Andyjr1515 Posted June 18, 2019 Share Posted June 18, 2019 Excellent stuff, @Jabba_the_gut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted June 23, 2019 Author Share Posted June 23, 2019 Very slow progression on this due to other home stuff but the sanding is getting there. I'm really liking birds eye maple - second time I've used it and certainly won't be the last!! ] 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Lovely wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 It’s gorgeous wood. I have never been a fan of light woods but I was smitten the first time I saw this bass and it’s just getting better and better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Well, it doesn't look like I've done much but have been sanding, checking, sanding some more to get the neck how I want it. I've finished the neck profile and neck joint, now to radius and finish the headstock. I'm also having a third go at making the control cavity cover as I just haven't been happy with the first two. The original one didn't match well enough to my eye and the second one had a slight bow to it. Third time lucky.... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 18 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Can you explain what I'm looking at in this photo please? I'm trying to understand how you are choosing the best matching grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Hello Mr Spondon! The piece top right is a laminate of veneer and several sheets of thin ply. This was a much better grain match to the body than the original cover (not shown) but it has a very slight dish to it and I want it nice and flat. So I made another, bottom right, using the next consecutive piece of veneer (luckily I had two pieces of this) and have tried again. This time it is looking much flatter, but I'll give it a couple of days to make sure it doesn't move. The other two things are an mdf template, for trimming the cover and a Perspex template I use to make sure the holes/magnets are in the right place. Hopefully, I won't be needing to make a fourth cover...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 58 minutes ago, SpondonBassed said: 19 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Can you explain what I'm looking at in this photo please? I'm trying to understand how you are choosing the best matching grain. The piece at bottom left is an almost perfect match for the worktop. 🤣 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 I think it was the veneer on ply in the top right that confused me. Thanks. That's helped me understand it a lot better. You are doing your hatches in veneered ply if I've understood correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Stub Mandrel said: The piece at bottom left is an almost perfect match for the worktop. 🤣 Yeah. Lucky that. Heeheehee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 Just now, SpondonBassed said: I think it was the veneer on ply in the top right that confused me. Thanks. That's helped me understand it a lot better. You are doing your hatches in veneered ply if I've understood correctly. Yep - I've go some sheets of 1.5mm ply laminated to give the cover strength and to stop any warping of the cover. Well, that's the idea.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 A few more little jobs done today. I'm just finishing anything that may cause scratches etc. before I get round to the final sanding on the neck. Drilled the holes for the neck and cut the neck screws down in length as they were long enough to go all the way through the fretboard. No idea why but one of the screws decided to snap! I was quite lucky as there was enough showing in the neck that I could remove it carefully with pliers. Any less showing and it would have been a nightmare of having to drill it out..... The screw came out without too much fuss and, most importantly, without causing any damage or scratches. I had another screw which I trimmed then fitted the neck. I've also made the cavity cover template a little tighter fitting so there is a little less gap around it (wasn't masses around the original, I'm just being picky!!) so I'll make the new cover tomorrow. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Nice save....could have been awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Jabba_the_gut said: I've also made the cavity cover template a little tighter fitting so there is a little less gap around it (wasn't masses around the original, I'm just being picky!!) so I'll make the new cover tomorrow. Don’t stop being picky! It’s what makes your basses superb and me a customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Were the screws bought as items in themselves or were they bundled with some other purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 Screws aren't what they used to be, when I was an apprentice my boss had a huge store of screws and fittings he'd collected over the years, after he died I acquired them. To compare those with what's available today in an eye opener, the modern versions are either brittle or made of cheese, snapping a screw or chewing up the drive is so easy to do but on old screws you would have the be a idiot to do the same. Lucky save @Jabba_the_gut that would have been a nightmare if it snapped below the neck surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 7, 2019 Author Share Posted July 7, 2019 11 hours ago, SpondonBassed said: Were the screws bought as items in themselves or were they bundled with some other purchase? These were just the standard screws that came with the neck ferrules. I've used them a few times before with no issues. They're hard enough to cut when I want to shorten them but must have been a weak point coupled with a slightly tight pilot hole. 1 hour ago, Christine said: Lucky save @Jabba_the_gut that would have been a nightmare if it snapped below the neck surface Yes, very lucky! As soon as it snapped the was an immediate 'Oh @#£%!!'. Quite pleased that I had drilled the holes in the body to clear the screws else the snapped thread would be holding the two pieces screwed together leaving no choice but to drill it out. Lucky indeed! I can well imagine there being a difference in the quality screws - I've used some for diy and the heads would have been better made from plasticine. Learnt a few lessons and tend to be quite selective these days about what I buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 I think this cover looks better than this one So that's the one I think I will go with. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 That looks brilliant, a lovely even fit too, it really looks the part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Jabba_the_gut said: So that's the one I think I will go with. Yes, definitely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 Slowly, slowly but getting there....headstock shaping finished. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 There's some seriously good work here, I'm more than impressed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Slowly, slowly but getting there....headstock shaping finished. Oh my days, that looks beautiful... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamboy Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Absolutely lovely. I very partial to the organic roundedness (new word there?) of your builds. I'm a bit that way inclined, (though I'm certainly not claiming to achieve your standard of work) so I know how much work goes into getting it right and having the curves flow smoothly and evenly. Those lovely rolled edges really allow the beauty of the grain to show itself to the max.Great work. Noticing the fingerboard, is it flat, prior to being radiused, or is it going to remain flat? I keep thinking about doing a build with a flat board, maybe a fretless.? (If I don't like the feel it wouldn't take much to radius it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 7 hours ago, durhamboy said: Absolutely lovely. I very partial to the organic roundedness. Right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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