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bassplayer2106
Member
Username: bassplayer2106

Post Number: 73
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 4:35 am:   Edit Post

I've just found a site for a company that specialises in knobs, control knobs that is ermm.

www.thgknobs.com

What I need to know is what size bore etc, for my SC deluxe bass.

I fancy some nice hardwood ones, the plastic top hat ones seem a bit out of place some how.
yggdrasil
Intermediate Member
Username: yggdrasil

Post Number: 115
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 7:02 am:   Edit Post

Just tell Roger what bass you need the knobs for; he'll send the right ones;here's mine on my Stanley & my short scale Series 1

Stanley Custom:
77 Series 1

(Message edited by davehouck on April 09, 2006)
lidon2001
Intermediate Member
Username: lidon2001

Post Number: 126
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:20 am:   Edit Post

An example of Roger's recent work:
THG
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1198
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 9:53 am:   Edit Post

Roger's making me cocobolo hat knobs with gold MOP markers for my Custom Further. Lots of people around here use him. He's very friendly, takes Paypal and will ship directly to Alembic. How easy can it get?

Bill, tgo
bassplayer2106
Member
Username: bassplayer2106

Post Number: 74
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 11:30 am:   Edit Post

He offers a lot of choice with regard to wood, but there's no pictures of the samples.
My bass has a quilted maple front, so I was looking for a darker wood as a contrast.
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 1202
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 12:27 pm:   Edit Post

Kevin:

My cocobolo knobs are going on an amber tinted 5A quilted maple top.

Bill, tgo
bassplayer2106
Member
Username: bassplayer2106

Post Number: 75
Registered: 5-2005
Posted on Sunday, April 09, 2006 - 1:10 pm:   Edit Post

Hi
I was thinking of going for cocobola, the finish on mine is quite light though, there's a picture of it in the gallery.
Perhaps one of the rosewoods would look nice.
keith_h
Advanced Member
Username: keith_h

Post Number: 393
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 4:27 am:   Edit Post

I've talked to Roger about making an ebony and spalted maple set of collete looking knobs for my fretless.

Keith
harald_rost
Intermediate Member
Username: harald_rost

Post Number: 117
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 7:07 am:   Edit Post

Roger made some nice knobs for my Warwick:

Yin Yang Knobs
kmh364
Senior Member
Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1842
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:28 am:   Edit Post

Roger did awesome gold-inlayed quilt top-hat knobs for my custom Orion (here on the FTC thread and shown on his site gallery), great MOP inlayed cocobolo knobs for my custom Straub Cantus amp head (shown on the club site and on Harry Straub's website), cool MOP-inlayed quilt and ebony mini-knobs for my blonde Heritage Golden Eagle jazz box pickguard-mounted P/U and controls, and is currently constructing custom "hippie sandwich" top-hats for my Series I std. point bodied bass as I write this.

He is pricey, but the work is first-rate and Roger is cool to deal with.

I'm considering a custom MOP-inlayed ebony strip to replace the craptastic black plastic OEM item on my gold-plated brass "H" floating tailpiece as well.

Cheers,

Kevin
lidon2001
Intermediate Member
Username: lidon2001

Post Number: 128
Registered: 4-2005
Posted on Monday, April 10, 2006 - 8:44 am:   Edit Post

Roger recently created a forum on his site. I made the first posting of an Alembic guitar in the guitar area. Who's going to be the first to post an Alembic bass there?

T
rogertvr
Advanced Member
Username: rogertvr

Post Number: 394
Registered: 1-2003
Posted on Sunday, April 16, 2006 - 12:49 pm:   Edit Post

Part of my Dragon's Wing is already posted in the Gallery and has been for about 2 years. Look closely.

(Message edited by rogertvr on April 16, 2006)

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