I also recently picked up the bass (4 months ago). The funny thing about that is, I originally bought the bass to donate to one of the churches I attend (Northwood Bap. w/ Ron Peacock), and well, it turns out that the bass player (the Pastors wife, Mrs. Peacock) is happy enough with the one she's got, even though you can't tune the high string anymore 'cause the tuner head is broken... go figger. So I thought I might try and practice one Saturday w/ a coupla friends of mine to try it out (I haven't played bass up to this point)... and Wham-o, I'm playing in a band (of sorts). Nearly 18 years of fooling around on the guitar, and the day I get a bass, I'm in a band. Funny.
Click us... we get bigger!For those of you who care... It's a five string bass... tuned B-E-A-D-G from the top. This design is known as a "neck-through", because the neck extends through the body of the guitar as one continuous piece (or 7 in this case). It was hand fabricated in the Philippines. The fingerboard is Rosewood. The neck consists of a seven piece laminate of Maple (light tan color), and Mahogany (darker brown), both strong tone woods. And although it's aesthetically nice, the lamination is done for strength. There's a lot more tension on that neck than just one piece of wood could handle, without warping. The wings (larger pieces on either side of the neck) are Imbuya, a South American tone wood, that no picture can do justice. As it moves in the light, the different layers in the wood shimmer almost like metallic flakes. The whole guitar is naturally finished, I just use a little lemon oil to polish and clean it every now and then. The strings themselves can also be strung through the body of the guitar for a different sound and better resonance. All this for under $350.
Also I've been learning about the mechanic inner workings of Air-feed Folding machines, 46" vinyl printers, at work, and Toyota Supras -through a friend's friend, who, I would also consider to now be my friend.
Air-Feed Paper Folding Machine (Click us too)
46" inkjet printer. Yes it's still operational, it just looks bad. I had to replace & splice a a coupla those white ink lines a while back. Big hassle. Anyway...
Here's (one of the things) it does... 2 1/2 x 7 foot Retractable Vinyl Banner Stand
And...
I have some videos of the work Mike & I have done to the Supra <-- Click
