started shaving away. Well... like I said... to each his own.
Just found your channel. Subbed. I have a short history with this bass. I'd used an active 5 for years but the circuit was always giving me problems, forever in and out the shop. So when my band were getting busier after the pandemic lockdowns I bought this from gear4music as a cheap "workhorse." The strings out of the box do indeed feel like razor wire, but after new strings and a setup it was good to go. 3 or 4 months ago the bridge pickup died. Was still usable as a P but really wanted it fixed, especially as the band are booked to record soon. I looked around for a while trying to decide on new pickups - money being a factor - until a set of pre-owned Nordstrand's popped up on Bass Direct the other week. And Royal Mail promptly lost them. Decided last night to go for credit on a Sadowsky MetroExpress and got it. I've also heard pros and cons but I'm hoping that the pickups at least last longer than a couple of years, and I have a bass for recording now. The Aria is now a backup P, I suppose 😅 Shame because I'd grown attached to it. Good little (large) gigging bass.
I have one. I spent a bit of time setting up the action, but I have to say this bass is extraordinary. *NOTHING* beats it for low-end growl. It's so good it's scary. And it's my fave slap bass. I'm very, very pleased I acquired one. Just today I've just ordered Artist's 4-string fretless variant. It'll be great too I have no doubt.
Thats bass is pretty amazing
How is the neck dive on this? I would assume that a 5 string neck and the weight of the tuners would counter weight the smaller and lighter body of a 4 string bass.
10:51 whats that piece? I cant find it, i can find everything else i just dont know to wire the counter and the moter to the same power supply Nvm, terminal lead strip solder, typed in Google you can find it, then you soldered copper wire across the bottom and cut the middle part out to separate them, so a 12v power supply can run 2 things from it and still gives enough power to both?
If you have a bridge that's both a top loader and string-thru and it has treaded saddles, shouldn't you, theoretically be able to double-string that? Seems like less work than designing and manufacturing a whole new bridge IMO
Suck?! That bass sounds absolutely gorgeous to me.
sweet job
I'm pretty sure John Paul Jones was never building a new bass on the morning of a gig.
Fascinating! Great video! :)
Just fixed a small problem on my Nord Electro 5. Easy to take apart following your video. Thanks.
That whole series was fantastic, thank you so much. Awesome bass. Subscribed.
Great video! Great job!
Those Rickenbackers aren't for everyone, but I prefer their sound over anything else. I'd get one, but (1) I'm not that good, (2) I can't afford one, and (3) DAYUM, they're big and I'm 5'8". Beautiful guitars, Rickenbacker doesn't f*ck around.
I've recently bought a customer returned Artist 5 string, I'm planning on swapping for a 6 string bass neck and converting it into a 12 string bass.
I have something similar to this (running pegs all on the top side) but pickups and pot knobs are the same. Got it for free from a music store in Point Edward’s Ontario Canada. It was a parts this with no tuning pegs on it… Originally black but repainted sparkly red… However, I pulled out all the frets and filled them in with - LePage wood filler and so, it was my fretless. 20 years later, still using it. A great bass guitar.
I'm so glad I discovered your videos! Super educational and entertaining! Enjoy your holiday! Much love from Texas, USA!
Had the same thing done to my Epi EBO. Very versatile!
The optimal number of basses is your current number + 1 :P
when and where this EB-0 was made? Indonesia?
That copy looked as heavy as an anchor!
EESPECACUAR Y LAS PICK UPS BARTOLINI ....DE LO MEJOR ...!!!
Would you consider making more of the bezels and selling them?
Great review! Would be interesting to know your opinion of this epiphone bass comparing with Horner ignition series or equivalent! I am primarily a fender, which viola bass would you recommend to start of with if I am on budget? Thanks.
te felicito por q es dode se ven realmente los verdaderos luthier cuando hacen un instrumento acustico y mic .lo que no coincido es yo le hubiese diseñado diferente lacaja de atras y le hubieses puesto un preamp de 3 bandas economico nada raro .sludos un abrazo
Any chance you'd tell a guy what guage wire you're using. 43 single billed poly nylon?
Awesome to see you try this. Several years ago I was considering getting a bottle jack press for my shop. Making dies to try this same sort of thing was on the list of things I wanted to use it for. I ended up deciding against the press and the idea just collected dust in the back of my mind. I never considered just trying to beat it into the wood. I think I’m going to give it a go!
