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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 23 Dec 2021 9:01 pm    
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turned out great. put in some jazz bass style pickups/electronics. naturally to celebrate i chose a tune that im sure all of you know....Winking.

old white guy funky alert! dont try this at home.

i put a piece of foam under the strings at the bridge like some of the old school funk players do in order to keep the notes from running together and tighten up the groove. some electric basses had a mute at the bridge.

tower of power!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s330c5gBx8s
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Steve Cunningham


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Atlanta, GA
Post  Posted 23 Dec 2021 9:32 pm    
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Yeah Bill, looks and sounds great!
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Allan Revich


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Victoria, BC
Post  Posted 23 Dec 2021 9:37 pm    
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Heck yeah! Like the song said, “pretty fly for a white guy”. The guitar looks fantastic and your playing absolutely does justice to it.
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Cliff Swanson


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Raleigh, NC
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2021 2:42 am    
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Way to rock, Bill. The guitar looks great. Nice job!
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Lance Clifford

 

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Oregon, USA
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2021 8:20 am    
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Looks and sounds GREAT, Bill! Hot playing too....

Fun project.
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Joe Cook


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Lake Osoyoos, WA
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2021 9:02 am    
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Cool! I've never seen a lap steel bass. Nice job, Bill! Cool
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Joe Elk


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2021 9:41 am    
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Nice Looking instrument! Bill Put a couple more Pictures Please.
Joe Elk Central Ohio
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Steven Pearce


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Port Orchard Washington, USA
Post  Posted 24 Dec 2021 7:22 pm    
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Hey Bill, great build and really cool playing!
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Karl Paulsen

 

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Chicago
Post  Posted 25 Dec 2021 5:36 am    
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As a bass player I love the instrument and you've got better tone than many "regular" bassists I know.

I'd be in interested to hear some legato passages.
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Jamie Mitchell

 

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Nashville, TN
Post  Posted 26 Dec 2021 7:48 am    
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great tone and playing!
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Bill Hatcher

 

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Atlanta Ga. USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2021 8:15 am    
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Joe Elk wrote:
Nice Looking instrument! Bill Put a couple more Pictures Please.
Joe Elk Central Ohio


Here’s a couple for you joe.



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Joe Elk


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Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 27 Dec 2021 8:32 am    
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Bill You do good work!
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