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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2843
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Monday, December 05, 2005 - 5:28 pm:   Edit Post

First on the drawing table, your request for 5-string straight pull cone peghead:

peghead
(the logo outline is reversed for tracing, but is good enough to illustrate)

Let us know if it's a go-ahead.
george_wright
Junior
Username: george_wright

Post Number: 37
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 6:48 am:   Edit Post

Fine by me. Go ahead.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2854
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, December 06, 2005 - 2:38 pm:   Edit Post

I gave Chip the go-ahead, so pictures with actual wood will start appearing shortly.
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2892
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 4:24 pm:   Edit Post

Now in carving:

front

back

peghead
george_wright
Junior
Username: george_wright

Post Number: 41
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Thursday, December 15, 2005 - 5:43 pm:   Edit Post

Wow, once things start, they move fast! I like the choice of top, back, and headstock woods.

Edit: I just opened the pictures in Photoshop. Looks like the twelfth fret has a standard oval. What about the custom inlay?

(Message edited by george_wright on December 15, 2005)
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2929
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 1:01 pm:   Edit Post

Here Peter is fitting the continuous wood truss rod cover:

trc fit

t

Bright lights in this work area mess with the color some!
george_wright
Junior
Username: george_wright

Post Number: 47
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 7:42 am:   Edit Post

Thanks for the update. I'm sure the colors will darken and the grain will appear when the finish hits.
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 608
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Thursday, January 05, 2006 - 8:08 am:   Edit Post

Nice. I have to keep reminding myself that 811952 was pretty custom for the day. All of the basses and guitars in the Factory to Customer threads are awesome. It's neat to see how the Internet has made it possible to order such highly-personalized instruments via the sharing of drawings, photos and ideas with the bunch. Very, very cool indeed...

John
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 2961
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 10:57 am:   Edit Post

Yeah, in that last picture, George, the lighting in the carving area really washes things out. Your bass just got fretted yesterday:

geo's fretted now

And today the hardware will get mounted and prepared for chrome plating.

Thought you'd also like to see how nice the Flame Maple in the neck was turning out:

Flamey neck
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 2996
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 5:02 pm:   Edit Post

The Flame Maple in the neck looks nice! And it looks like a Flame Maple body as well.
george_wright
Junior
Username: george_wright

Post Number: 48
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 6:46 am:   Edit Post

Yes, Dave; I was hoping for a Tribute look. And once the finish is on, there it is :-).

Mica, thanks for the pics update. One thing occurred to me.... Shouldn't there be a fourth large hole for the LED dimmer?
valvil
Moderator
Username: valvil

Post Number: 820
Registered: 7-2002
Posted on Friday, January 13, 2006 - 3:57 pm:   Edit Post

No worries, George, the hole will be there. :-)
James drills that out when he's installing the electronics. The holes for the main electronics are drilled according to their pattern (Signature, Europa, etc), then later we drill any extra holes that are needed.

Valentino
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 3067
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 2:24 pm:   Edit Post

The GEO inlay before it was set in place:

GEO

The bass is done now, just needs final inspection, so it should ship in the next couple of days.
george_wright
Member
Username: george_wright

Post Number: 67
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 3:14 pm:   Edit Post

Nice rendering of the uncial hand. I presume thanks goes to James for that!

I called Paul Schein at Washington Music, so he's expecting it. That means that one day in the next few weeks, I'll blow off work (which isn't all that tough to do, given that I'm a college prof :-)!), drive from Baltimore to Wheaton and back, and bring home a new household member. Life is good!

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