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magiclawnchair · Post by **magiclawnchair** » Wed May 08, 2013 7:20 pm

seriously aweseome man! :thumb:

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:31 pm

magiclawnchair wrote:seriously aweseome man!

Thanks!

I wired everything up and assembled it, discovered that the nut is shot so I'll be making one out of brass. I have just enough left over from my 12 string build a while back. It does make some crazy loud noises when plugged in. :thumb:

should be awesome if I can work out the bugs.

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Thu May 09, 2013 4:12 am

nut made and installed. Kinda rough but it works. Played it a bit and I fucking love it. this is a keeper. I'll try to take a beauty shot tomorrow to show off the finished build.

kosta · Post by **kosta** » Thu May 09, 2013 11:36 am

Dude, you're a beast. I bet that thing smokes.

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:46 pm

AxAxSxS wrote:nut made and installed. Kinda rough but it works. Played it a bit and I fucking love it. this is a keeper. I'll try to take a beauty shot tomorrow to show off the finished build.

Why does it look like the high E string is coming unwound?

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:48 pm

the octave strings are reversed so that the ball end anchors in the headstock. Thats where the wire wraps around to attach to the end. tuners for the octave strings are at the "wrong" end of the bass.

Chankgeez · Post by **Chankgeez** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:55 pm

Oh, right. So, it's not unwinding, it's just the wraps at the base of the string?

LOCOPELAND · Post by **LOCOPELAND** » Thu May 09, 2013 3:02 pm

Chankgeez wrote:Oh, right. So, it's not unwinding, it's just the wraps at the base of the string?

Correctamundo.

Badass bass is badass. I seen it!

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Thu May 09, 2013 6:49 pm

Final things are done, adjusted action, intonation and played the hell out of it for a couple hours today. I'm really liking it. pickups in it are awesome and the coil tapping and volume/tone controls are all useful and can get some great tones. I'm pretty happy with it. My only regrets are that I didn't get rid of some of the dents and stuff that were left over from the previous owner. Here is the final project.
I apoligize in advance for the crappy cell phone pic :hello:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Thu May 09, 2013 6:53 pm

Beautiful!!

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Thu May 09, 2013 7:55 pm

I demand a motorhead cover recording

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Thu May 09, 2013 10:01 pm

Good job, man. Looks excellent. That was fast as hell too.

AxAxSxS · Post by **AxAxSxS** » Fri May 10, 2013 1:17 am

thanks again everyone :hello:

Here's a quick demo- I probably should have muted the snare before recording :facepalm:

[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/john-kennedy-37/xl8-demo[/soundcloud]

Greenfuz · Post by **Greenfuz** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:08 am

YESSSSSSSSS

magiclawnchair · Post by **magiclawnchair** » Fri May 10, 2013 3:33 pm

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