Jeff's "Scarlet" Bass

[flaxattack]

well it sure took long enough bill and i will eat my words on the coco covers....  
 
if anyone is interested mica sent me a high res photo of the front layout, that will not fit in here. shoot me an email if you would like to see it.
 
its supoib
lol

[bassfingers]

Lookin' goooood!.Permission to salivate and turn a shade of envious green.
 
If you still have my e-mail I'd love to see the hi-res photo Jeff.
 
Best wishes,
 
Simon.

[flaxattack]

om the way my friend

[mica]

Here's that layout of the cuts we discussed a couple of days ago. Bob made the template for the cuts on the NC machine from the program that will be cutting the pockets. As you know I thought he'd already cut the covers out, but he was of course more wise and waited to make sure we'd have the best registration of parts.  
 

 
One other thing we discussed that you should take note of is the space between the truss rod cover and the neck pickup is smaller than on the DW because the set neck truss rod cover is larger. The distance from the end of the fingerboard to the neck pickup is the same though.  
 
At this point, we're going to wait to hear your approval that these postions are indeed what you want before any more slicing happens. There's only one shot with stuff like pickup covers.

[flaxattack]

its a frkn shame to put the neck on- that spot is so cool..
the truss rod placement is the same as scooter-
no problems there
neck pu is fine
bridge pick up? still weak in the knees- only god knows how much it will affect the sound
but it looks like i will be right over the pu when playing with a pick
so lets go with this as presented
 
whattyua mean one shot? run out of glue? lmao

[Bradley Young]

Flax,
 
She means that you only get one chance while the wood is going under the knife.

[flaxattack]

really?
duh

[Bradley Young]

Well,
 
I didn't know if you were huffing the glue in your above comment.  Always did wonder why your nose was running all the time.

[mele_aloha]

Hey Flax,
 
I don't think my piece of QCB is off the same piece as yours, do you? The grains don't match up at all and there is some sapwood on the edges of my piece.
 
What do you think? I love yours though. I was jealous at first when I saw yours until I got mine. Now I'm happy as I think they are both niece in there own different ways. I stole your idea and highlighted mine with photo something. But it came out in PDF file.
 
How's yours coming along? Have you heard anything lately?
 
Paul

[dwmark]

I've been talking to Mica about QCB and got the impression that there was only one piece (from which they were cutting all of these slices).  My guess is that Jeff knows the story.
 
dw

[mele_aloha]

I know dw, I agree. I thought they only had one piece left but when they came out with mine, it looked completely different from Flax's. So I don't know where it came from, and it doesn't even matter. I know one thing my piece is so beautiful that I am stoked. I can't wait to see it in action! This thing is going to be the bomb. And so is Flax's. His chunk is awesome!
 
P
 
(Message edited by mele_aloha on July 11, 2007)

[flaxattack]

thats funny paul... i thught the piece you got was the one i told them to cut
there was only one slab left... it varied very much from minor quilting to more down the slab
i dont know how much the wood changes as you cut through it though. i was totally surprised by mine as it was not the slightest bit visible from the initial slab photos they sent me.
if you want- send me email and i will send the original slab photos to you. my choice was #3 and you will see it looked nothing like it
not that i am upset- this board is like tripping on acid without eating acid....and i did everyone a favor by only taking 1 piece.... back is reg coco.
bob is handling my bass as its a replacement. he was away last week at a seminar and just got back so i dont know how much it has progressed-
and with mica due soon, i aint bothering to call. i also have a ribbecke halfling 5 string being made for me with the same neck dimensions. i got #2 of their first 5 string production run which should be ready end of month so i am just laying low
mica told me that they thught this was the worst of the 3 they had and put it to the side. when they opened the board up they changed their mind drastically.
mica said it reminded her very much of stanleys anniversary cotm

[mele_aloha]

Hey Flax, I'm glad you are here. Sorry for taking up conversation in your thread!
 
Did you go and pick out your piece? I know what you mean. It must change drastically. But ya, it is like acid. Even when I am looking at it on my monitor if I move my head up and down I can see the difference. I know that is the monitor but I think it is really coming through like that. It is amazing stuff.
 
I absolutely love my piece but I would trade it for yours cuz yours is equally beautiful. They are both awesome. And I did the same with only taking one piece and going reg on the back. Actually I would like to have the quilted maple on the back but I have maple center piece. I wouldn't mind anyway. I could just seperate the two with one strip of Koa.
 
My e-mail is daplumma@hawaii.rr.com.
 
Please send photos, I would love to see them.
 
Thanks, Paul

[mica]

This was from a while ago, but here's Scarlet very shortly before entering the finish department:

I've got to time an in-finish photo so that I get it before the bas sis prepped for the next coat. You just can't see much through the sanding.  
 
Looking great though!

[flaxattack]

thanks mica
good to see you back with camera in hand.  
roger emailed me from thg. did knob material get over to him? i havent heard back from him as i may want to make a slight change and go to an maple pin stripe along top and sides or maple dot.
looks mighty fine with dust on it-lol