HazBeen Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 Not jointed/glued yet, here goes..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 8 minutes ago, HazBeen said: I want a string tree.... no angle, be it 14, 17 or 18 degrees and no staggered tuners either 😎 What about staggered locking reversed tuners ? 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, Hellzero said: What about staggered locking reversed tuners ? 😁 That does it, I’m going headless 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, HazBeen said: I want a string tree.... no angle, be it 14, 17 or 18 degrees and no staggered tuners either 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopthebass Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Nice wood choices for the neck. Just hope that big change of wenge in the middle doesn't make it too heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Chopthebass said: Nice wood choices for the neck. Just hope that big change of wenge in the middle doesn't make it too heavy. Funny that you say this.... for me weight is an issue. I’ve weighed it and I am changing configuration 2 cm quartersawn wenge centre and 2 maple sides. Still giveS me the warmth of the wenge (also have a wenge fretboard) and makes it much lighter. The 5 piece Config will be used elsewhere. Not as “sexy”, but my back will thank me. Edited September 11, 2020 by HazBeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 So as per the above, the weight of my 5 piece was concerning, so I have reverted to my original plan, maple neck with wenge centre. Not as beautiful, but better in weight and I think it should work well for fretless with an epoxied (or CA finished) wenge fretboard. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Whenever I see one of these photos in a build thread, I always think of Father Jack... "Drink! Feck! Girls! Clamps!!" Maybe it's just me... 😊 Hope to see the 5 piece neck somewhere soon, it was a really nice combination. I do like the headstock shape you've gone for. 👍 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 11, 2020 Author Share Posted September 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, Simon. said: Hope to see the 5 piece neck somewhere soon, it was a really nice combination. You will 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Looking really good mate! Can't wait to see that neck shaped! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, spacecowboy said: Looking really good mate! Can't wait to see that neck shaped! Unfortunately time is going to be in short supply the next weeks. But we’ll get there. Still a bit bummed out that my 5 piece was much heavier than planned, but since this bass is for me it needs to be max 4kg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Had half an hour, so cleaned up the neck blank I made. Looking rather good. I do need to reduce thickness still, but the glue up is pretty much perfect in any case. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 Forgot to snap pics..... but thinned the neck to the right dimensions, routed the slots for carbon fibre rods and truss rod. Time is still tight at the moment, but at least we a still slowly moving forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 I am back to thoroughly hating my router. No major upset thankfully, but I had a kick whilst trimming my neck and darn well nearly took a chunk out..... luckily I literally just grazed the wood so it will sand out. Not much to show as I only rough cut the neck and still need to trim the sides properly, but I guess I can show you the trussrod and carbon rods installed. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 20, 2020 Author Share Posted September 20, 2020 Cleaned up the neck and headstock and did the rough neck shaping. I need to finalise the shape, but at least most of the wood is removed. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Am gigging this weekend (have a sneaky suspicion it will be the last of 2020 with the Covid situation) so will not get much done. That said I have secured styrene strips for some semi-fretlines, built a new radius jig and the Luminlay side dots have arrived from Japan. And..... my logo laser cut in black plexi arrived 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecowboy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 hours ago, HazBeen said: Am gigging this weekend (have a sneaky suspicion it will be the last of 2020 with the Covid situation) so will not get much done. That said I have secured styrene strips for some semi-fretlines, built a new radius jig and the Luminlay side dots have arrived from Japan. And..... my logo laser cut in black plexi arrived Need to see a pic of that logo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopthebass Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 It’s looking really good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 7 hours ago, spacecowboy said: Need to see a pic of that logo! Will sort tomorrow when back, much nicer than I could’ve done by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 11/09/2020 at 23:20, Simon. said: Whenever I see one of these photos in a build thread, I always think of Father Jack... "Drink! Feck! Girls! Clamps!!" Maybe it's just me... 😊 Well it was just you. But now that's stuck in MY head as well! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon. Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Glad to be of service! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) On 26/09/2020 at 01:23, spacecowboy said: Need to see a pic of that logo! Edited September 28, 2020 by HazBeen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Neck shaping pretty much done now, apart from final sanding. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellzero Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 8 hours ago, HazBeen said: Too bad, it's upsidedown. 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 5 hours ago, Hellzero said: Too bad, it's upsidedown. 🤣 No matter, I will just flip my bass around when installing. That should solve it 😂🤣 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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