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robert spencer · March 30th, 2012, 11:59 AM

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Hello . My name is Bob Ingman I live on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Since my middle name is Spencer I have adopted the user name Robert Spencer. My background has been photography for the last twenty years or so. I have a photo website featuring local nature & wildlife:
http://northland.smugmug.com/
Since my return to bass palying i have added a bass gallery (Touching Basses) which feature mostly bass photos I have gathered here on the Bass Place & and a few other spots around the net:
http://northland.smugmug.com/Music/B...0417&k=dThDSmx
Not long ago I became interested in a bass build of my own. At the time I didn`t know this site existed & spent time at another popular bass site. When I began to fine tune my selection process to the thinline tele bass I began to ask questions there in regard to the project. I was directed here by one of the members of the other forum. I`m glad i was too. The bass place seems like home to me now. I have been lurking there reading back all 77 pages of old threads. Not only do the folks here know what I need to learn to complete the project but have some very useful & interesting threads that go through the process step by step.
My SX Thinline body & SX 30" scale jazz neck arrived yesterday. Lots of good things to report & a few problems to overcome as well. Overall I am really pleased with what I have to begin with. In addition to body & neck I have been busy aquiring various other components such as bridge, tuners, strings, PG, ect.

I am in the middle of a refinish of a friends Pbass clone. When that is completed I will begin in earnest on my own project. This is a photo of the body and neck as received:
http://northland.smugmug.com/Music/B...L/021-1-XL.jpg

I will become a regular on The bass place as this undertaking gets rolling. Just wanted to check in & say hello to those here. Thanks for having me. Take care. Bob

fenderslaper · March 30th, 2012, 02:22 PM

Hello and welcome! Take lots of pics of your build please!

robert spencer · March 30th, 2012, 03:05 PM

Thanks fenderslaper. there will be a lot of photos most likely because I will be showing what I have to work with as i go. I will have questions and ask advise step by step. This is pretty much backward of those with skills sharing their build and explaining why through the project. Mine is help i need help in deciding what or how to do things next etc etc. Anyway thanks again for the welcome fenderslaper. Take care. Bob

glen smith · March 30th, 2012, 03:10 PM

Wow, great photography!

Hiker · March 30th, 2012, 04:03 PM

Welcome to TDPRI!

robert spencer · March 30th, 2012, 04:18 PM

Hi Glen I`ve seen you all over these forums. Thanks for the welcome.
Thanks Hiker where in the _ _ _ _ is pine cone alley? take care. Bob

ThreePlyGuy · March 31st, 2012, 12:24 PM

Some lovely basses there, thanks for sharing and welcome.

robert spencer · March 31st, 2012, 01:14 PM

Thanks ThreePly. I`m quite happy with that gallery of basses. First one I have ever assembled that is comprised of others photos. There are some beauties in there and then some very down to eart players (which is what i like).
The more I think about my build project the more enthusiastic i become about it. So many decisions to make.So many parts to find & purchase. It`ll all be wort it though if I do my part properly in planning and selecting components. Take care. Bob

Rhomco Guitars · March 31st, 2012, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by robert spencer

Thanks ThreePly. I`m quite happy with that gallery of basses. First one I have ever assembled that is comprised of others photos. There are some beauties in there and then some very down to eart players (which is what i like).
The more I think about my build project the more enthusiastic i become about it. So many decisions to make.So many parts to find & purchase. It`ll all be wort it though if I do my part properly in planning and selecting components. Take care. Bob

Too cool! I count six of mine in there!
Rob
Here is another short scale one for ya!

robert spencer · April 1st, 2012, 01:14 AM

Rob that one as seen in the second photo is already in there too! a very cool bass.
Take care. Bob

mrmorrison · April 1st, 2012, 01:16 AM

Welcome to TDPRI!

robert spencer · April 1st, 2012, 01:24 AM

Thanks Mike. Good to be here. Take care. Bob

March 30th, 2012, 11:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Introduction As Posted @ The Welcome Wagon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello . My name is Bob Ingman I live on Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. Since my middle name is Spencer I have adopted the user name Robert Spencer. My background has been photography for the last twenty years or so. I have a photo website featuring local nature & wildlife: http://northland.smugmug.com/ Since my return to bass palying i have added a bass gallery (Touching Basses) which feature mostly bass photos I have gathered here on the Bass Place & and a few other spots around the net: http://northland.smugmug.com/Music/B...0417&k=dThDSmx Not long ago I became interested in a bass build of my own. At the time I didn`t know this site existed & spent time at another popular bass site. When I began to fine tune my selection process to the thinline tele bass I began to ask questions there in regard to the project. I was directed here by one of the members of the other forum. I`m glad i was too. The bass place seems like home to me now. I have been lurking there reading back all 77 pages of old threads. Not only do the folks here know what I need to learn to complete the project but have some very useful & interesting threads that go through the process step by step. My SX Thinline body & SX 30" scale jazz neck arrived yesterday. Lots of good things to report & a few problems to overcome as well. Overall I am really pleased with what I have to begin with. In addition to body & neck I have been busy aquiring various other components such as bridge, tuners, strings, PG, ect. I am in the middle of a refinish of a friends Pbass clone. When that is completed I will begin in earnest on my own project. This is a photo of the body and neck as received: http://northland.smugmug.com/Music/B...L/021-1-XL.jpg I will become a regular on The bass place as this undertaking gets rolling. Just wanted to check in & say hello to those here. Thanks for having me. Take care. Bob

March 30th, 2012, 04:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hiker Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Knob Hill Posts: 3,595 10 Photos	Welcome to TDPRI! __________________ Hammer On!

March 31st, 2012, 12:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
ThreePlyGuy Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Southern California/Arizona Posts: 2,010	Some lovely basses there, thanks for sharing and welcome. __________________ Good luck with your planetary exploration projects.

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March 30th, 2012, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
fenderslaper Tele-Meister Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vista CA Posts: 400	Hello and welcome! Take lots of pics of your build please!

March 30th, 2012, 03:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Thanks fenderslaper. there will be a lot of photos most likely because I will be showing what I have to work with as i go. I will have questions and ask advise step by step. This is pretty much backward of those with skills sharing their build and explaining why through the project. Mine is help i need help in deciding what or how to do things next etc etc. Anyway thanks again for the welcome fenderslaper. Take care. Bob

March 30th, 2012, 03:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
glen smith Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Quebec, Canada Age: 63 Posts: 3,819	Wow, great photography!

March 30th, 2012, 04:18 PM	#6 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Hi Glen I`ve seen you all over these forums. Thanks for the welcome. Thanks Hiker where in the _ _ _ _ is pine cone alley? take care. Bob

March 31st, 2012, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Thanks ThreePly. I`m quite happy with that gallery of basses. First one I have ever assembled that is comprised of others photos. There are some beauties in there and then some very down to eart players (which is what i like). The more I think about my build project the more enthusiastic i become about it. So many decisions to make.So many parts to find & purchase. It`ll all be wort it though if I do my part properly in planning and selecting components. Take care. Bob

April 1st, 2012, 01:14 AM	#10 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Rob that one as seen in the second photo is already in there too! a very cool bass. Take care. Bob

April 1st, 2012, 01:24 AM	#12 (permalink)
robert spencer Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: thorne bay alaska Age: 69 Posts: 459	Thanks Mike. Good to be here. Take care. Bob

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