Jeff's Tribute Bass

[bassfingers]

Hi Jeff,
Gotta be honest and say I really like the 'offset kinda like a jazz bass' bottom.Guess I like shapely things.However as this bass is in tribute to your much loved and greatly missed pal Scooter,it has to be right for YOU and no-one else.
I've only just read your 'Prayer Answered' post about Scooter.Boy,did I well-up.Last year our cat,Tabitha was found to have early stage intestinal tumours and the prognosis was not hopeful.Then she disappeared.We sadly accepted that she'd taken herself somewhere quiet to go to sleep for the last time.10 days later she appeared at the back door looking terrible.She smelt as if she'd been stuck in a garage and indeed there were smears of oil on her.
 
I was overjoyed at her return but very concerned about her condition so I found an emergency vet,(it was a Sunday),and took her straight in.Jeff,I can't tell you how I felt when the vet told me she'd have to be put to sleep.She'd vanished,then come home to us and now within the hour she was gone.I'll always feel bad,being the one who took her to the vet.I never considered the idea that she wouldn't make it.
 
I'm sorry group,this is way off the thread.What I'm trying to say Jeff,is that given how much Scooter meant to you,go with what's in your heart mate.
 
Best Wishes,
Simon.

[flaxattack]

thanks simon
my condolensces
i still think about scootie ...
feel good that she came home to see you and that journey was not easy- but love is a powerful drug..
am kinda bouncing ideas off line
but i might like just making the bottom a bit more symetrical and flat across the bottom bouts
hopefully susan can give me the 2 options in a redraw and make the final decision off them as i see they did a lot of work with brents drawings..
the plan right now is to go with an ebony peghead and inlay a cat silouhette in mop or abalone between the tuners
am not going to inlay the body as i feel the burl maple is stunning by itself and anything would take away from it.

[rklisme]

Jeff
 
Very cool....Can't wait to see the results.
 
Rory

[jalevinemd]

Jeff,
 
Gotta agree with you there. That bass should have a rounder, more symmetric look to it.

[valvil]

Hi  Jeff,
 
if I understand what you 're asking, I'd say that a more symmetrical flat bottom would come out looking a lot like the bottom of a Further, but  bigger & a tiny bit curvier, perhaps. Is that what you want?
 
Valentino

[osoloco69]

Isn't this going to be like Phil's bass on Dead Ahead? Was that an Irwin or other alembic builder?

[flaxattack]

hi val  i know i appreciate ya looking in on the threads on your weekend... ideally this

  if we were to further it.. yes thats exactly what i was thinkin driving around today= perhaps with a little more rounded bottom

 tribute is the preference

[flaxattack]

i think irwin made phils bass.. but it was an enlarged tribute- was heavy as hell acording to phil as it was a maple body...

[flaxattack]

i guess i am not fond of the offset bublbous butt
lol

[flaxattack]

me no like this

[jacko]

I see your point here Jeff. i like the bulbous lower bout on the Rogue but it just doesn't look right on the Tribute. just my 2 cents(in your currency) but I'd prefer something nearer the coco-bolo tribute shape you posted above. Whatever you decide, take your time - you have to live with it for a very long time.
 
Take care.
 
graeme

[crgaston]

Maybe it's the location of the bridge and the resulant volume of wood below it, but the bulbous bout does look much better on the guitar than on the bass illustration, IMHO.

[jlpicard]

Just my .02 worth, I'd keep to the original Tribute bottom shape as much as possible because I feel that the symmetry lends itself better to having a carved top.

[bassfingers]

Jeff,
 
Looking at the most recent pic you posted I'd have to agree with Graeme and your good self.The shape on the drawing posted by Mica works for me as an outline but once the controls and inlay are added it looks quite different and 'not quite right'.A more symmetrical shape is easier on the eye.It's a bit like Ferrari unveiling the 360 as a station wagon (imho).The guitar above is still beautiful,hey it's an Alembic after all,but personal preference....etc etc.
 
However,as Graeme says,don't rush to decide.Something as special as this deserves such attention.Thanks also for your words about Tabitha,they were much appreciated.
 
Best Wishes,
Simon.

[hb3]

I also like the first tribute shape you posted -- more symmetrical, which is how a cat's face is anyway.