Cuzzie Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Decided to do a build with parts I have hanging around to clear the decks. I had a block of Black Limba and a P bass Lyte neck - beautiful feeling thing it is. Mocked up my own shape with obvious influences, and did all the carving via hand with my Japanese pull saws, spoke shaves, Chisels and a Shinto saw. The rounding off was with a router as is the neck pocket, I did a heap of sanding via hand, but I did weaken and use an orbital sander and an oscillating one to finish off. The current state is with tinted grain filler from Rothko Frost (great company) and I will Tru-oil finish it (it’s actually gun oil) I do like a gnarly bit of wood look 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDaBass Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 On 31/07/2020 at 12:14, Cuzzie said: I do like a gnarly bit of wood look Now that is a beautiful piece of wood.😎 I'm really looking forward to seeing it after the Tru-oil is finished. Looks like another great project! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Great shape and what a nice bit of timber. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 I’ll try to get it done by the SW bass bash and if it’s any good bring it so long as folk don’t expect a polished instrument and a few bits rough around the edges, I’m no @Jabba_the_gut yet. Hoping for a solid player 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuzzie Posted August 23, 2020 Author Share Posted August 23, 2020 Bit more progress on this - routes and now going through the oiling stage - apologies for the low light on a couple - it’s in me shed. The block of wood above the full length shot is for the next build! The block started at 5kg - this is hovering at around 2kg no hardware so should be nice and light 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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