seby wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:25 pm

yard barf wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:14 pm E.R. Schmidt 3/4 bass, made in Germany around 1910. Fully carved, maple back and sides, spruce top, ebony board. Used to belong to Frank Sinatra's bass player.

ZOMG! Can you post a quick vid? What a marvellous instrument : )

yard barf wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:44 am

seby wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:25 pm

yard barf wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 7:14 pm E.R. Schmidt 3/4 bass, made in Germany around 1910. Fully carved, maple back and sides, spruce top, ebony board. Used to belong to Frank Sinatra's bass player.

ZOMG! Can you post a quick vid? What a marvellous instrument : )

Thanks! Sorry, I don't know how to post videos. I'm old, and way behind on things. Tired too.

seby wrote: Wed Jul 21, 2021 5:51 pm

yard barf wrote: Tue Jul 20, 2021 9:44 am

seby wrote: Sun Jul 18, 2021 5:25 pm

ZOMG! Can you post a quick vid? What a marvellous instrument : )

Thanks! Sorry, I don't know how to post videos. I'm old, and way behind on things. Tired too.

May I help? I can walk you through it and then you will be all over this shit. You can haz video kingdom

Nico Adie wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:47 pm Wanted a Firebird for years, couldn’t afford a proper one, so I built one from a kit from Guitar Kit Fabric:

I finished it with 4 coats of danish oil tinted with burnt sienna oil paint, wet sanding the first couple of coats in order to create a grain filling slurry of oil and wood dust, and then 2 coats of Briwax on top. The hardware as supplied in the kit is garbage, so I fitted some Warman Firebuckers. I’ll replace the tuners too, and do a touch of fret levelling as there’s a couple of high spots. It didn’t take long to sort the nut. It sounds and plays pretty great though, mildly uneven frets and all, I’m very pleased.