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Niall Leech
Registrace 13. 02. 2013
Huge meteor
Huge fireball over Stradbally, Co. Waterford during the Perseids Meteor shower. Caught on webcam.
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I built myself a Rickenbacker Bass Guitar
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My first attempt at building a guitar. A through-neck Rickenbacker bass guitar made from a bannister, some Venetian blinds and ash. This was just a Covid lockdown project to help pass the time but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It plays great and sounds great too. Nice and punchy. The video shows the process of building the bass from the very first steps right up to my first time plug...
Letters from the Trenches WW1 Part 4
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The children of 6th class created dioramas depicting scenes from the trenches of WW1. Having studied real letters from soldiers of World War 1, they also wrote and narrated their own letters from soldiers from the front line.
Letters from the Trenches WW1 Part 3
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The children of 6th class created dioramas depicting scenes from the trenches of WW1. Having studied real letters from soldiers of World War 1, they also wrote and narrated their own letters from soldiers from the front line.
Letters from the Trenches WW1 Part 2
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The children of 6th class created dioramas depicting scenes from the trenches of WW1. Having studied real letters from soldiers of World War 1, they also wrote and narrated their own letters from soldiers from the front line.
Letters from the Trenches WW1 Part 1
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The children of 6th class created dioramas depicting scenes from the trenches of WW1. Having studied real letters from soldiers of World War 1, they also wrote and narrated their own letters from soldiers from the front line.
Life in the Trenches WW1
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A brief look into the lives of the soldiers of World War 1. Created by Iceland Class (6th class) in Lucan East Educate Together as part of their studies on World War one in history. We are hoping to add some voiceovers in the new term.
Acids and Bases
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Use red cabbage to create a test to find out which common household products are acids and bases. Ask an adult to help to choose household products that are safe for children to handle and NEVER drink any of the liquids. Keep them away from younger children. You will need: Red Cabbage A Blender Hot Water Glasses or test tubes A table cloth or covering Household acids and bases - Vinegar, soap, ...
Míle Grá
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A music video I directed, recorded and edited for my children's school. It was amazing working with the very talented teachers, staff and of course, children of Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada. Is féidir Linn We are so proud of this music video put together by the staff, parents, children and school community of Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada. During the time of this magical production our school was operating ...
Lucan East. The Story So Far...
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A short animated film about the story of Lucan East Educate Together National School.. so far.
Na Fir Seó is Fearr 2 - The Greatest Showmen
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Episode 2 of the Greatest Showmen. The lads trying their hands had some magic!
Na Fir Seó is Fearr - The Greatest Showmen
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My two doing their take on the Greatest Showman. They had to dress up for Seachtain na Gaeilge in school so they decided they wanted to make a little movie. I brought them to the see the film and we all loved it. Amazing movie! And The Greatest Showman isn't bad either.
Seachtain na Gaeilge 2018 Tá sí beo Lucan East Educate Together
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Seo amhrán de chuid, Sheppard, a rinneamar taifeadadh air le haghaidh SnaG2018 i Lucan East Educate Together This is our version of Sheppard's Geronimo that we recorded for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bainigí sult as! Enjoy!
Tá sí beo... Amhrán SnaG
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Seo amhrán de chuid, Sheppard, a rinneamar taifeadadh air le haghaidh SnaG2018 i Lucan East Educate Together This is our version of Sheppard's Geronimo that we recorded for Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bainigí sult as! Enjo!
Dúshlán Mhainicín (Mannequin Challenge)
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Dúshlán Mhainicín (Mannequin Challenge)
Sligo - At the foot of Knocknarae - The Wild Atlantic Way
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Sligo - At the foot of Knocknarae - The Wild Atlantic Way
Haka performed for the All Blacks by Irish Primary school children before their game against Ireland
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Haka performed for the All Blacks by Irish Primary school children before their game against Ireland
Hallelujah / A Oiche Bheannaithe Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada
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Hallelujah / A Oiche Bheannaithe Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada
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GOOD JOB ! COULD YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SPECIFICATIONS TO MAKE A CORRECT SETUP ? THANKS
Outstanding work. The simplicity of the layout, i.e choices of wood, pickups, bridge and knobs, makes the Rickenbacker shape look quite modern. Well done.
