Cerb

I have heard of GIs using their government issued jacknkife to carve out the center. Smoothing the inside, however, is a bit of a problem. I'm sure that sandpaper could be found if it was needed. Or, a whet stone that was small enough could possibly do the job.

While I am not totally aware of how one would make them without a drill (that is, in fact, how I made the ones I've made in the past), they are one of the coolest ways to pass time. Obviously Mister Masta over here just doesn't understand. I get the feeling that he is feeling a bit brown today.

Get out an actual tape measure and measure the circumference of your wrists. There is no way that they are 5 inches as stated in your first post. That's the size of a toilet paper roll.

I had done what you stated above. I don't know how to code PHP myself (although I've been meaning to learn for a while, now), but I found a site that mentioned that that was the proper way to do it.

I've actually got it working now. For some reason, though, that original script that I provided above did, in fact, work for a long while. Strange.

My PHP include scripts were working fine for a long time until one day they simply decided to give me errors that I can't seem to fix.

I deleted the original homepage because of this and because it was time for a new layout anyways. I'm still having trouble, however. The site is set up so that the index page is the only page with formatting. This is the page that provides the layout. The content pages of the site are accessible through hyperlinks, which are clicked to include the content on the index page.

In the area of index.php where I want to include the content I use this code:

<?php include("$page");?>

The hyperlinks that tell the index.php to include them on it are coded in this way:

<a href="index.php?page=pagename.html">Page Name</a>

However, when I visit the index page I get the following error:

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/cerb/public_html/index.php on line 20?>

It may help your understanding of my problem if you visit cerb.trap17.com
What could be the problem? This is particularly confusing since they were perfectly sound at one time, and suddenly no longer worked.

Yeah, I definately understood none of that :-\. Please try to rephrase.

Sorry about that. The link read trap7 instead of 17. Try it now.And, yes, it's been quite a while. I'm just not much of a forum guy (except for my second home, Talkbass.com. It's the only forum I've found were the entire userbase is mature), so I just bought a bunch of credits. I logged in the other day to post that I had finished my bass and realized that I had .80 credits left, so I needed to post some .Definately check out my finished bass and the one that is in progress, though. I'm proud of them beyond belief.P.S. How are you doing?

I'd like you all to check out cerb.trap17.com and tell me what you think. Don't judge it based upon content, because it is simply a site to track my bass builds and not much more. Content is added as it becomes available. Rate the layout, though, if you would. I've been working on this layout for quite a while, and I think I've finally found the perfect medium for it.

I'm not worried about the code checking out and such unless it shows up truly horrible on someone's browser. If it does, please inform me.

Thanks,
Cerb; Taylor Baker

About a year ago I described the bass that I was in the process of building. I believe I linked to a blog and there were a few progress pictures. Some may remember it, most will probably not. HERE (clickable link) it is anyways. Just click on the two links on that page to either see completion pictures or to hear a soundclip (plugged straight into soundcard, no EQ).

This is my first fretless instrument. I don't believe I will ever be able to go back to fretted basses again, though, at this point. My musical voice rests with the fretless bass now. I love not having those little metal speedbumps to slow me down.

Overall, I'm extremely pleased with the instrument. The tone is not what I was looking for, but now that I've had time to play it I've adapted my technique and note voicing to cope. Now it is my main axe. The tone is what I would describe as very growly with a lot of fretless mwah (any bassists will know what I'm talking about). That isn't the part I didn't like. The treble and high midrange are extremely harsh. Because of this it is definately an instrument you have to be aquainted with well to make it sound nice. I've yet to hear another person be able to make the harshness of the sound go away.

I believe at some point I will wind up swapping out the preamp for an Aguilar OBP-3. The preamp that is in the cavity at the moment just takes up way too much space. Another thing that I will do eventually is shield the electronics cavity. I've yet to do this simply because I got lazy at the end of the build and wanted to get the thing making music.

For any musicians that have trouble with neck-dive, I would DEFINATELY recommend the tuners which I placed on this bass. They are Hipshot Ultralites. They weigh about an ounce less than Gotoh tuners, thus taking 1/4 pound off of the headstock. Being as the neck on this instrument is made of wenge, it is naturally neck heavy. I still have absolutely no neckdive.

The neck profile is by far my favorite thing about the entire bass, though. From the front of the fingerboard to the back of the neck it is 1 1/4" thick. That is, as opposed to the 3/4" that most basses are. I have large hands, and because of that my hands always cramp up when playing production basses with small necks. This is the most comfortable neck I've ever played on.

Overall, I'm very happy with this bass. Unfortunately I've caught the bass building bug and now cannot stop. I am already planning my second, which will have many more bells and whistles.

