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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2112
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, November 12, 2004 - 4:32 pm:   Edit Post

Chip is in love with your neck:

necklams

Says he wishes more people would get them like this.
jlpicard
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Username: jlpicard

Post Number: 98
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Saturday, November 13, 2004 - 3:09 pm:   Edit Post

Been thinking about that wood combo for my neck for a long time.Now that I see it I am sold!!
pace
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Username: pace

Post Number: 87
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post

Chip,

When I first opened this thread, you have no idea how much I was hoping that there was another "Mike" with a Flame Maple something or other! :-) You built me a beautiful neck, but I apologize for being so dead-set on having no maple in the neck core.... :-( If my plans were in a more embryonic stage, I just might have said "go for it!" All in all, Susan assured me that this neck would not go to waste, it also gives me a taste of what the core is going to look like attached to those sides!

Thanks for understanding,
-Mike
son_of_magni
Intermediate Member
Username: son_of_magni

Post Number: 140
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Sunday, November 21, 2004 - 9:29 pm:   Edit Post

That is a beautiful neck! Mike, I have to ask what is the plan for yours? I can imagine the ebony/purpleheart center would look great with the sides made from mahagony, oh, how about zebrawood, or claro walnut?

Ok, how about claro walnut for the sides of the neck and burl walnut for the body?

(Message edited by son_of_magni on November 21, 2004)
pace
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Username: pace

Post Number: 88
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 4:25 am:   Edit Post

Thanks for asking, Karl! The neck is going to be 7pc ph/eb/ph/eb/ph/eb/ph. The sides will be flame maple front and back, mahogany center & purpleheart accents.... Not as exotic as zebrawood or burl walnut, but the flame maple Mica dug up at the shop is beautiful!
son_of_magni
Intermediate Member
Username: son_of_magni

Post Number: 141
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Monday, November 22, 2004 - 7:50 am:   Edit Post

Wow, that's a lot of purple!
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2145
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2004 - 8:43 am:   Edit Post

Back on track, the real thing has even more purple:

neck 3

neck 2

neck 1
pace
Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 90
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Sunday, November 28, 2004 - 9:17 am:   Edit Post

WHOO HOOO!!!!!!!!

Now that's what I've been waiting for!!!! :-)

Thanks Chip! Thanks Mica! Hope you guys enjoyed the long weekend...

-Mike

pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 104
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2005 - 5:10 am:   Edit Post

Mica,

Is there any update on the neck dimensions? Let me know what you come up with....
pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 143
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 3:11 am:   Edit Post

Hi Mica!

I lost my cell phone & received your message a day too late..... hope you're having a fun vaca!!!! I'll talk to you in a week or so. If you happen to read this in the meantime, just drop a line and let me know what's next!

-Mike
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2618
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, August 19, 2005 - 1:39 pm:   Edit Post

It's a baaaaass!

Here's what's happened in the last few months:

front

peghead

heel

I saw it in the setup room on Wednesday, getting the fingerboard levelled. I know it's back in spray for the rest of the finish, but it's finally getting close to completion.
pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 168
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, August 22, 2005 - 4:54 am:   Edit Post

Mica! Thanks for finding the time for pics~ I understand you're a very busy girl for the next couple of weeks!!!!

I think it looks great! Many thanks to Bob, Tony, Chip & everyone else who got the bass this far along.... My dream is this much more tangible. :-)

Susan said a while back that someone would call when it came time for control placement~ I guess that's right around the corner?!?!
mica
Moderator
Username: mica

Post Number: 2662
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, October 04, 2005 - 5:19 pm:   Edit Post

Lookie here!
front

Getting the guts artfully stuffed:
stuff

And the back of the peghead:
peghead back
Cool how you can see the transition from the satin neck rubout.
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 765
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2005 - 2:42 pm:   Edit Post

This was a fun bass to try out, it's strung like a guitar, E to E but obviously lower. Good to play those extended chords with it.

Hope you're enjoiying it.

Valentino
pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 179
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 5:46 am:   Edit Post

Oh, dont worry Val~ it's being "enjoyed"!!!!!

You mentioned having a similar idea a couple of times.... Care to indulge in specifics?!? I hope this one got your wheels spinnin'....
jpj678
New
Username: jpj678

Post Number: 6
Registered: 1-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2005 - 7:03 pm:   Edit Post

That neck is amazing. I would have gone with a different top, but still awesome.
pace
Intermediate Member
Username: pace

Post Number: 180
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 11:51 am:   Edit Post

thanks Tim,

I played it safe this time around. In contrast to the Ebony/PH stringers, I wanted lighter woods for the wings. I also knew the maple/mahogany combo wouldnt add a funky timbre to the mix. The top came from the JE Spyder stock~ it was somewhere in the middle of the pile, and as soon as Mica laid it out there wasnt a choice....
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 769
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post

Hello Mike,

my idea was to have a 5 string tuned DGCFA. In other words like a guitar tuned down a whole step but without the high E string. I don't like the sound of notes below D, not even on a Steinway grand piano, so this would let me go as low I care to go, and still give me the ability to use extended chords.

Valentino
bsee
Senior Member
Username: bsee

Post Number: 950
Registered: 3-2004
Posted on Friday, October 14, 2005 - 3:58 pm:   Edit Post

I want to try a very similar setup, and probably will on my medium scale Persuader 5 if I ever get around to it. I also found it to difficult to get good notes below the low D, and also found almost no need for them. I was going to go Bb on the top string though, just to maintain simplicity in fingering bass patterns. I guess that since I chord very infrequently, that benefit of the A on top is less important to me.

I figured that, worst case, I could use a capo if I ever needed to cover a tune that relies on the traditional open strings.

-Bob
son_of_magni
Advanced Member
Username: son_of_magni

Post Number: 212
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Saturday, October 15, 2005 - 9:52 am:   Edit Post

That is one unbelievably beautiful bass, it gives me shivers just looking at the pictures! I'm curious what it weighs, that's a lot of purpleheart and ebony.
son_of_magni
Advanced Member
Username: son_of_magni

Post Number: 220
Registered: 1-2004
Posted on Monday, November 07, 2005 - 5:59 pm:   Edit Post

And a question for Mica. Do you know what variety of purpleheart that is, and did you do anything special to bring out the color like shine light or heat on it or something?
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 784
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Tuesday, November 08, 2005 - 1:40 pm:   Edit Post

That's just our usual purpleheart; we didn't do anything to it. Pictures are a bit overexposed so it looks darker, plus your monitor calibration also affects the way you see it.

Valentino

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