G4 almost finished

[dbw]

The neck arrived Friday.  Should be done Monday but here's a sneak peek:

 

[tfarny]

Oh, sweet! That's going to be quite the 'guitarists bass' for sure!

 

[nathan a]

Bum-bum-bum-boweeeep

 

[blue313]

I was wondering when you were getting around to this one.  Looking pretty damn sweet so far!

 

[Mor Paul]

That thing looks great!
The wenge neck looks odd, but that's just the camera/lighting.

 

[SlingBass]

  24 fret wenge 4-string???  OK......you have my attention 

 

[dbw]

Gonna take until Wednesday at least... got parts coming in the mail.

 

[dbw]

It is playable now though  :rock-on:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Looking very good!

 

[SlingBass]

Is that a BadAss II bridge?  How about a break down on the components?  How's it sound/play?  Enquiring minds want to know  :dontknow:

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Just my 2 cents.....but it looks like there is 2 cents on the floor there.  :icon_thumright:

Very cool bass, my friend.  The neck looks like it goes on forever!

 

[blue313]

Hows the upper fret access so far?

 

[dbw]

Hey guys, the bridge is the Hipshot/Warmoth single string, the pickup is a GFS, bartolini preamp, Hipshot ultralites.  Upper fret access is difficult, what can I say.  Dunno how much I'll use the 24-fret extension.  I can rest my thumb on it though.  I put Ernie ball slinkys on it and I think it sounds pretty good... a huge range of sounds with different playing styles, and an even bigger range from the 3-band EQ.  I am not really a bassist though so I can only plunk around a bit... and it does not sound that good through my guitar 4x12.  I'll get a bassist friend to try it out and see what he thinks.  It is very fun, though!  The glue holding the nut on broke off while I was tuning up.... I guess the nut slot was too small and the string was binding tightly.  I'll have to repair that before I can do a good setup, because the nut keeps pulling away from the fretboard as I tune.

 

[tubby.twins]

The glue holding the nut on broke off while I was tuning up.... I guess the nut slot was too small and the string was binding tightly.  I'll have to repair that before I can do a good setup, because the nut keeps pulling away from the fretboard as I tune.

I had the same problem on my Gecko necks.  I used a modest amount of super glue (cyanoacrylate) and some gentle pressure to reglue the nut.  The glue will cure within about a minute or two.  The nut hasn't wiggled since. 

Very nice looking bass.

 

[MUYFUE]

1st class build!
Very sophisticated.  :glasses9:

 

[tfarny]

How did you end up grounding that bridge?

 

[dbw]

Good question... I drilled holes diagonally through the wood between adjacent bolt holes.  I threaded some strands of speaker wire through each.  I also put a ground wire into the control cavity, also made of bare speaker wire, running into the nearest bolt hole where I just frayed the strands a bit.  Then I tightened the bolts down on top of the whole mess.  I measure about 2 ohms between the high G and the output jack... this doesn't seem to be causing any trouble, I presume the resistance comes from the black coating on the bridge parts.

 

[bpmorton777]

did you use the alnico GFS or the ceramic?

Brian

 

[dbw]

It's the alnico one.

I got the knobs on and it's lookin' sharp... I still need to tweak the setup but it plays pretty smoothly already.... wenge makes a hell of a neck, I've never felt anything like it!

 

[dbw]

The glue holding the nut on broke off while I was tuning up.... I guess the nut slot was too small and the string was binding tightly.  I'll have to repair that before I can do a good setup, because the nut keeps pulling away from the fretboard as I tune.

I had the same problem on my Gecko necks.  I used a modest amount of super glue (cyanoacrylate) and some gentle pressure to reglue the nut.  The glue will cure within about a minute or two.  The nut hasn't wiggled since. 

Very nice looking bass.

Thanks for the tip.  I actually had the nut fall off of my LP as well... W needs to get better glue for their nuts, or something.