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hammer
Advanced Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 336
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 3:41 pm:   Edit Post

Here are photos of my recent custom build. A medium scale Signature Deluxe with a 3/4 body that's the perfect size for me. Crotch Walnut front and back w/ continuous backplates, Maple/PH/Ebony/PH/Maple neck, Red LEDs. WOW! Sorry for the poor quality photos.

The raw materials
The raw materials

Laid out to perfection
Laid out to perfection
Making progress

The finished product: Angled front view
The finished product: angled front

Front close up
Front close up
A cute rear end
A cute rear end

Headstock
Headstock front
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 2869
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 3:55 pm:   Edit Post

Perfect , _______ Congratulations ! I really like the 3/4 size concept.
cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member
Username: cozmik_cowboy

Post Number: 1453
Registered: 10-2006
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 4:07 pm:   Edit Post

oh. my. word.
That is about as lovely a piece of walnut as I've ever laid my peepers on, I do declare.

Peter
tbrannon
Senior Member
Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 1558
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 6:54 pm:   Edit Post

Agree with Peter on that piece of walnut. My my!

And- the back view- is it just me, or does it look like the back of a woman, wearing a dress with a very low V-cut back?
wishbass
Advanced Member
Username: wishbass

Post Number: 327
Registered: 5-2011
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 7:13 pm:   Edit Post

Very pretty! Love walnut.
hammer
Advanced Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 337
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 9:02 pm:   Edit Post

I think Susan was sort of taken aback when I first sent her photos of somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-12 pieces of walnut that I had seen online and was trying to get close to. Of course, she then came up with something that totally blew all of them away.

And Toby...I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw what you did. Now if I could only get my significant other in to (and of course eventually out of) a dress like that.
artswork99
Moderator
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 1840
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 8:45 am:   Edit Post

Congratulations Brian! Beautiful bass, Play it Healthy! Art
5a_quilt_top
Intermediate Member
Username: 5a_quilt_top

Post Number: 105
Registered: 6-2012
Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post

Most excellent!

I really like the matching headstock veneer.

And - good call on the continuous back plates.

If that bad boy don't inspire you, nothing will.
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 7973
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:11 pm:   Edit Post

When we got the photos, Brian, you had particularly liked one at Ikebe in Japan. I'm not sure if we ever communicated this to you or not, but your bass is made from the same slab as the reference of your favorite one.
davehouck
Moderator
Username: davehouck

Post Number: 11053
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 - 4:47 pm:   Edit Post

Beautiful!!!
flpete1uw
Intermediate Member
Username: flpete1uw

Post Number: 168
Registered: 11-2011
Posted on Monday, April 22, 2013 - 6:47 pm:   Edit Post

Brian,
That is one sweet looking Bass. I bet that Ebony Laminate adds a nice touch.
Congrats!!!
Pete
hammer
Advanced Member
Username: hammer

Post Number: 343
Registered: 9-2009
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 10:14 am:   Edit Post

Mica:

Now that's what I call service.

I'm surfing the web and see an Alembic bass hanging on the wall of a shop in Japan that has this gorgeous top of superb crotch walnut. Just for the heck of it I include it in a bunch of photos of walnut that I like and send it to Mica and Susan and my bass ends up from the same slab. You guys work magic!

P.S. I'm so glad you and Susan convinced me to go with the continuous backplates.
sonicus
Senior Member
Username: sonicus

Post Number: 2878
Registered: 5-2009
Posted on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 - 4:21 pm:   Edit Post

Yes, with that awesome slice of wood the continuous backplates really seem like the way to go.

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