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| Author: | Rodent [ September 23rd, 2011, 6:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | on the bench today ... |
fresh from the paint shop ...   VRB PB&J™ 5 - select Swamp Ash non-offset style body - Eastern Maple 35"-scale 21-fret neck, 16″R Rosewood fretboard, satin finish - 1-7/8″ nut - Mint/B/W pickguard - Nordstrand P5/NJ5S pickup set - Hipshot Ultralight tuners - Hipshot Vintage bent plate 18mm bridge - Chrome hardware this model is also available as a lefty all the best, R |
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| Author: | AzWhoFan [ September 24th, 2011, 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Rod, can you remind us what a 'non offset body style' means? |
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| Author: | Rodent [ September 24th, 2011, 7:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
a P-bass has a symmetrical body style, with both sides of the butt end essentially being identical. a J-bass has a patented/trademarked offset body style where the upper and lower halves of the butt end are significantly different. Fender refers to this as an 'offset body' shape Fender 'owns' the trademark on 'P-bass', so I'm left to describe it without the commonly used name all the best, R |
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| Author: | belinmad [ September 25th, 2011, 5:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Rod, Out of curiosity, does Fender ever slap builders with cease-and-desist type attacks to protect their IP? There seem to be so many builders out there putting basses on the market that are essentially j and p basses, that I imagine it must be impossible for Fender to do much about it, no? |
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| Author: | Rodent [ September 25th, 2011, 8:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
they most definitely do, but their legal muscle is focused mostly on companies who do Fender clones that include their trademarked headstock shape. The most common remedy is for a company to license their use of the headstock shape, and this is exactly what has been done by several Fender clone builders as well as companies like Warmoth, AllParts, MightyMite, etc ... Fender's big mistake was allowing most of their body shapes to be used by anybody for years, and the result is that they have legally fallen into public domain. Fender still has copyright and trademark rights to their marketing of these shapes, so while it's OK to use a P-bass shape, it's not OK to refer to it as a P-bass, P, Precision, etc ... all of this applies within North America. I am not familiar with how Fender polices it's IP in other geographic and international areas all the best, R |
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| Author: | belinmad [ September 25th, 2011, 9:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
that's very interesting, thanks man! |
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| Author: | Rodent [ December 14th, 2011, 2:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
a freshly cut Tort pickguard for this 35" scale VRB-PJ5. this will have passive V/B/T controls with a side jack. Should be shipping off to it's home inTexas before the end of the week  back to work on all those NAMM basses .... all the best, R |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 14th, 2011, 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Looks great! What P pickup is that? |
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| Author: | velalv [ December 14th, 2011, 4:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
andrew wrote: Looks great! What P pickup is that? I was thinking the same thing. Does the offset magnet poles change the tone of the bass in any way? |
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| Author: | fivebass52 [ December 14th, 2011, 11:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Beautifully done Rod! |
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| Author: | leftieray [ December 14th, 2011, 11:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Love your work Rod. Have you a sixer in your plans for the future? Just a thought, have every thought about building basses based on known brand who don't make lefties anymore, e.g. Gibson, Ric's etc? |
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| Author: | Rodent [ December 21st, 2011, 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
yes, a 6-string is in the works. I've had the prototype completed for a couple years now, but building it at a cost people could afford has kept it benched. the new CNC is going to allow me to finally bring this to market in 2012 all the best, R |
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| Author: | frankenjazz [ December 22nd, 2011, 4:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Do you plan on the 6 string still being in a single cut configuration or are you planning on doing multiple body styles? |
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| Author: | Rodent [ December 22nd, 2011, 6:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
the single-cut will be first since I have all of the prototyping completed. the double-cut will follow once I have had time to got thru the proofing on the neck design all the best, R |
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| Author: | andrew [ December 22nd, 2011, 7:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
Rodent wrote: the single-cut will be first since I have all of the prototyping completed. the double-cut will follow once I have had time to got thru the proofing on the neck design You going to do a 4+5 string singlecut too Rod? |
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| Author: | Rodent [ December 22nd, 2011, 9:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: on the bench today ... |
99.9% sure I'll be doing these in a 5-string ... I'll need to see how much room the neck mounting interface area has before I'll know whether a 4-string is doable if there's enough interest, I'll probably also consider the possibility of adding a 7-string single-cut as well. it'll all come down to how much time I have available for the design and prototyping all the best, R |
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