I know I'm late to the party, but I was wondering hor you bass is holding up, lovely build btw. Asking because you used teak in the neck, teak is notoriously greasy and hard to glue up, you really need to get it dry before glueing...Just wondering!😊
Yikes.. I didn't know this. I did clean it all with acetone before gluing and so far it's holding up great 😃 the teak had been a bannister for twenty years in a past life so maybe gave it time to dry out? Not really up on timbers and their properties. Just went with what I had to hand
Awesome. Nice work and looks great.
Cheers man
Dude well done!👍
Thank you!
Nice job. Just imagining the numbers of hands that have previously used that neck to hold onto going up and down the stairs 😆
Thanks! Never thought of it that way!
Hi, excelent work!!! Did you solve the ground noise issue? If yes, how?
Hi Niall, good job on the Bass! I want to build one too.. I contacted Black Dog Music, but they are not allowed to sell the plans anymore. So, would you sell me your plans? Even lend them to me to copy? I would really appreciate it. Thanks. Paul in Canada.
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Amazing video but why did you use the red skinny font we can't ready what you're writing!
Would you believe I tried lots of different ones and that was the best I could find across all the changing backgrounds
Thank you!
This has been absolutely fascinating. Niall you've done yourself proud. I love it that half your tools are from Aldi btw and the others are easily affordable here in the UK. There's a few things I'd like to mention that I have concerns about though, shame on you for using your missis' kitchen table to plane the neck and I hope you took her and the boys out every night you used it for a slap up meal or at least to the chippy, shame on you for bosting up your lad's kite for the inlay dots and I'd like to think that you bought him the very best flier that Ireland has ever seen, and finally shame on you for using your lads as slave labour @33:50 ish. If you get some money off the channel I jolly well hope them lads are fully recompensed and dad has to make another 2 of these for the boys for the effort they've put in. It's brilliant what you've done with the neck and being a simpleton I may have missed the type of woods you made it from, but in our neck of the woods bannisters are usually oak or pine what makes me wonder, as I've never heard of a neck made of oak before. This won't appease the Gods of Guitar Making though, those that keep their sacred skills entirely to themselves. Any any mortal who treads on their ground will be hit with C&D notices to ensure no-one discovers that it's all Emperors New Clothes and that an ordinary Joe can make a better mousetrap without having to spend £2500 and wait a year for the pleasure of being awarded a device that'll catch a few mice, if you know what I mean. This has been a fantastic journey (mad to hear all the music playing 8x speed in the background - Pogues lol and youre playing of Thin Lizzy at the end, first bass riff I ever learned to play - what a toon). If you ever feel like upgrading the bridge to make it look like the real thing just search for a Hipshot 5RK400 pricey, but I got one on my Harlet Benton RB-414 and the sound is ace, bought mine from the States and the price with shipping was less than the rob dogs over here will charge you. Mate thank you so much for your efforts and stickin' it to the man. Subscription and like added.
Pobres vecinos !!!!!!!!!!
Is that your kitchen... Respect man
Esse vídeo é uma verdadeira aula. Parabéns!
Wow, what a nice bass you created! Good job! Sometimes I want to try to build the Rick myself too (I have some woodworking and CNC machining experience) but I'm always scared of how to make a neck (especially the shaping process). Well idk but after watching your video I might give it a try, thank you!
Interesting except you manage to put the camera in some odd places.
WOW! Quite a jump from bench/table maker to excellent luthier. I am most impressed. You should be very proud.
You did a great job! I wish I had the means to do the same. Nobody to teach me around here.
