Author Topic: Bigbadbill's Triple O "Sorne-Raama" (Read 1032 times)

bigbadbill · « **on:** April 21, 2005, 12:43:35 PM »

Well it's about time I posted some pics of my fabulous bass, serial no 04MJ13238. I'm still getting used to the camera so these may not be fantastic, but here goes...

Now as you can see, these pics are rather dinky (i.e. very small indeed); the original files are about 2.5M I think, and I had to shrink them greatly to get them to post. However I note that many people post huge great pics, so what am I doing wrong? (BTW, I'm a bit useless when it comes to new technology so please bear with me if the question seems stupid!). Oh, and just for the heck of it, here are 2 of my Triple O and Warwick Dolphin....

Any advice on posting bigger pics (preferably MUCH bigger pics) would be much appreciated! (Then I can go through the whole process again..) (Message edited by mica on April 21, 2005)

bigbadbill · « **Reply #1 on:** April 21, 2005, 12:46:08 PM »

Crikey, they didn't look like that on preview....

poor_nigel · « **Reply #2 on:** April 21, 2005, 12:52:35 PM »

Hey Shaun.

Convert them to JPEG (.jpg) files and then shrink them until they are a bit under 150kb and post one at a time, so you see they came out the way you wanted them to. If you don't have the software (Even Paint in Windows will work), email me three pictures per e-mail and I will do this for you. It is fun busy work for me, and I get some great pictures of a cool bass out of it.

BTW - I really like Warwick Dolphins. Great basses.

bigbadbill · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2005, 01:03:09 PM »

Hi Thomas

Many thanks for the advice, although that's what I did do (or thought I did do; they're Jpegs and I did shrink them to just under 150k....but I'm obviously doing something wrong!)....maybe it's best if I take up your kind offer and e-mail you the pics!!! And then you can let me know what basic mistake I'm making

The Dolphin is great actually; totally different from the Triple O, but that's great as they cover very different ground. My first Dolphin has just come up on ebay over here; unfortunately I can't afford it at the moment or I'd buy it back. Ah well...

bigbadbill · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2005, 01:06:27 PM »

BTW Mica, thanks for straightening the pics out!

Thomas, I'll e-mail them this weekend if that's ok as I now have to sign off (having been on here for about 2 hours), otherwise I could be in the doghouse....

poor_nigel · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2005, 01:12:33 PM »

Hi Shaun:

Go ahead and send the first batch of three of the originals you want done. I will process them and send em back. Repeat until done. On the last e-mail, send me all the little shots, and I will see if I can figure out what happened and e-mail you about it.

David Houck · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2005, 01:34:10 PM »

Spectacular top and back woods!

kenbass4 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 21, 2005, 02:45:19 PM »

Shaun,

Ai Elena!! That is indeed the work of the Noldar at it's finest!

(and I was just wondering why we haven't seen your bass yet)

Ken (TEO)

bob · « **Reply #8 on:** April 21, 2005, 03:14:51 PM »

When you shrink, you should usually have options to either reduce the size, or reduce the quality. Try setting quality down to 85-90%, without changing the size.

marcm · « **Reply #9 on:** April 21, 2005, 06:13:40 PM »

shaun

certainly there is a touch of elvish craft in your bass! i've never seen the triple-o body shape complemented so well by the grain of the top- and back laminates

i'm not an expert at interpreting serial numbers, but i know that series basses don't have them and they have different control layouts from yours. is that a 'dummy' dummy humcanceller, which you had installed in anticipation of a future upgrade to series electronics? (i'm prepared to be put in my place on this question)

in any event, it's a spectacular bass! it must be a delight to play

marc

sfnic · « **Reply #10 on:** April 21, 2005, 06:36:56 PM »

Marc -

I suspect you meant that series basses don't have a letter code embedded in the serial number...

The control package looks to be a straightforward Signature setup, which would make sense as the MJ code indicates a Mark King Signature Standard.

Of course, that stunning body is anything BUT standard for the model. You're dead on about how the woodgrain and omega pattern complement each other. I'm a total sucker for TripleOs, and this one is one of the nicer ones I've seen. Yeah, some of the buckeye burl basses are awesome, but this one has an explosive elegance to it that's real hard to beat.

marcm · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2005, 07:03:25 PM »

thanks nic, yes, i meant that they don't have letter codes in the serial number

it is a gorgeous bass, and it does look like signature electronics. i'm curious about the black rectangle that looks a lot like a dummy humbucker, but i know that others have ordered their non-series basses set up for future upgrades to series pickups

sfnic · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2005, 07:24:15 PM »

Good point. I did overlook that extra coverplate...

valvil · « **Reply #13 on:** April 21, 2005, 09:49:51 PM »

I'm fairly sure that in this case the dummy pickup is just a cosmetic feature. When customers ask us to prep for a future upgrade to series electronics, the 3 cavities are routed from the get-go and the body is made thicker.

Valentino

bob · « **Reply #14 on:** April 21, 2005, 09:53:43 PM »

Okay, but (I've got my magnifiers on and) I don't see a plate on the back side, to cover the area that would be needed for Series electronics. So my guess is this is more of a cosmetic thing, because it would be really painful to rout out another cavity, in such beautiful wood.

[edited just to add that val and i were talking at the same time, my 'Okay' was for the previous poster]

(Message edited by bob on April 22, 2005)