Navarone.45-43"multiscale headless

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fotos from yesterday and today gents..

 

 

 

and the best one..

but first a few words.

in the begiing i was thinking about 43-40" scale.

then i thought,if we add 5 frets on a 34"scale bass,it goes almost 45" and that why i decide to build it 45-43.

But,the truth is,45 is a huge scale length.So,i did it colossal..

47-44" scale length!!its just enormous..

 

[SpondonBassed]

That's a serious looking fret press.  Respect.

I modified a vice grip based tool for a ukulele fingerboard once.  It would not be up to the job on your build however.

Edited August 8, 2018 by SpondonBassed

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Thats the reason i dont have give shape in the back of the neck.

I need it thick and strong.This press can deal huge damage if i aply huge force

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[Norris]

That fretboard looks a lovely piece of wood

Erm... where's the top fret wire?

[SpondonBassed]

1 minute ago, Norris said:

That fretboard looks a lovely piece of wood

Erm... where's the top fret wire?

I'm guessing that is a zero fret but I can't see how it's tuned.

[Norris]

Just now, SpondonBassed said:

I'm guessing that is a zero fret but I can't see how it's tuned.

I meant the highest fret up the dusty end

[SpondonBassed]

Yes, sorry.

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I dont have instaled the tuners yet.

The "last fret" is missing because there will be no fret,is just the point i will sand the fretboard to give an angleso it will be lower as it goes near the pickup

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today,i give shape to the back of the neck.Its not finnished,and needs lot of work to be done.

Its endourneck design,mr.Ola strandberg have allow me to use his patented design.

Thank you very much mr.Strandberg

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The backside of the neck is almost ready.

i started to give shape in the front side of the neckthrough piece.Didnt finish it.

[baldwinbass]

Very interesting, I watched the Ola Strandberg video and completely understand why you are using the design for this very challenging scale length. 🙂

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On 19/08/2018 at 20:51, baldwinbass said:

Very interesting, I watched the Ola Strandberg video and completely understand why you are using the design for this very challenging scale length. 🙂

I havent see the video you are talking about.Can you post it here?

[baldwinbass]

These are the videos I watched, which demonstrate Ola's design ethos. 🙂

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Sanded everything with 600 grit and it looks like the endurneck isnt in straight line,so i have to sand more to become straight.

Also i cut the individual bridges because i dont need the piece that holds the strings ball end.

Next step is to fix the endurneck and build the tuners

[baldwinbass]

It's shaping up nicely!

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Ι have build the tuners today.

They also have to be painted black in the end.

I installed the strings but didnt tune to pitch because the electronics are not installed yet.

sorry for the awful fotos

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OOOO!!!!

I PAINT THEM...BLACK

[Andyjr1515]

Wow!  That is starting to look VERY nice

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Till will be ready,i will doubt anything about this project.

Ok,its an experiment,but i dont know where it goes..🤔🤔

[baldwinbass]

I'm sure it will all end happily! 😉

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Tomorow i will go to a profesional car painter to paint it.

Here you can compare the size with my 40" scale p-bass and the 34" scale vig cobra

[BreadBin]

Wow, that really puts it into perspective! 

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Total lengh 135cm and weights less than 5kg..i think its very light for this length.If it wasnt headless,it would weight more and was mora than 1.5meters long.This is the secret reason i done it headless.Less weight,less length.I would have to be shakil o neil to reach the headstock and tune it 

[HazBeen]

I am truly intrigued about the scale size, apologies if this has been answered already: what is the main reason you have a 40” P and are building this even longer scale bass? Is it all due to down tuning?