Doug tried to adjust the neck (fitting shims at the joint), fitted a new nut, and had a look at the electrics. He could do no more with the neck, (next thing would be a new neck) and said the electrics seemed to be OK. I took it away and tried it at rehearsals, still s**t sound, and I still can't get the fretless sound I'm after.
So back to Doug, and this video is this result.
I now have a very nice bass (wish you had mentioned changing the finish Doug), cheers Doug :-)
(there isn't enough room in these posts). I was promised a bass that would sound wonderful, and be the envy of every one who tried it. Instead I got a bass that looked nice, but the sound was s**t. The neck had no adjustment, and the action was way too high for a fretless, and the electronics gave a really low volume, and had a lot of clicking when you toughed the strings (poor earth I thought). Luckily someone told me Doug was still doing guitars, so I gave him a call.
My next brainstorm was to fit the twin pick up as cab be seen. I did this myself, and mad a mess of the body in the process, but it worked fine. After some time I decided I wanted to tidy the bass up, and took it to a Luthier in Stone (not knowing Doug was still going). I asked for a new face to the body (something like an Overwater) and he came up with what you see. I decided to go the whole hog and go active, hence the electronics he also tried to fit.
I had this bass as a 21st birthday present from my mother many years ago, a lovely bass to play. A few years later I bought another basses and decided I wanted a fretless, so took the neck of the Ibanez (without the body) to Doug sometime around 1989/90 and had a rosewood fretless fingerboard fitted. Not really getting to grips with this I then fitted frets, and later removed them again. (I'll have to do another post to continue. so see further on).
Great work, its a shame seing such little care from the previous luthier.
Im almost finishing up school now and after i leave im going to first of all work with another guitar builder than try set up my own buiseness. I just have such a great desire to make the best guitars, basses, amps and pedals i possibley can. I see you have that same drive! keep going with the videos your inspiring me!!
I think viewers need to be aware of the fact that Doug Wilkes FIXED the bass. All the previous bad work was NOT done by Doug... :-)
carlosmoreton 1 year ago
Doug tried to adjust the neck (fitting shims at the joint), fitted a new nut, and had a look at the electrics. He could do no more with the neck, (next thing would be a new neck) and said the electrics seemed to be OK. I took it away and tried it at rehearsals, still s**t sound, and I still can't get the fretless sound I'm after.
So back to Doug, and this video is this result.
I now have a very nice bass (wish you had mentioned changing the finish Doug), cheers Doug :-)
Bassbunter 1 year ago
(there isn't enough room in these posts). I was promised a bass that would sound wonderful, and be the envy of every one who tried it. Instead I got a bass that looked nice, but the sound was s**t. The neck had no adjustment, and the action was way too high for a fretless, and the electronics gave a really low volume, and had a lot of clicking when you toughed the strings (poor earth I thought). Luckily someone told me Doug was still doing guitars, so I gave him a call.
Bassbunter 1 year ago
Continued from my previous post.
My next brainstorm was to fit the twin pick up as cab be seen. I did this myself, and mad a mess of the body in the process, but it worked fine. After some time I decided I wanted to tidy the bass up, and took it to a Luthier in Stone (not knowing Doug was still going). I asked for a new face to the body (something like an Overwater) and he came up with what you see. I decided to go the whole hog and go active, hence the electronics he also tried to fit.
Bassbunter 1 year ago
I'll elaborate a bit on this one.
I had this bass as a 21st birthday present from my mother many years ago, a lovely bass to play. A few years later I bought another basses and decided I wanted a fretless, so took the neck of the Ibanez (without the body) to Doug sometime around 1989/90 and had a rosewood fretless fingerboard fitted. Not really getting to grips with this I then fitted frets, and later removed them again. (I'll have to do another post to continue. so see further on).
Bassbunter 1 year ago
Great work, its a shame seing such little care from the previous luthier.
Im almost finishing up school now and after i leave im going to first of all work with another guitar builder than try set up my own buiseness. I just have such a great desire to make the best guitars, basses, amps and pedals i possibley can. I see you have that same drive! keep going with the videos your inspiring me!!
garageXguitarXworks 1 year ago