I believe Rick still uses nitro cellulose laquer. So if you can get a guitar buffer with dry buffing compound I’d wet sand it using a 500 grit and dewalt orbital sander, from there put the sander away and go up to 800 grit, then 1000 grit and 1500 grit. Always inspecting your work so you don’t sand through. Finally 45 minutes on a big wheel guitar buffer never use a shop steel buffer you’ll instantly destroy the guitar, but you can get that looking brand new no cracks, you shouldent need to re clear coat it.
I’m retired cash is tight I’ve been looking at a couple different Chinese basses, especially a Rick. China can make their fighters look like us fighters but not the quality and now I’m guessing I’ll hold off till o can make my own.
It took a moment to notice the 2 other guys in the band were you too. LOL!
I've just followed this video closely and have managed to fix some keys on my Electro 4, thank you so much!!!
Great Idea using a guitar knob to hold the disc on 👍👍
For these basses you need a wider strap 4 inches or higher will work.
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BASS This bass is inspired by the classic Cort Curbow 6. This instrument is manufactured in Qingdao, China, they are handmade instruments and in large quantities so in some of them their material or components may vary slightly, it is normally distributed without a brand although in some countries it has been distributed for more than 10 years this model and others with the name “GMC GUITARS AND BASSES” Personally, I find them of good quality for their price, even above some references from brands such as Ibanez, Squier, Peavey, this bass is perfectly modifiable, I have the same version in the video but with frets I found this specific model from the video made on Body: basswood Neck: maple Fingerboard: rosewood Frets: Pickups: H Body binding: No Hardware: chrome Gasket: bolt Red color Package size: 47X 17X6 inches Weight: 10 pounds Currently its price on the internet is 379-450 dollars
INFORMATION ABOUT THIS BASS This bass is inspired by the classic Cort Curbow 6. This instrument is manufactured in Qingdao, China, they are handmade instruments and in large quantities so in some of them their material or components may vary slightly, it is normally distributed without a brand although in some countries it has been distributed for more than 10 years this model and others with the name “GMC GUITARS AND BASSES” Personally, I find them of good quality for their price, even above some references from brands such as Ibanez, Squier, Peavey, this bass is perfectly modifiable, I have the same version in the video but with frets I found this specific model from the video made on Body: basswood Neck: maple Fingerboard: rosewood Frets: Pickups: H Body binding: No Hardware: chrome Gasket: bolt Red color Package size: 47X 17X6 inches Weight: 10 pounds Currently its price on the internet is 379-450 dollars Avaliable on ebay
Any updates on how the winding experiment is going?
You don't need to vacuum the air out when wax potting.
Very cool vid. Cheers🍻
Did you play the Bloodwood bass through an amplifier before you relieved it of all of that weight? And if you did, what was, if any, difference in sound and timbre, sustain and richness of bottom end? I'd be interested to know. Also, honestly, if you were blindfolded, and the elephantine weight of the weighty fella wasn't an issue, could you honestly say you would be able to tell which was the real deal? Hmm? What vintage is the actual Ricky, because the one I had, the pickup cover thing that goes above the strings was metal, not plastic. I just chose to remove it, I found it got in the way too much.
I have been kicking myself every day for the last 45 years for selling my beautiful and incredible Ricky 4003 back then. What a young dickhead I was. It was "da shit", complete with the legendary "Rick-o-Sound" dual outputs, which I ran through a power and preamp stereo set-up, with a beastly sound emanating forth from the two "W" bins which had two 15's in each one, and two 4x10 cabs. My bass amplifier set-up completely filled a roadie van, and the roadies hated me, probably rightfully. Hey, it was the 70's, okay? Excess was the order of the day, and a big sound was never big enough! But that Ricky, oh what an idjit I were!
This is the bass that J used on the Rosier music video. J drives the whole song well (as per the single's mix 😂) and you can clearly hear him all throughout. I have to admit, this bass started my broke ass' fixation on japanese signature basses and I've been gassing for this one since 2009/2010. Lol. Which is sad since this one is much more rare (in my experience) compared to J's next Grassroots signature bass (the one that looks like a les paul jr with double cut away). Seen this bass float on our local fb marketplace only twice since 2010.
Apparently the TH-cam rabbit hole leads to NZ! I’ve recently spent hours watching your past videos. The Chinese 6 string with the half fretboard was particularly entertaining. Please keep finding new projects. New bass addict here