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I want to wish everybody on this forum a wonderful and healthy 2013 and lest keep the blues alive!

After build the Scarabee for a friend i want to have a fret-less bass-guitar my self. So i start whit collect some wood and start off. It is not the meaning to build an extreme instrument. But i have a couple of idea's that i gonna do in this bass. I want to have a string trough. I guide the strings...

I use watercolor ink to stain the wood first an sanding the color down like at this movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_JrN9_VTR8

As soon as i can find the time i gonna play a couple of bass notes into this collab! Maybe HBL can fix this and put all this delicious sounds together into more than just a sound sample. It is so good fun toe hear the difference approach of each player and as always love the playing of the others th...

I send HBL a file ! still 1 to go (on Bass)

I gonna give it a try whit the bass and a small lead on the ELM. I gonna send HBL the tracks separately so he can work it out.

If you decided to start the project and need some advice, you can send me a PM ore mail if you want to discussed the job Oke?
I keep follow this one

Hallo Michael, i think that you have mighty good selling sides in Sweden! It looks like very high quality DIY kits to me and the LP looks good. I have a lot of satisfaction out building guitars some times even more than playing on them. So it sounds as a good idea to build a guitar out of this. Besi...

Any one who wants to play a few leads on this one?

This by far one of my favorite randy Newman songs and specially in the version of Bonnie as a goooood 2nd

Thanks 12 bar! I recorded an other sample, a lot more Les Paul and Up tempo. I play a rhythm part a bass line and a lead part. I put it on 12 bar and ask for a collab on the topic Jam Whit the ELM ( El Mano Lowbudget Manufactoring )

download/file.php?id=2324

Recent i bought an audio interface, and Cubase LE6 came whit the box. I still don't know how it works but whit Audition an Audacity it runs well. Using the virtual Amp of the interface i was noodling around. Using the ELM sitting on the couch whit headphone and recording :music2: :thumbsup: I play a...

Hay Micheal, maybe you can look after Sean Costello who play a magnificent fingerstyle on his Goldtop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKeL6MGT ... ults_video

Whoww That must be hurt! It is the main problem whit guitar players who love to do outdoor activity and woodworking like guitar building. Sometimes it didn't work as it should. Hope you recover soon. We would not mis your contribution of playing over here. So Please be carefull.

Super Job HBL and well done I love the color! Pity the beauty full guitar is mirror wise

The Neck is a strange sensation :thumbsup: The spacing is 1,5 mm more than normal on a LP on the top nut over the 6 strings. Strange enough it give me a lot more comfort. The 2e modification it the total size. Between the high E and low E there is more distance between the edge of the neck. It gives...

The building progress is on this topic

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2148

The ELM is nearly finished I build an Les Paul whit the specs of a '59 from scratch Just because i bought the Pickups last winter :high5: You can see the building progress over here. I made a sound sample in Bm The rythme part is on the bridge tone and volume complete open The lead part is the bridg...

Today the last small things are done. The pick ups are connected in '57 style! And the frets are fine tuned. The sound is amazing, the neck is shaped for my hands only. This is the first guitar i can use for chords for a longer time whit out pain! The spacing is "normal" 43 mm on the top n...

The Wiring is in the guitar, all the hardware is mounted. There are 3 frets witch are a little bit to high on the E and A # 18,19, and 20 that i have to file down an bit. But it don't need to flatted all. This is the first fretboard i build that is 95% good all ready. The sound acoustic is pretty cl...