Jabba_the_gut Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) I do like it when the postie delivers parcels containing stuff like this: I'm going to leave it in the house for a month or so before I do anything with it but I have a plan..... Edited July 11, 2021 by Jabba_the_gut 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhoss32 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 This build diaries thread is a goldmine at the moment!! Cant wait to see this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, mhoss32 said: This build diaries thread is a goldmine at the moment!! Cant wait to see this Absolutely - lots of fantastic and varied builds going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benh Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Nice figuring on those pieces, following with interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopthebass Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Ooooh Birdseye! 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Lovely! Weird, though...no doors or table-tops yet as far as I can see. Presumably next time MrsJabba_the_gut goes out for her 30minute exercise walk you'll get the kitchen door off and planed down before she gets back? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 20 hours ago, Chopthebass said: Ooooh Birdseye! 👍 If he ever grows a beard, we're changing his screen name to Captain Birdseye! Edited March 19, 2021 by SpondonBassed 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 Excellent… *dons fez, cleans glasses, settles into deep armchair, lights pipe* 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassTool Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 58 minutes ago, Frank Blank said: Excellent… *dons fez, cleans glasses, settles into deep armchair, lights pipe* You'll need a decent supply of Condor and a big book Frank... .... for a month or so 🤭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted May 3, 2021 Share Posted May 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, BassTool said: You'll need a decent supply of Condor... Sorry old chap, I’m an Erinmore man. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 This project is to make two semi hollow basses, on fretted and one fretless. One of the basses will use the body of a semi hollow bass I made a while back with a new neck. The second bass will be a copy of the first. When I built the first bass I had bought two pieces of walnut at the same time so I should be able to make these look very similar. The reason for making a new neck for the first bass is to change the scale length from 30" to 32". Both necks will also be made with angled headstocks to do away with string trees. Both basses will be maple bodies with an American walnut top, have birdseye maple necks, ebony fretboard (with an extended thumb rest), Luminlay side dots, Shadow piezo pickup, East preamp and a satin finish. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Lots of pieces for this ready to go! These were originally going to use the birdseye veneer for facing the headstock but I'm going to try to source some walnut veneer to match the body instead. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 Scarf joints cut, sanded and glued: The small holes at the edge of the necks are where they were pinned during gluing to stop them slipping when clamped. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Oh lord, so exciting... *dons fez again, cleans glasses, settles into deep armchair, re-lights pipe* Edited May 3, 2022 by Frank Blank 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkleygit Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 Can’t wait to see how this turns out 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Oh lord, so exciting... *dons fez again, cleans glasses, settles into deep armchair, re-lights pipe* I was always partial to Borkum Riff back when I smoked a pipe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamboy Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 OK, all ready. Erinmore flake used to be my choice back in the day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) On 11/07/2021 at 16:22, ezbass said: I was always partial to Borkum Riff back when I smoked a pipe. On 12/07/2021 at 14:02, durhamboy said: OK, all ready. Erinmore flake used to be my choice back in the day. Let's just agree, we all like a rough shag. Edited May 3, 2022 by Frank Blank 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 You should run bass building courses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 I have a small pile of veneers that my dad gave me a while ago and in it was a couple of pieces of walnut that look a very similar colour to the walnut tops. A right stroke of luck I say!! After a little bit of carving on the back of the neck, the veneers could be glued on. The curve just makes a nice little volute when the neck is carved. I glued the front veneers first as they are flat, then once the glue was set enough so they wouldn't slide at all, I glued on the rear ones and clamped it all together. And as said before in this forum, you can't have enough clamps. I forgot to take a picture but I probably used 10 G clamps to hold on a headstock veneer. Overkill? Maybe, but it'll be flat and it won't move!!! To get the veneer to sit tightly onto the curve at the back of the neck I use a flat block with a curve at one end to match. On this I have some foam rubber about 4mm thick so when clamped to the neck it pushes the veneer nicely onto the curve. Sanded the front lip flat and marked the centre lines ready for routing the truss rod channel and carbon rod channels. Right, off to sand some coving to earn some brownie points. Cheers 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Following just do something imperfect, just once, please ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 4 minutes ago, Geek99 said: just do something imperfect, just once, please ? Ok, just for you... I stuck the router bit through the neck of my 5 string short scale build so I've got to build a new neck. On this one, I took a little bit too much off the body thickness so had to buy a new body blank (it was about 1.5mm thinner than the body I have already made but I want it to be the same). And I manage to remove a couple of mm of finger nail and a little bit of skin with a scalpel when I was cutting veneers. Surely that's enough!!! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Any one of those would have been fine; I just can’t handle relentless f ucking perfection and non stop competence. It’s all so …. 😤 but … you cocked some stuff up, so we’re good 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 12, 2021 Author Share Posted July 12, 2021 Joking apart though, the great thing with making mistakes is learning. With the 5 string neck I made a hole in, I had an opportunity to try a couple of different techniques to rectify the fault which is something I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to do. So I learnt something useful from it. The neck might be okay with the fix but I decided to make a new one anyway. What I will probably do is make two necks (fretted and fretless) for the bass- I haven’t tried a 27” fretless so another opportunity!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazBeen Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Joking apart though, the great thing with making mistakes is learning. With the 5 string neck I made a hole in, I had an opportunity to try a couple of different techniques to rectify the fault which is something I wouldn’t have otherwise been able to do. So I learnt something useful from it. The neck might be okay with the fix but I decided to make a new one anyway. What I will probably do is make two necks (fretted and fretless) for the bass- I haven’t tried a 27” fretless so another opportunity!! Exactly this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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