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Lovely design Although ...the bottom horn seems quite far back , couldn't this potentially make it a little neck heavy when its resting on your leg?

Looking forward to seeing this finished. Keen to see how you get on with the water based lacquer too,...... Ian

Cheers Can't wait to get some lacquer on it see how it comes out, probably wont be until next Spring now.... unless i can get a heated place to do it I have a couple of EMG HZ's to try on this, probably go for a Kent Armstrong preamp but thats way off yet. IanM Will Resume in Spring 2013 !!

Looks really really good m8

Hmmm bolt on neck...from a Les Paul ...hmmmmm.. [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Baldwin-SG-by-Gibson-with-custom-pickup-and-black-neck-restored-and-set-up-/190752451430?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c69bb6b66"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c69bb6b66[/url] And a 'Custom' pickup ...£16 worth of Artec !

Very nice Nugget

Carving the neck.. I use a series of bevels to start. This is the best method for me, i find it gives me more control over the finished neck. Once marked I use a tenon saw to make depth cuts then hog out with a chisel... This is an asymetric neck (if your wondering why it looks a bit skew-wiff) Its then just a matter of fine carving to make it smooth, i use a cabinet scraper for this..

Looking very nice Scroll looks fantastic...

Looks good Nugget, handy for those blanks that are not square. If I was trying to build for a living its definately something i would consider.

Very slowly Rubis ! 'ere i like yer Old Macdonald fret cutter ..remarkably similar to mine ! IanM

Its all looking good

I'll take that off yer hands

Had a few hours in the shed this weekend, cut the fret slots, installed the truss rod and attached the fingerboard. Then dived back inside to warm up....bloody freezin' ! Ian

£7.50 ?..you was robbed.

I admire the fact that 'doing it the hard way' hasn't put you off in the slightest. It's a great way to learn...i bet this wont be your last either

[quote name='skelf' timestamp='1351159357' post='1847976'] I live in hope but they are taking a while to get of the ground and the price is a bit of a nose bleed moment. Complicated and time consuming to build and they also need an interface board which John East is designing for me. [/quote] Yes i'd imagine they'd be quite fiddly to make but judging by the interest SGD generated with these there is hopefully a good demand, hope it goes well for you m8.

Oohh thats interesting Alan...think you may be onto a winner there

Wal pups are pretty unique and have a two coils per string if i remember correctly. I dont know of anyone else that uses/builds them. SGD Lutherie was looking to build them at one point but i dont know if he ever got round to it. [url="http://www.sgd-lutherie.com/pages/pickups.html"]http://www.sgd-lutherie.com[/url]

I dont usually comment on this guy .. just watch with utter bewilderment. He's doing 'Full Restoration' now...it was only a matter of time before he moved on from 'fixing the nut fret' to start on the frets themselves.......apparently spending hours 'easing the frets' ...its just plain scarey ! Have a read of this ....... [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Paul-style-MIJ-guitar-from-the-1970s-by-Satellite-restored-and-set-up-by-me-/190741460092?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6913b47c"]http://www.ebay.co.u...=item2c6913b47c[/url]

Lovely ...lovely bass ! Hope it works out for you Shep ....defo a keeper

Take a look at NHOP with Oscar Peterson too......

Thanks Rubis! I know it looks gnarly on the photos but its actually smooth and quite tight grained, no holes /voids to fill whatsoever. Ian

This will be my last project before the winter hibernation sets in. There were a few bits on the wood pile that really needed used up..... 33 " Scale 4 String Body London Plane Olive Ash Neck Padauk London Plane Still trying to use native species and keep the air miles down decided on some gnarly London Plane for the top. There is some nice burr on this with some interesting swirly grain and a little of the Lacewood pattern... Rippled Olive Ash on the back,... I wasn't able to salvage enough Ash for the Control cavity cover so i'll use some Pippy Plane to go with the headstock veneers. After a good few tweaks i now finally have a shape that i am very happy with, so this was commited to a template, which i then used to rough out the body. Padauk neck...with template and finally the headstock veneers taken from the same London Plane board .. Should get the majority of this finished this year .......although applying the finish is another matter. Hope youz enjoy .. IanM

Lovely looking bass...can't say i've heard of them either.

Hello and welcome George, just batter in !