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The second bass' progress and planning can be viewed HERE. The specs are as follows:

- 4 string Fretless
- Contrastling lines of veneer. 3rd, 5th, 7th, etc. will be a different color.
- Semi-Hollow
- Some sort of attractive soundhole (possibly just lines as shown in the image)
- 32 3/4" Scale - This was as long as I could make the scale without lengthening the body. This also helps with my reach while standing, especially considering I have back troubles.
- Horn that extends a good ways past 12th position, which will also help with my back troubles.
- Matching cavity covers
- Possibility of doing an inlayed tuner (link)
- Inlayed straplocks
- My first angled headstock
- Singular adjustable string holders rather than a nut (I think Scott French does this)
- Wipe-on Poly with oiled neck

Wood:
- Wenge Neckthrough (not centered at rear of bass, giving a nicer sitting position and also giving me much more room to work in the control cavity.)
- Flamed redwood top
- Padauk accent lines below the top and back
- Wenge Body Core
- Flamed redwood back
- ? Acrylicized Fingerboard

Hardware:
- All black
- ETS MK III headless bridge
- Either Duesenberg's string clamps or Le Fay's (still awaiting reply) string posts at headstock
- Wooden Knobs (Hey Nateo!)

Electronics:
- Aguilar OBP-3
- Bart Classic Bass J at bridge and an MM at neck position

As you can see, I've still yet to decide upon a fingerboard wood, but everything else is finalized. This bass will truly be a musicians instruments. Everything will be custom fit to my own needs. Because of my back problems, I have shortened the scale even more than I did on the first bass. The scale is 1 1/4" shorter than standard. This will help the bass balance perfectly while standing, and it will also help with my reach. I'm moving the tuning to the body end with a tunable bridge, and I'm simply putting string clamps on the headstock. This will take a considerable ammount of weight off of the neck end of the instrument, which is always good.

I actually won the redwood blank from ebay and had Larry Davis at Gallery Hardwoods resaw it for me. I got four pieces out of it, and 2 will be used for the top and back of this bass. The cool thing is that I will be able to keep the continuity of grain and mineral stains from front to back. Sadly, though, because redwood is so soft, I will need to use a hard finish rather than my preferred oil finish.

Really there isn't much more to say. I hope you enjoy what I've done, and don't mind reading what I had to write. I'm just overly excited about it all.

Thanks for your time,
Cerb; Taylor Baker

I might as well get one aswell. Though, I absolutely hate most online communities. Talkbass.com is really the only one I enjoy to the fullest. Send an invite to Full.of.hate@gmail.com.

So what exactly is so ding-dang cool about this? So, a cat is born with a deformity. It happens regularly in all species of animals. I just don't understand why people like to blow silly things like this out of proportion.

I'm, simply, me. Is that so difficult for people to get through their scrawny minds. Just be yourself.

And, it makes so much sense that every guy is just the same as stated above. Generalizations show nothing more than the idiocy of the generalizer. I just wish that for once someone would have a little bit of sense.

Though I can't truly say that I have a favorite song, La Villette by Marcus Miller is an amazing song. It is probably the most listened to song in my collection. Mr. Miller once again shows his mastery of the electric bass and his slap technique. Only, in this song, I think he takes his abilities to another level totally. Definately check it out.

I'm 16 at the moment and have been in the same relationship for a little more than 3 years. I certainly don't see the relationship ending in the future. I love her just as much as I did in the beginning, and she says the same of myself.

There's only one way to solve this problem. Kill the friend and stash her body in the crawl space under your home.

Also, shouldn't this be in another forum? It certainly isn't General Talk.

Think of it like this:You take one rectangle and double it.You make a second rectangle the the same size as the previous 2 combined.Then you make a third the same size as the previous 3 combined.And so on...At least that is how it is used in geometry. It has a lot of similarities to the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. I would suggest you research it over at wikipedia.com. That is where I gained my knowledge of it.

I prefer brewed teas over all other drinks. My favorite of them is magnolia oolong, or any oolong tea for that matter.

While I cannot speak it fluently, I've been studying Latin for the past couple of years.

I'm always visiting TalkBass.com. It's, by far, the most mature forum on the net. As the name implies, it's for bassists, though many others frequent just because the maturity level is so high. That is the main reason I frequent Xisto the least out of the sites I visit. The user base just isn't mature enough. It's horribly annoying wading through idiocy to find relevant and interesting posts.

I, personally, prefer PS2 over all other consoles. I mainly enjoy it because of its contoller. Sadly, the PS3 will have one that looks like a boomerang. Also, more importantly, PS2 supports most of the games that I enjoy.

I possess some symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. You mentioned that you must rewrite things that don't look nice. I do the same thing, and will constantly throw papers away. That's why most of my schoolwork is typed. I must organize everything or I go crazy. This is especially true where I work. After school I work in a coffee shop, and we have about 25 syrups for flavoring. I alphabetize these almost every time I go in. Another thing that is perfectly organized is my computer. All of my files have a folder, and if I have a file that doesn't fit in one of these, I make a new folder for it.Also, everything I do must be equal or somehow geometric in form. I'm not sure of any better way to explain this. This also helps with efficiency, which is another thing that I go crazy over. I constantly get angry with others when they are not being efficient.Oh, and I'm a male, to answer your question. My symptoms certainly aren't as bad as your own, but they are somewhat annoying.

Arguing religion is a silly game. Arguing religion with a religious book is an even more silly game. I don't know why I even bother clicking on topics dealing with religion anymore...