Chopthebass

Nice neat routing there👍

Neck pocket cut and headstock veneer and cap glued on.

Lovely top wood!

I’m experimenting using the Shaper to create a headstock logo. I used a 0.5mm bit and infilled with blue resin. It turned out super crisp!

I still use routers for a lot of operations. I just tried doing my logo and infilling with resin. Looks pretty amazing. Its great for stuff like that.

Looking great! Keep the progress pics coming.

It is exotic plywood 😆

Fingerboard blank made. Next is a scarf joint

Some rear contouring. Needs refining in a few places

It’ll be great for block or custom inlays

I contoured the edges ( by hand!) . I wanted a chamfered look rather than rounding over. Here’s a pic.

Pickup rout, string anchor holes and control holes all done using the Shaper Origin.

Wondering whether to keep it natural or stain darker. Here it is wetted

Control cavity finished. I pre-slotted channels for pickup wire, batter wire and bridge ground before glueing back on.

Yes they are nice. Also the Marleaux Mbass

ha ha ! So have Essex girls not shaken off that reputation? The were responsible for lots of great jokes!!

One of my best amps was a 600SMX. Wish I'd hung on to it, but like most of you I was always looking for new gear! I don't know why all they have to offer now is the Elf. Maybe they have plans for bigger heads??

Yup it reminds me of a Franz too now!!! Agreed it is hard to be completely unique. This will look a lot different when contoured.

Great bass! I think it’s hard to not be similar to other basses out there. But I agree, with the Delano, ebony and similar color wood, it does look similar to the Franz! Mine is better as it has 7 knobs!!

Thanks! I find it’s hard to be totally unique with headstock. Although unintentional. I do see the Ritter resemblance!

Excellent! Ill be following this!

I decided I wanted a good looking single cut bass. So many designs out there look like sperm wales, so here my design. Front and back has a bookmatched flamy/spalted maple cap with a lovely reddish tinge, Core is Alder. Neck will be flame maple/wenge laminate with an ebony fingerboard. ETS hardware and Hipshote Ultralite tuners. Preamp is a Noll 3-band 3-parametric EQ running 18v, Pickup is a Delano Xtender Dual coil.

Good plan. Is the preamp the same as the Schecter with the 3-position switch funk/classic/modern?

Are you going to have the body chambered? The weight of ash can vary hugely. I heard that preamp/pup combination on a Schecter SLS Elite 5 and it is extremely flexible.

can you get a green sleeve for the head?