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mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1055
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 29, 2003 - 5:23 pm: |  |
The body has been aging for a good month now getting nice and dark. Have you decided if you are going to have a 8-string or a 4-string? |
ichinumba9
Junior
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 50
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 2:42 pm: | |
Mica, I have decided to keep it a 4 string. Unless making it a 5 string is a possibility? I will regretfully have to return the first Epic because I am having financial difficulties at the moment.
I was hoping you could show some pics of the body when you get the time. Then we can discuss the pickups and other details. Thanks again. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 51
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 2:59 pm: | |
Hi Mica, just wondering if there is any news on my bass? I'm really excited to see the new body.
Thanks. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1087
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Monday, August 18, 2003 - 4:16 pm: | |
Will get you a photo soon. I'll be out of the office tomorrow. My cousin is visiting and we're taking him to San Francisco for the day. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1096
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2003 - 1:17 pm: | |
Hi Michael,
Here's the body:
changing to a 5-string will be $500. It's what we'll need to know to progess to the next step in production. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 52
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 3:06 pm: | |
Hi Mica, I have decided to keep it a 4 string. I want it to be my main 4. I'm starting to think of ideas for my main 5, so that will come in the future. Just to make sure of the pickup locations I have included exact measurements here:
Bridge PU centerline at 2.375" from G-string saddle.
Neck PU centerline at 5.5" from G-string saddle.
I think I also talked to you about rounding the look of the controls by following the body contour a little.
Other than that, it looks great. If you have to get a hold of me my work phone is 408-988-0134. I'm there from 7:30 to 3:30.
Thanks again. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1102
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 4:57 pm: | |
Sorry to have to ask you to remeasure, but could you use the end of the fingerboard as your origin? The saddle position is not as constant. It's also adequate to specify the length from the end of the fingerboard to the edge of the pickup if that's easier to determine.
Are you looing to arrange the controls like the Excel bass? |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 53
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 5:46 pm: | |
The measurements from the end of the fingerborad:
To centerline of Bridge PU=5.25"
To centerline of neck PU=2.125"
And on the controls we just talked about dropping the Bass control just a little so the bottom row follows the body contour. The other controls are good. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1103
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 9:12 am: | |
Thanks for redoing the measurements, Michael.
For the layout, was this something that you had in mind?
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ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 54
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 10:29 am: | |
Exactly. Looks good. Thanks for the pic. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1107
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 3:43 pm: | |
Excellent. I checked the schedule and the bass will be routed with the regular run next Thursday. Once the neck and body are joined, I'll check the color and decide if we want to let it age a little before hitting it with the polyester. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 55
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 12:38 pm: | |
Alrighty. Sounds good. I was wondering if I could get some pics when the body and neck are joined, and maybe a close up of the headstock. Thanks again for all the help. Take care. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 56
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 3:06 pm: | |
Hello, just wondering if there are any updates on the progress of my Epic #2. Thanks. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1155
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 9:15 am: | |
I'll get you some more pics this week, sorry missed it in last week's rounds. It's in the "waiting" stage for the woods to oxidize and darken a bit before sealing. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1185
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:45 pm: | |
Just got the sealer coat:
The color looks a funny in this image to me. It's not quite so shockingly red, more dark. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 57
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 10:34 am: | |
Hi Mica, thanks for the pic. It looks great. Seeing what stage it's in now, could you possibly give a rough estimate on the completion date. Not trying to rush, just curious.
