Design-wise, what do you think?

Mo Law-ka · Post by **Mo Law-ka** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:02 am

i dont really like the pickguard, but i like the body style.

tremlock · Post by **tremlock** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:25 am

looks great all around

dodgedartdave · Post by **dodgedartdave** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:58 am

This would work for a lefty:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_ta ... ridge.html

Would be a bit more pricey for us though.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:12 am

dodgedartdave wrote:This would work for a lefty:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_ta ... ridge.html

Would be a bit more pricey for us though.

Yeah that's all I could find that would work.
No regular lefty ones as far as I could see.

Rikki · Post by **Rikki** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:50 pm

I showed my girlfriend your design, and she said she wants a bass like it so I did a little mock up, what do you think?

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 12:56 pm

We have a winner.

Rikki · Post by **Rikki** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:02 pm

Aug, permission to rip off, would be a one off, and probably in similar shade to that with a perspex pickguard with mirror backing and chrome pickup covers, my girls got weird taste

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:32 pm

DGNR8 · Post by **DGNR8** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:33 pm

Now available MIA or MINZ

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:33 pm

Pickguard looks beyond huge as a Bass.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:50 pm

I'm looking forward to this. I was dreaming of having a Strawberry Yogurt coloured Mercury yesterday. This could look good in so many colours.

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:50 pm

By the way Aug, how did the profile feel of that neck? It looks a bit chunky.

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:54 pm

chunky? it's thinner than a fender neck! but, it's just a mockup so I can get comfortable with grinding out necks.

Post by **Doog** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:00 pm

Aug wrote:i has guitar design

noooooo they be steelin my design!

euan · Post by **euan** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:00 pm

Ah I was concetrating on this picture, which does make it look big:

Though this one shows how skinny it is in fact:

So are you all set for making the necks yourself and then attaching premade boards?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:03 pm

Long way to go yet..

must do insert truss rod, measure and fret boards graphite nut

Aug · Post by **Aug** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:03 pm

almost there...

Rikki · Post by **Rikki** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:58 pm

Mike wrote:Pickguard looks beyond huge as a Bass.

yeah I might play with that a lil bit, perhaps a lil smaller with a fender old school p bass style humbucker or something to even it out

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:47 pm

Aug, your Mercury needs these knobs:

SmashingPumpkin · Post by **SmashingPumpkin** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:58 pm

Aug, your Mercury needs these knobs:

YES!