You got yourself to teach you and all the folks on this Toob, just glue a few bits of scrap wood together leave them to dry and work them. Your first effort will be horrible but you'll learn from your second and third efforts until you know you are capable of making something. There's no experience better than making huge f ups as that's the only way any of us learn. Go for it LD, don't let anyone tell you you can't do this, there's only one person telling you you can't do this and that's you.
Beautiful...How many hours from start to finish..including going out to purchase tools and material?
супер!!!молодец!!!!!привет из россии!!!
the biggest issue I can see happening here is those duel trussrods, they are the worst part of a rick design as well as it's neck through and scale, you could get the exact same tone out of a jazz pickup in the same spot on the body at 30" scales, the Squier vintage mod Telecaster bass does
No you didnt
I really like how it has a Ric body, a Wal's wood and color scheme, and jazz pickups. Props to you my man.
The Ric 4000 had a single pup which is almost the same position as a sting ray. I played one back in the day. The sound was great! I would use a Nordstrand or a MusicMan in that position. Yes, I have heard a lot of basses. Listen to a Yamaha 765a.
Man, I thought you said you made a Rickenbacker.
my one complaint: you put jazz bass pickups in a rickenbacker style bass
That's one of the problems with the John Anthony plans. It has jazz style pickups and bridge. It also has a jazz scale length, hence the problems with marking the fret slots. Also the break angle for the headstock is too steep. Oh, dear.
Why you didn't finish body shape? It is too much bumpy.
Amazing !! wow !! great job !
Amazing build! Great surname! :)
Cheers man! Some lovely tunes you've got there. Ditto on the surname!
Nice work, Niall. A couple of questions. The John Anthony plan has far too steep a break angle for the headstock, it is almost Gibsonesque. I used the actual angle measurement from my son's Rickenbacker bass and have added a volute. What break angle did you use? Secondly, have you had any copyright issues with Rickenbacker?
Hi. Thanks for the comment. I'm pretty sure I followed the JAG plan to the letter on everything bar fret slots and fingerboard length (second time around). Not sure how that compares to the original Rick's break angle. Not sure what you mean about the copyright issues. It was only built for myself not for sale so I guess it's not a problem but I suppose if I was to sell them they might have an issue (though at the rate and my ability to build them I wouldn't hold out much hope on going into the business!)
Everything looks great, just the tuning keys were installed upside down
Cheers!. They wouldn't fit the other way around
Just saying AMAZING... I had NOT had your patience no matter how much I wanted to do the same. ALL HONOR TO YOU both for making AND being able to film everything ...
Thanks for the comment! Lockdown gave me lots of time and patience that I'll not get again until I retire!
Wow, that is fantastic! And the fact you edited all of this length of a video is impressive
59:56 Offspring - Bad Habit ^^ Guess the guitar is more thin than the original Rick? Great job!
Not sure it's much thinner than the originals.. might have ended up that way after I had spent hours sanding it!
I have always had second thoughts about neck building since I do not have all the special tools I have seen in other videos to complete the task, you Sr. make it look somewhat simple, even when you had to repeat some work. Your video is inspiring. Great job!
