Andyjr1515

Fascinating thread. A lot of thought is going into this build

What next, @Si600 with this? It looks a nice bit of kit. Continuing to watch with interest.

Somehow missed this along the way. Great transition! I agree also with the maple neck - very classy

Splendid! Love them

I have indeed had a sneaky preview listen. Very cleverly, the overdub is of @Bridgehouse 's 64 Precision and, separately, this lightweight beauty, both in the mix of the same 'live' track. Different tone to the 64P, but absolutely the same level of gravitas and clarity and yes...I can feel a bit of essence of Ric there too . Trust me - it sounds great.

Somehow missed your earlier post. I think all of us have probably had to do at least one 'try, strip off, try again' moments with our finishes. In my case, it still happens!

Yes - and there's a hatch into the cellar, directly over the bandsaw Well, I keep seeing these Russian/ US election interference documents where every 4th word is redacted, I thought I'd try it here

..and by the magic of a rough hack with Photoshop, we have the full progression: Left to Right: Pete's piccolo bass, my Swift Lite, Jane's Nyhavn Swift and Neil's Swift Lite Bass

It's confirmed - delivery to @Len_derby tomorrow evening Here it is with its little brother: My 25" scale (PRS-scale) 6-string electric on the left is 5lbs 14oz; Neil's 34" bass on the right is 6lbs 6oz

Gosh. Everytime I see this it's COMPLETELY different. I'd missed the reference to the chequerboard in your earlier post! You seem to have retained the squareness of the vinyl despite going round some significant curves. How on earth did you manage that? Looks great. Love the chequer against the orange pickguard. Looks very special

Masterly

Hmmmm...sitting round for a while is a great time for sketching out and planning out the next ones

If it is similar to the camphor laurel I used, it was very stable. I am pretty certain that you won't need anything above your normal finishing for either rigidity or stability. The filling of the voids is basically aesthetic.

OK - slightly different answer to my earlier post. The single cut above, which is actual Camphor, wasn't actually very holey. As such I got away with just creating a slurry by sanding with wet and dry but using Tru-oil as the wet (basically a variation of the 'slurry and buff' approach). Also, the slurry is the sawdust of the predominant wood - and this camphor was similar hues all around so filling small voids with that lighter slurry didn't detract from the darker burl This one below, was Camphor Laurel (it is actually a type of laurel as far as I understand) which was holey like yours: And this one, yes - I mixed ebony sanding dust with epoxy and filled it with that. This gives a true black fill of the voids: This one below was the same Camphor Laurel, but this time I did a tru-oil slurry and buff. Bear in mind this is not full gloss finished, but you see how the lightness of the slurry tends to soften the burl effect: So, I would say for maximum effect, mix epoxy (Z-epoxy would be my choice) with a decent amount of a very dark sanding dust, for a lesser effect, you could slurry and wipe. Or - you could opt to leave unfilled, as I have for @Len_derby 's very recently finished burl poplar lightweight bass:

Yes! Yes, I have. Kert's (FuNkShUi) single cut custom was camphor burl And I THINK I used epoxy mixed with wood dust - but that might have been one of my other builds. Give me two ticks and I'll find the photos. This was the bass:

Well, I think we've pretty much exhausted the timbre stuff (please, please, please! ). In the meantime, thanks again for the nice words - always means a lot. Got a nice gig bag for it today, did the final pickup height stuff, micro-web'd it and added a signed label for the back of the control chamber cover. Just waiting for the MN blend pot - hoping tomorrow but banking on Wed latest - and we can relieve @Len_derby of his very patient vigil!

Actually, you're both wrong. The timbre I used was poplar

Just added the strap buttons and I'm relieved pleased to say that it balances upright and level. On the knee it's fine too. So, just got to swop that pesky blend pot when it arrives and do the final wipe over with micro-web and it's ready to pass across

Yes - it is. There's a lot of ambiguity on most of the sites I use where they call pan pots blend pots and show complicated diagrams but without any description and those simple words 'centre both 100%'. They need to employ someone like @LukeFRC in their marketing departments ! In the meantime, I will write down in my little book of 'things I bet I forget next time unless I write it down right now' that they are called MN types. Luckily, an MN is one of the two replacements I've ordered on my 'well ONE of them should be the right one!' approach Thanks for the clarification

Soldered the electrics but reckon I've put in the wrong type of blend pot. I seem to remember doing that once before. Trouble is, pinning down the correct pot type from even the most reputable guitar and bass suppliers seems to be a too difficult ask. And searching on google is a bit akin to asking on a astro-physics forum for a quick layman's explanation of the space-time continuum Anyway, ordered two more types - one of them must be the right one. By the time that's fitted next week, the finish will be hard enough for the final micro-web flattening. Next weekend latest, I reckon, Neil

Two more jobs - soldering the wires and fitting the strap buttons. However, took the advantage of a little bit of cloud (not often in the UK we say THAT!) to take the arty-farty shots - taking photos in full sunlight is not an easy thing to do! Before those shots (and forgive the self-indulgence!), someone asked me why I've started scooping the back. Two reasons that can be seen in these two shots: It takes out a LOT of weight. Just look at how much wood has been removed - and this is a relatively thick body this time: It allows a superslim transition of the neck to the body. Again, this one has been made a little deeper (this one is 30mm at its minimum - my last build was 25mm where the body was basically the same thickness as the neck!) but still retains those pleasing lines at the transition. I've also left the transition relatively modest starting with a taper just past the 13th fret - I can always get the surform out if, after he's had a proper play with it, @Len_derby wants it slimmer further up Anyway, enough of the technicals - here are the fancy shots: As always, many thanks for sticking with yet another tortuous thread and for your kind words and encouragement - always HUGELY appreciated Andy

A very professional approach. This is the sort of stuff I skimp on...and it shows!

Final playing weight, 6lbs 6oz

Been on this all day. Two or three small jobs to do, but here's a sneak preview:

And another couple of jobs crossed off - cleaning up and adding finish to the fretboard and levelling and crowning the frets: