Recent content by BlueTalon

I can't believe Delano pickups are not on the list! I can believe Nine One Six pickups are not on the list, but they should be.

Are you going to post the runner-up pix and profiles here?

Well, I can't speak to any actual cause-and-effect relationship between my votes and guitars not winning, but the coincidence level is pretty darn high.  :icon_scratch:

Congrats to Rgand!  It's a beautiful instrument. Sorry Dano, I voted for you.

Hard to choose... but that's the epitome of what this competition should be.  As usual, I voted for the one I would like to have most, and as usual, I hope my vote isn't the kiss of death for the guitar I voted for.

I just got a call from my luthier friend.  The radius and the tummy cut has been done, and next week the pickup routes will happen.

You know, it saddens me a bit to think that Warmoth has never offered a Rickenbacker-esque bass body.  I know they stopped doing Gibson bodies and started offering Gibson-esque replacements -- they could do something similar with Rickenbacker-type bass bodies, and I think they could sell quite a...

This bass will have all black hardware, including Hipshot tuners with 1/2" posts and a Hipshot Rickenbacker-replacement bridge.  The finish will be clear coat, but with black around the edge.  (Clear-burst, for lack of a better description.)  It will have three black Q-Tuner pickups, with black...

And the first bit of progress:

This isn't a Warmoth build, but I thought people here might be interested.  A friend of mine is an old luthier who is retiring in a year or so, and I talked him into doing a couple of builds for me.  I think only one of them might get done before he hangs it up, but that one is going to be...

I don't have any objection to rules that protect certain species from extinction.  And as much as I dislike bureaucracy, I wouldn't even mind that very much if they would just make the whole process user friendly.  I have been an advocate of instrument passports ever since I learned about...

I don't have pictures of the back of the neck on my bass, but here are a couple of pictures of the peghead.

I can't directly address that question, but I can offer you a couple things to think about.  The first is the quality of pickup, and you're doing well by going with Nordstrand.  If they're telling you that the Big Split is a good close substitute for a split P pickup, I would feel confident in...

Oh man, I wasn't offended the least little bit.  I thought it was a really funny comment!

You think Hipshot uses mystery metal?!? Regardless, it's not advisable for the OP, since he's trying to save weight.  Any of the Badass-style bridges are going to add significant weight.  The Babicz was specifically designed to be a solid lightweight bridge, which is why I think it's the best...