Recent content by iamdavidmorris

Wow.... You have great taste.

Pretty.  That neck is especially gorgeous.  I'm curious about your comments on the bridge.  Is that consensus?  I've been debating as to whether or not I want to integrate a modified TOM into my bridge/tailpiece configuration, or just use a regular acoustic saddle.  It sounds like a regular bone...

Thanks so much for that input, Andy.  I'm glad to know I'm not the only mad scientist that's into VI's.  Truthfully, my body isn't even a Warmoth build, nor is it much like a traditional Bass VI.  It's my own design and construction - basically a hybrid electric acoustic with a hollow body and a...

This one looks promising...

Predictably, a very metal response from DiMarzio:

After sending out a few emails to pickup manufacturers, I got a couple of replies today.  In case anybody's interested: Neither of these replies surprised me.  I'd wondered in particular about those Dream 180s.  They seem like they could be a pretty decent solution.

The problem with most bass pickups is the pole placement.  From what I understand, EMGs and Barts use bar magnets, which solve that problem.  Maybe I could boost the high end with EQ.  I don't know if that would work or not.  Bare Knuckle looks like they might have some workable options, as does...

Here it is.  Don't hate.  I know this is a bit of a science experiment.  I'm building a Fender Bass VI-style bass, strung EADGBE, an octave below a standard guitar, but don't want that type of pickup.  I want something more like a humbucker or Musicman kind of sound, but something that can...

I saw this on another forum and thought you guys might be interested: http://news.yahoo.com/madagascar-seizes-rosewood-containers-port-154733079.html Madagascar has about fifty species of Rosewood (Warmoth calls it Malagasy Rosewood), but I think it's soon to go the way of the Brazilian...

I have.  I can tell you completely convinced about this though.

You could put an Ash top on an Alder body too.

This makes me want to build a Tele...using only parts I can source at Home Depot!  :headbang1:

Fixed that for you.

If you have the tools, I would think the right way to turn a strat body into something like this would be to make a copy of the strat shape with MDF (or several of them), and then try to get that to the shape you want.  When you're comfortable with it, pull out the router and use it as a...

I'm with Bagman.  Sounds like the pot.