Andyjr1515 Posted May 10, 2020 Posted May 10, 2020 Gratuitous mock ups are always welcome Looks splendid! 1 Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 13, 2020 Author Posted May 13, 2020 Went for a greyish stealth mop, so stealthy that you can hardly see them on the 3rd and 5th fret! Doh. Thats natural material for you. Might drill them out and try another two but dont want to mess things up! 6 Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 17, 2020 Author Posted May 17, 2020 Got the frets in. Quite pleased with how they grabbed in the composite. 6 Quote
Grangur Posted May 20, 2020 Posted May 20, 2020 This is looking good. Just 1 question; if there isn't an ugly routed channel in the body between the pup routs and the control cavity, why have a pickguuard covering so much of the wood? Quote
paul_5 Posted May 21, 2020 Posted May 21, 2020 Can I just ask, what's the distance between the 2 pickups, and how did you arrive at this dimension? Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 21, 2020 Author Posted May 21, 2020 17 hours ago, Grangur said: This is looking good. Just 1 question; if there isn't an ugly routed channel in the body between the pup routs and the control cavity, why have a pickguuard covering so much of the wood? I just really like the look of pickguards, natural bass look odd to me without one. 1 Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 21, 2020 Author Posted May 21, 2020 15 hours ago, paul_5 said: Can I just ask, what's the distance between the 2 pickups, and how did you arrive at this dimension? Looked at some pictures on line and guessed it! I wanted the J pup in more of a seventies position. Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 31, 2020 Author Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Got the neck painted and good news for me is that the Wilkinson machine heads fit. Not having to file them this time Edited May 31, 2020 by Slappindabass 6 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 The black goes well with the spalt lines. 1 Quote
optimus Posted May 31, 2020 Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Brilliant work. What pickups are going in? Edited May 31, 2020 by optimus Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 31, 2020 Author Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, optimus said: Brilliant work. What pickups are going in? Dimarzio Area PJ. Hopefully be a nice sounding pj. Quote
Slappindabass Posted May 31, 2020 Author Posted May 31, 2020 ,Body and neck meet for the first time. Nice snug fit. 7 Quote
ubit Posted June 2, 2020 Posted June 2, 2020 That looks gorgeous mate. Well done. I just couldn't make something like this. Quote
Slappindabass Posted June 2, 2020 Author Posted June 2, 2020 1 hour ago, ubit said: That looks gorgeous mate. Well done. I just couldn't make something like this. Thanks very much. Bet you could.👍 1 Quote
ubit Posted June 3, 2020 Posted June 3, 2020 10 hours ago, Slappindabass said: Thanks very much. Bet you could.👍 I have built guitars out of parts bought on the internet but I just don't have the know how to make a guitar neck. Apart from that I don't have workshop space. I think I will leave it to the pros. Quote
Slappindabass Posted June 4, 2020 Author Posted June 4, 2020 It is all together and playing rather nicely. Really pleased as this is the first neck I have done to completion. Tuning with the spalted beech neck seems stable, maybe the 2 6mm graphite rods are helping. I have resisted tearing the film off the pick guard and puting the screws in in case I need to tweak it at all. Thank for all the positive comments throughout the thread. 7 Quote
Jabba_the_gut Posted June 4, 2020 Posted June 4, 2020 Lovely! That's a cracking looking bass - you must be very pleased with it! 1 Quote
Jimothey Posted June 5, 2020 Posted June 5, 2020 (edited) Awesome looking bass!! I just love a bit of spalted beech 👍👌 Edited June 5, 2020 by Jimothey 1 Quote
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