Bastav

Maybe buy two of the four string versions and make use of the tuners and saddles? Making the rest out of wood might add a touch of class

... father in law. He mostly plays guitar but he wanted me to build him one anyway. And I'll take any excuse to start a new project So I started this a while back and here's what I've got so far. It'll be a four string, fretted long scale affair. I sent him two sketches, one of them played it pretty safe while the other was slightly more adventureus. He went for the latter. Here's the sketch (held down by various objects to keep it from rolling up). And here's the wings today The neck is three pieces of maple with mahogany veneers in between. Here I was working on a scarf joint

Looks great! Love the curved back!

Thanks! Just regular long scale strings. Ball end goes in the tuner, pull the other end through the headpiece/drill stop, tighten screw and cut the string

Thanks everyone! Yes, I'm well pleased, a very decent sofa-noodler indeed

And I recorded a track with it this morning. Just a bit of a jam with myself. Main bass line is recorded via an octave pedal and my roland microcube (mic'd) to give an idea of the sound this travel-sized rig makes. Then I lined the bass au naturel for the solo.

And as promised, some fancy pics

Hehe, thanks!

Thanks all! Yes 17 inch scale with 12 frets. Half of a true bass

Will post some fancier pics later but here´s proof it´s now actually strung up!

Thanks I really appreciate it very true what you said about other builders in the forum, yourself for one, being an inspiration. I love the carving part of building, working with a shinto and a random orbital sander to bring the shape to life.

3 to 5 coats in and things are looking satiny

Nice, I'm really starting to look forward to playing this thing!

I've got a bartolini jazz bridge pickup and it will be passive. I've got an octave pedal (ehx multiplexer) that I'm hoping will pair up nicely, hopfully making it sound kind of synth-bassy

Yeah, I used the same drill stops in my last build and they are working fine. I'll look for some torx key replacements, thanks for the tip!