I wouldn't say simple, but there are so many good instructional videos out there (not mine!) to show how to do it. The key is to take your time on each step and give attention to every detail. This was the biggest challenge for me as I like to get through projects quickly normally to get them done. This was a really satisfying challenge once I got into the flow. Thanks for the kind words. Give it a go! You won't regret it either way
For a covid Project........sweet....I bet it took up some of the covid time at least. And, Well...... Hey, Did you show the truss rods placement in the vid? If so, I must have missed it. 37:35 To round the back of the neck it would be great if you could have used some sort of stationary router to shape the back. Or dare I say "Wood shaping chisels to do the hard work. 50:00 I would have also used some good quality Dowel pins to help attach the wings to the neck...(for resonance/Tone and vibration solid attachment). 52:25 What gauge fret wire did you use? 53.30 Rough cut each fret and place them in then after glue is set then you trim them to size with like with a metal nipper along the side of the fretboard , then sand and shape edges with file. LOL I see you nailed that previous suggestion. 56:58 watch out for fret heights on the low and high ends of the neck (pre-set, not under tension) they may vary. (but not anything that can't be fixed later) 58:48 does'nt sound too good, No sustain. fix those issues now ( I hope) Before moving on. 1:00:00 that router with a kind of r"Rounding bit" and a straight edge or correctly contoured guide could have been used to help shape the back of the neck earlier to save man hours with files and sanding...1:04:22 if you want to add body contours to the body, I would do so with the router at this point. Again saving time to sand and or filing. 1:08:04 at this point also give the fretboard it's pre-treatments and or early finish coats also. 1:11:05 Make sure the body AND neck are Finished (Coating wise/color/clear coat/ Staining) before you start adding hardware. ( unless some of that is a test fit). 1:11:54 OK as long as the wood is treated and sealed and the Same with the fretboard ( as Rick Always did) String'er up and start doing the old ( Bass Set-up) stuff. It looks very Nice. Additional question: What pick-ups did you use on this guy? (Make/model number/ brand) 1:13:10 The "Rick Bite" is there but something else..... perhaps tone or resonence is different....perhaps no Mechanical connection of the wings to the body....?, but for a "One Off"/ side project, One Hell Of a Job...1:13:17 do I sense an "Adam and the Ants" song or something that was inspired from them? ( It sounds real familiar) czcams.com/video/xQ-_nr5YrWQ/video.html :) Overall as a first attempt. Oh Hell Yea!!! If you build another or something else I hope you take my suggestions into consideration. It will save you time and help make an even better Instrument. Great Video Thanks! "Live young be fearless". Skyprop
Well not a Rick, but rather a Rick shaped bass.
Cheers for clarifying..
Wow amazing! Where can I find the Rickenbacker draw project? Thanks
Thanks. I ordered plans from black dog music. Just be careful if you get them as the feet measurements are out on it and hence the neck length
This convinced me never to make my own bound neck. Beautiful bass!
wonderful job, I built a Telecaster. But you are a master craftsman!
Thanks man. Appreciate the compliment
bit of flaming lips playing?
That is pretty awesome
Cheers!
When is a Rickenbacker better than a Rickenbacker? When it's not built by Rickenbacker! Great job.
Cheers man! Appreciate it!
Very nice!
ypu have a very nicely furnished work shop. Even a washer and dryer. I'm jellous!
Lol. Trying to keep it from turning into a full on laundry and utility room is the problem! Everytime I go in there seems to be some new appliance dumped in there from the kitchen
We’re you listening to Zappa? Awesome bass!
A bit of Apostrophe.. great album. Cheers man!
listening to Tom Petty songs like Learning to Fly sped up was a great little treat for me. Great looking bass man, glad to see others having taken the time to learn a new craft such as this through the pandemic.
I probably won't get a chance to have time like that on my hands until I retire! Thanks for the comment. Can't beat a bit of Tom Petty... Another positive of the lockdown was getting a chance to listen to some of my old music collection
@@NiallLeechphoto hopefully you dont have to wait that long my friend.
We "learned" this poem in class (Primary 5, aged ~8) in 1967 and I still remember much of it (which is how I was able to search for it on Google). At the time I thought how ridiculous it was that no-one would notice such a being in the class, and why were they even in the class anyway? We even had to draw the "writer", and I remember thinking how odd and unlikely it was to be asymmetrical with respect to limbs, eyes etc. and the improbable distribution of the 17 fingers and toes amongst the (5+2=) 7 limbs irked my scientific thinking even then! It was MANY years later that I realised I should have drawn a child day-dreaming at the back of the class! At what age to children "get" this?
Amazing work. I can understand not wanting to go "full Rick" on the neck inlays. I've always wondered what a fretless Rick would sound like.
Played a fretless jazz bass for a while, wasn't a big fan. Doubt it would suit the Rick sound. Would be a much easier build though 😉
@@NiallLeechphoto Yeah, a fretless instrument is intended more for actual jazz than for blues or rock, and definitely not for prog/rock.