Thanks again. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1194
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 10:41 am: | |
Right now the bass is waiting in line for the fingerboard inlay. Looks like it will get its turn the week of November 10th. After that, a few more coats of finish and the final setup, so I'll guess I'll be dropping it off by the end of November. |
smokin_dave
Member
Username: smokin_dave
Post Number: 66
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 11:20 am: | |
Wow,that looks so cool.What a beautiful top.What's being inlayed in the fingerboard? |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1195
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, October 30, 2003 - 12:42 pm: | |
a small inifinity symbol at the 12th fret with the rest of the fingerboard blank. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 58
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, November 30, 2003 - 10:10 am: | |
Hello Mica, hope you had a good Thanksgiving. Just wondering about my Epic. It's gotta be close, right? Anymore pics? |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1289
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Friday, December 05, 2003 - 7:20 pm: | |
Not quite ready yet. I'll have to adjust the delivery expectation to just shy of Christmas. I'll be delivering it in person, so I'll coordinate with you so hopefully we can meet at Guitar Showcase unless you'd like to make arrangements to pick it up here. Let me know your preference. Sorry about no new pics today - spray room was still wet when I went around to do photos. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 59
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, December 06, 2003 - 12:11 pm: | |
Thanks for getting back to me. I am going on vacation back home to Hawaii for the holidays. I won't be back until Jan. 1, so I guess it will have to be a 2004 Epic. If you could just take a few photos(maybe different angles, headstock, backside, etc.) for me to hold me off until the new year, I would so much appreciate it. I put all these photos in a folder on my desktop so whenever I want to dream about my baby, they're just a click away. Thanks again, and if I don't talk to you before the new year, have a great holidays. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 60
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 03, 2004 - 10:33 pm: | |
Hello Mica, Happy New Year! Just wondering when I can pick my Epic up from Guitar Showcase. I just got back from Hawaii and all though I love it there, I was very excited to get back so I could pick up my baby. Please let me know when I can pick it up. Thanks. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1373
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, January 06, 2004 - 12:12 pm: | |
I'm next at Guitar Showcase on the 22nd. The earlist I can arrange to have you pick it up here is around the 15th. Let me know what works out best for you. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 61
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2004 - 9:07 am: | |
I waited this long, what can a couple more weeks hurt. I'll just wait till you get down here on the 22nd, because I can't make it up there on the 15th. Let me know what time of day it will be there. Until then can I get a sneek peek. Thanks. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1411
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 - 4:27 pm: | |
Sorry Michael,
I picked up a nasty cold in San Diego, I don't think I'll be making the drive down there tomorrow. I've made arrangements with Terry to be there on the 29th. If I have a sudden improvement and can make it tomorrow, I'll let you know. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 62
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 23, 2004 - 1:01 pm: | |
The 29th is fine for me. I get off work at 3:30 and can probably be at Showcase at 4:00. |
palembic
Senior Member
Username: palembic
Post Number: 980
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 8:38 pm: | |
So let me guess: the big meeting wil be in 24 hrs??? Or in 12 hrs?? Or in 36 hrs?? THese timezones always confuse me. |
bob
Intermediate Member
Username: bob
Post Number: 136
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 28, 2004 - 10:35 pm: | |
Paul, I have trouble with this as well, but I'm pretty sure it would be about 20 hours from the time of your posting.
It's always seemed to me that posting times are displayed as my local time. Yours was at 8:38 pm, which seems about right because it wasn't there before dinner but is now. So from 8pm tonight til 4pm tomorrow comes in somewhere between your first two estimates.
The only reason I have a chance of figuring this out is because I live here :-)
Now, as I recall, our friend Michael got another new bass sometime within the last year, and in that case Mica actually stopped somewhere on her drive down, and posted a preview picture. I thought that was a bit excessive - I mean, come on now, the guy is going to have it in his hands in just a few more hours, right?
But anyway, congratulations Michael. And while you're waiting, how did you arrive at the precise pickup locations? Is this a matter of playing style and where your hands end up, or based on some complicated string harmonic analysis, or perhaps even just a visual thing? I'm curious.
-Bob |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 63
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2004 - 10:23 am: | |
Bob, it was a combination of all that you stated except the visual thing. I wanted to get a little bit fatter sound when I soloed my bridge pickup. I thought it was a little too brittle in the regular positioning. I looked at a lot of different basses and their pickup positioning. It is very intriguing to me how the different positions can alter TONE. So, anyways it is a bit of an experiment. |
ichinumba9
Member
Username: ichinumba9
Post Number: 64
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:04 pm: | |
Hey mica, just making sure we are on for Thursday the 5th. I'll be at Showcase close to 4:00. Please call me at work tomorrow. Thanks. |
mica
Moderator
Username: mica
Post Number: 1430
Registered: 6-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 6:53 am: | |
If all goes as planned, I'll be there today. I'll call you when I'm leaving Santa Rosa so we can coordinate time-wise. |
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