TL Martinson “Eye of the Tiger” Electric Bass Part 3

I decided to remove the frets and make this a fretless bass.  I also broke the nut because I filed it too far. I got a new nut, but the placement looks bad (plays fine, so far, not that I really know what I’m doing). The fretwires popped right off. I filled the gaps with […]

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Posted in Music on Sep 29th, 2013, 11:05 pm by Dennis  Comments Off   

TL Martinson “Eye of the Tiger” Electric Bass Part 2

My saga from 2010 continued: Here are some pics I took of the fretwork.   I set about trying to make the instrument play in tune.  I filed the nut (too far) to get the strings closer to the fretboard.  I rearranged the bridge components to adjust the overall string length. I also tried to […]

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Posted in Music on Sep 29th, 2013, 10:44 pm by Dennis  Comments Off   

TL Martinson “Eye of the Tiger” Electric Bass Part 1

Here is my saga with a bass called the “Eye of the Tiger” by TL Martinson. I received the bass from a TalkBass forum member in 2010.  He was displeased with it and offered it up for the cost of shipping to the first taker, and that was me. The bass is a 4-string 34″ […]

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Posted in Music on Sep 29th, 2013, 10:33 pm by Dennis  Comments Off