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mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4507
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Friday, April 27, 2007 - 6:12 pm:   Edit Post

Now that you know it's started, I better get you your own thread for updating. Here's the neck:
neck
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 4561
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Wednesday, May 09, 2007 - 6:36 pm:   Edit Post

Body parts collecting:
assembly
mica
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Username: mica

Post Number: 5073
Registered: 6-2000
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 6:14 pm:   Edit Post

Big fast forward time:
spray
Lots less red than the other bass. But the camera isn't capturing the blend between the amber and red. With some adjustments, you can see the blend better here:
spray
It's no way near this dark, but it shows where the colors mix.

Bob wants to spray a little more on the bottom edge to even it out. You can let me know if that's the only place to pull more red over the front.

On the flipside:
spray
No red over the heel.
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 68
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 6:48 pm:   Edit Post

WOW! That's simply amazing!
s_wood
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Username: s_wood

Post Number: 260
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 6:55 pm:   Edit Post

Stunning! Absolutely beautiful! Can't wait to bring her home again!
tbrannon
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Username: tbrannon

Post Number: 631
Registered: 11-2004
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 8:25 pm:   Edit Post

Is this a replacement for the 'headless' one?

Amazing quilt. Good thing you've got the blue one to keep your hands busy until this one makes is home safely!
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6072
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 8:32 pm:   Edit Post

I agree with Brian and Toby; amazing!! It doesn't look real!
s_wood
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Username: s_wood

Post Number: 261
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 9:28 am:   Edit Post

Toby:

Yes, the bass in Mica's photos above is the re-build of this one:

BrokenBass

Because the "headless custom" was fully insured (through Heritage Insurance) I was able to replace the neck and body with what you see in Mica's pictures. The electronics and hardware from the old bass will wind up in this new one, which is named Faun. (As in Lebowitz, from the movie "Animal House.") Hopefully this sad episode will soon be over forever!
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 71
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:01 am:   Edit Post

OUCH!!! I missed this. What happened to that poor bass? That is one of the saddest things I've ever seen.
s_wood
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Username: s_wood

Post Number: 262
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:29 am:   Edit Post

Man, it kills me to even think about this...
I was just about to start a gig in Philly. The bass was on a guitar stand, not plugged in, and nobody was within 10 feet of it. Somehow, it fell off the stand and hit the stage face-first. I heard a crash, looked over my right shoulder, and saw that the headstock had snapped off completely. I haven't had a bass in a guitar stand since.
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 73
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 11:02 am:   Edit Post

:-( Thanks for recounting that horrible moment for me. That is just painful.

I don't use guitar stands at gigs where my band isn't the only one playing - I don't trust other people on stage. I don't leave any bass on a stand until all the setup is done and the sound man is finished mucking about, running cables, setting up mics, etc... I also only use the little stubby A-frame stands that support the instrument by the body only (http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/GtrStdSm/). I highly recommend those for anyone who uses a stand on stage.

Sorry for the minor thread hi-jack. We now return to your regularly scheduled build record. :-)

btw- I love the name for the new one. That mynx... did she put you up to this?
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6079
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post

Speaking of thread hi-jacks, for what it's worth, which is probably nothing, a quick Google suggests that in the script it might actually be "Fawn Liebowitz"; at least it appears to be the most common spelling on the web. And for you old folks trying to remember; kiln accident.
s_wood
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Username: s_wood

Post Number: 263
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 1:06 pm:   Edit Post

Right! The original batch of quilted maple which Susan and Mica thought would contain the top for the rebuilt bass was destroyed in - you guessed it - a kiln explosion at the wood supplier. Dave, you are right on the spelling, too. I should have known better - she was making me a pot.
davehouck
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Username: davehouck

Post Number: 6083
Registered: 5-2002
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 1:11 pm:   Edit Post

LOL!!
briant
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Username: briant

Post Number: 75
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 2:11 pm:   Edit Post

Hahahhahhahaa!!! :-)

This story just gets better and better. It sucks that it happened in the first place but at least you seem to have a sense of humor about it.

I just don't think I should be alone tonight...
hb3
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Username: hb3

Post Number: 300
Registered: 2-2005
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 3:37 pm:   Edit Post

Oh my God. Fawn Leibowitz. Yes, yes, YES.

(Message edited by hb3 on January 23, 2008)

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