anthonyfury
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"Hey should we honor Larry Graham, a massive bass pioneer who famously whipped a Jazz Bass around, with a signature bass? Nah, instead, let's make TWO different signature basses for the guy in U2 WHICH HE WON'T EVEN PLAY LIVE." -Fender, probably
So, rather than wait for this to happen, I got to work. Yes, there is technically a Moon Larry Graham, but it's not really my speed. This has been sitting in pieces for a couple of years, and I'm stalled on a few fronts. The first is pure laziness. The second is: I want to do a "Larry Graham" headstock lettering next to the Warmoth slide, but have not found a good place to accept my (highly engineered) vectors and cut them for me. Anyone have any leads? The third is: I am really debating doing my usual "sunk" neck plate, because I will have a heck of a time doing touch-up on the excellent CAR paintjob if I chip it.
At any rate, this snowballed from "just" a Larry Graham "flavored" P/J to a full-on J, partly because I realized it was sooooo close to being a Larry Graham Tribute after I dummied it together, and partly because I have never liked the PJ sound, despite badly needing a P with flatwounds under my roof. I'll make a separate Warmoth P-in-J body bass with my American Special P-pickup instead (build / story incoming). I dug up as many close-ups of Larry's bass as I could, and, I might try to get a flower sticker printed for the 2nd fret.
Body specs: Alder, 60's spacing, CAR and one special request that Spike GRACIOUSLY handled for me and which I am extremely thankful for. Thanks again, Spike!
Neck specs: (see below - of course some personal liberties / deviations were taken from a true 60s Fender model, excited to really try these 6130s!)
Misc: Bill Lawrence flat polepiece P/Us, although I can't get the thought of chrome DiMarzios Sixties out of my head. I already know the Bill Lawrences are going to rock my socks, and putting looks before sound is sorta counterproductive, so...maybe. I have a mini connector kit (the old PC connectors, like EMGs) so I might toss it together with those, for quick changes, maybe. Dunlop straplocks, Gotoh bent bridge and Lollipops of course. Labella Deep Talkin' .045-.105s. Thinking a fun 70s "swoosh" font for the neckplate. Parchment/black/parchment pickguard WITH a big plan to do a "faker" tugbar - just a black plastic strip sized as a tugbar, but totally flush with the pickguard surface. I know, I know, mint is totally the play on CAR, but we'll see. Oh, and, I found a really cool flowery Souldier strap with white leather which should complete the look.
For extra fun, I have a complete S-1 control panel which I think will work as follows: UP = normal "J" mode. DOWN = sends the neck pickup around the tone knob and straight to the output jack, leaving the tone knob to influence ONLY the bridge pickup. As a recent stack-knob convert, the mixture of dimed neck pickup (tone and volume) plus a toned down, rolled-in bridge gives you an awesome "smack" without the 3-knob "fog of mosquitoes" (think: the nasty pullup in MTUME's "Juicy Fruit," or "Juicy" by Notorious B.I.G. if you prefer) which I think can only enhance the usual Larry Graham riffs. (ignore the stack knob plate and Reggie Hamilton PG below)
Anyway, still a WIP. The body is still swaddled in Scotch low-stick masking tape so it doesn't get scratched, otherwise I'd get more glorious CAR pics. I made a tool which will help me get the body square in the machine when (the body) is upside down, so I'm motivated now more than ever.
So, rather than wait for this to happen, I got to work. Yes, there is technically a Moon Larry Graham, but it's not really my speed. This has been sitting in pieces for a couple of years, and I'm stalled on a few fronts. The first is pure laziness. The second is: I want to do a "Larry Graham" headstock lettering next to the Warmoth slide, but have not found a good place to accept my (highly engineered) vectors and cut them for me. Anyone have any leads? The third is: I am really debating doing my usual "sunk" neck plate, because I will have a heck of a time doing touch-up on the excellent CAR paintjob if I chip it.
At any rate, this snowballed from "just" a Larry Graham "flavored" P/J to a full-on J, partly because I realized it was sooooo close to being a Larry Graham Tribute after I dummied it together, and partly because I have never liked the PJ sound, despite badly needing a P with flatwounds under my roof. I'll make a separate Warmoth P-in-J body bass with my American Special P-pickup instead (build / story incoming). I dug up as many close-ups of Larry's bass as I could, and, I might try to get a flower sticker printed for the 2nd fret.
Body specs: Alder, 60's spacing, CAR and one special request that Spike GRACIOUSLY handled for me and which I am extremely thankful for. Thanks again, Spike!
Neck specs: (see below - of course some personal liberties / deviations were taken from a true 60s Fender model, excited to really try these 6130s!)
Misc: Bill Lawrence flat polepiece P/Us, although I can't get the thought of chrome DiMarzios Sixties out of my head. I already know the Bill Lawrences are going to rock my socks, and putting looks before sound is sorta counterproductive, so...maybe. I have a mini connector kit (the old PC connectors, like EMGs) so I might toss it together with those, for quick changes, maybe. Dunlop straplocks, Gotoh bent bridge and Lollipops of course. Labella Deep Talkin' .045-.105s. Thinking a fun 70s "swoosh" font for the neckplate. Parchment/black/parchment pickguard WITH a big plan to do a "faker" tugbar - just a black plastic strip sized as a tugbar, but totally flush with the pickguard surface. I know, I know, mint is totally the play on CAR, but we'll see. Oh, and, I found a really cool flowery Souldier strap with white leather which should complete the look.
For extra fun, I have a complete S-1 control panel which I think will work as follows: UP = normal "J" mode. DOWN = sends the neck pickup around the tone knob and straight to the output jack, leaving the tone knob to influence ONLY the bridge pickup. As a recent stack-knob convert, the mixture of dimed neck pickup (tone and volume) plus a toned down, rolled-in bridge gives you an awesome "smack" without the 3-knob "fog of mosquitoes" (think: the nasty pullup in MTUME's "Juicy Fruit," or "Juicy" by Notorious B.I.G. if you prefer) which I think can only enhance the usual Larry Graham riffs. (ignore the stack knob plate and Reggie Hamilton PG below)
Anyway, still a WIP. The body is still swaddled in Scotch low-stick masking tape so it doesn't get scratched, otherwise I'd get more glorious CAR pics. I made a tool which will help me get the body square in the machine when (the body) is upside down, so I'm motivated now more than ever.
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