That ebonizing came out GORGEOUS! As for the stand issue, you might want to go for something more like a standard endpin rather than a tripod mount, although you don't have a ton of material to play with at the bottom
The problem with an endpin is that this bass has no body to lean against you. One solution would be to add a body-shaped piece of wood or metal, like the Yamaha Silent Bass. This shape is more like a NS Design bass, which come with a tripod as standard.
Your ebonizing project turned out great. I did that once on some oak. It came out a dark brown. Too much liquid I guess. But I will try again. I finally did a read up on kwila. Now I know what it is. Thanks for the education ! Cheers.
Just some lint free cloths that I get from the hardware store on a big roll. Each sheet is enormous so I cut them up and get little squares that are good for one coat, I can usually get 12 coats out of one sheet. I'm fairly sure that the cloth, when hardened from CA is non-biodegradable, so I try to get as much mileage out of them as I can. Thanks.
This is really cool. I especially like how the ebonizing came out; I thought you had to be much more careful about the quality of the liquid, but you didn't strain it or anything. I do wonder, though, why not just use an end pin instead of that big bulky stand?
An end pin by itself is less stable again. With a double bass the big body rests against the players body and it stays more or less where they put it. Some EUBs come with a removable bracket that simulates this but they invariably look dumb, and not being a double bass player I'll never miss it. The Ibanez and NS Design basses both come with stands and that's what I'm basing my design from. Thanks.
Great work, as ever. I use a cymbal stand (in conjunction with endpin) with a bespoke bracket on my Stagg EDB. Your stand seems perfectly adequate, if it wobbles a bit but remains in place, I wouldn't worry.
I never cared for dark stains on wood, I don't know why but they always feel cheap to me, even the most beautiful wood seems ruined when someone uses a dark stain. But that technique you did turned out beautiful! I'll have to keep that one in mind. Also, non adjustable bridges should be considered a crime, I have never had an instrument with one that I ever felt could properly play. I feel like I'm always battling my instrument to get it to sound or play right. And I had a good laugh when you put the pickup on too, my first thought was, "Oh that just sounds awful...does he know?", then I was glad to see you felt the same way. lol
I'm about to upload the last video where I make a pickup, at your suggestion I put the logo on there...sort of...you'll see when the video goes public in an hour or so. Cheers.
