Thanks for showing up! For those of you who missed the event, the shop is open the following days in Christmas / New Year. OPEN 10.00-15.00 December 27-29 and January 2-4 THANK YOU SO MUCH for a really nice event!…
SATURDAY 25/11 13.00-17.00 Ystadsvägen 55 HAMMENHÖG, SWEDEN 0731-51 07 88 info@unicornbass.se Welcome to the premiere of the new Artist bass! Since 2005, Christian Olsson has designed and manufactured high end basses with a unique sound. Now you get the opportunity…
This bass has had a few owners and I clearly see why when it got here. The problem was that the truss rod did not work as expected but it worked at the beginning and end of the neck. This…
NEW TOP COAT FINISH! I have always strived for the basses to feel as good as it looks. The top coats play the most important part in this. A matte (10% gloss) finish contains a particulate matter to obtain a…
Welcome to the hopefully positive rants of a middle aged Luthier! Well, I’m quite positive really about the development I make and the higher quality consciousness around the world and in the same time we need to step up the…
This Wal was totally unplayable when I got it into my workshop, these ones got severe neck issues including a warped neck often associated with the graphite layering under the fretboard. So apart from levelling off the fretboard I had…
Here is the culprit. A compression truss rod that had glue on the threads from manufacturing where the truss had simply stuck and couldn´t be adjusted anymore. What happens is that the truss breaks instead. How this bass got through…
routing off the fretboard. This is done in severaI stages to slowly relieve stress. will never heat off a fingerboard. One of the major problems with Fender necks is that the channel isn´t routed in an even radius, affecting mostly…
Old late 70´s Ibanez MC924 on it´s way to former glory! You know, this was one of the basses I coveted as a youngster growing up. frets removed, onto the router for planing. As you can see, even after frets are…