Matteo Marziali Posted September 4, 2016 Author Share Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Shaping the 3 pieces Maple neck With the frets on A detail of the Ebony binding and of the fret side. I found a cheap fret tang nipper on Ebay, it works fine. I routed the fretboard end The back with some carving works The neck glued How does it look with the top Carving the heel The carving on the back is done I glued the top and I'm carving it Room for the Barts Headstock with custom TR cover First coat of oil varnish Edited December 16, 2017 by Matteo Marziali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Vey nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Marziali Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) Some pics of the "Traditional" Edited December 16, 2017 by Matteo Marziali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Marziali Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) And a video with some samples: Video Edited December 16, 2017 by Matteo Marziali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subthumper Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Strong work there!! Respect!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scojack Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Stunner, impeccable attention to detail luv it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Woah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_sub Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 one of the most beautiful basses I've seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Superb. No other word seems appropriate.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriss Popovski Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Very nice. Bravo! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Marziali Posted December 16, 2017 Author Share Posted December 16, 2017 Hello there! It's been a long time since my last post, also the second bass is done and gone, more than one years ago. Sorry for this delay, I think it's because of Instagram, I use to share pics there nowdays, you can follow me here If you remeber my customer want me to remove a part of the Padauk binding, this is how it looks after the job And this is the fretboard-end, with the Padauk heel block and the Wenge center part of the body And here all the parts of the body, I used IKEA dowel pins to keep all these parts together And this is a trick to create a room for batteries Gluing the body My offset template, I use a router bushing The routed body With the neck, front: and back: And this is the neck obviously The body after routing and carving job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimothey Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 Both basses look awesome!!!!! I love the look of the neck on the second bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Love 'em both...great work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Marziali Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 More pics This the woods for control panel, I placed a Padauk layer under Rosewood Here is the shaped control panel Knobs layout, on the right a killerswitch This is the jig to route the fretboard end Then I placed a Wenge cover on the end of the neck White plastic dots inside an aluminum pipe Fretting job, I use a fret tang nipper found on Ebay, I needed to modify it to fit the fret. It works well for what it costs. And as you can see I use superglue in the slot. On the right the self made jig for filing the fret ends The headstock with magnetic TR cover made out of Rosewood with Padauk accent Control panel on the body The whole bass ready for the hardware 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blablas Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Beautiful work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 I really like the look of both of these basses - stunning work. I like the contrast of the wenge and padauk so much I just went and bought some padauk for a future project!! Keep posting the progress. Cheers Jez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Another great bass ....love the Paduak accents, would work really well with white Holly I think - I like the body shape but I'd get ready for the inevitable comparisons to the Carl Thompson scroll... There's still room in my Xmas stocking if it's finished in time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matteo Marziali Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) I like the body shape but I'd get ready for the inevitable comparisons to the Carl Thompson scroll... This bass is TOTALLY inspired by Carl Thompson!..... Finally a Video with some crappy samples And some pics Edited December 23, 2017 by Matteo Marziali Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 Beautiful. I love the way the paduak neck laminates blend into the volute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted December 24, 2017 Share Posted December 24, 2017 (edited) I thought you'd been inspired by the Psilos build.. They share similar body lines... Edited December 24, 2017 by TheGreek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDelores Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Wow both of these are stunning! Very inspirational, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTool Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Just caught up with this build diary, superb workmanship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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