COMPLETED: 4 string modern TJ and 6 string guitar

[HazBeen]

Coming together….. slowly  

[Andyjr1515]

Beauuuuuuuuuuutiful....

[Hellzero]

Wow wow wow ! Superb !

[HazBeen]

Just soldering, intonation, setup and usual tinkering needed…

 

[spacecowboy]

That red stain has come out lovely! Great work! 

[SpondonBassed]

Allen headed neck bolts?  Very cool.

Edit:  Just spotted my mistake, sorry.  It's still cool though.

Edited July 21, 2021 by SpondonBassed

[HazBeen]

The good news is that I will be doing just the bass again soon 😂

[HazBeen]

Happy client! Initial feedback was that it plays well, sounds really open and certainly hit the brief. Great! 
 

 

[HazBeen]

As I am back from my holiday, I thought I’d get back into the bass.

 

Control and pickup cavities done, and made the template for the neck (will route that next time).

[SpondonBassed]

Welcome back.

[HazBeen]

Neck in

 

Not the tightest I have ever done…… but pretty solid fit and certainly more than fine for my skill level.

 

Edited August 10, 2021 by HazBeen

[HazBeen]

So the question is……. What to do with the body.

 

Initially I thought about staining it black. Maybe doing a black burst and then finishing with lacquer. But the more I look at the alder - it is quite figured for Alder - I am thinking oil finish/ no extra colour. With the dark neck, a light body is quite nice. And for sure no pickguard methinks.

 

I have never done an oil only finish on alder before.

Pls note sanding is still only up to 80/120 grit at the moment.

 

Open to audience opinions and ideas 😂

 

Edited August 10, 2021 by HazBeen

[Hellzero]

I would go for a natural finish or a very light honey one which fits alder very nicely.

[SpondonBassed]

The grain looks good.  I'd go natural.

[HazBeen]

Consensus I think is natural, and also has me preference. Nice, saved myself some work there  

[HazBeen]

And 1 Bubinga headstock cap and trussrod cover …. Check!

 

intentionally left the cap sit a little proud, I think it looks really cool that way.

[HazBeen]

Shielding done and neck ferrules in too….!

 

Basically just a shed load of sanding to do now and finishing with oil.

[HazBeen]

Pretty happy, neck attached to correctly place bridge. And just fit the tunes etc for fun.

 

Going to be a sweet bass…..

 

Put the strings and remaining hardware on top to weigh it = 3.6kg. Oil finish weighs nothing, so pretty close to end weight I’d say.

 

 

[Hellzero]

Really love the trussrod cover and headstock cap. Is the trussrod cover magnetic ?

[HazBeen]

14 hours ago, Hellzero said:

Really love the trussrod cover and headstock cap. Is the trussrod cover magnetic ?

I thought about doing it, but my magnets are all used up and since I do have screws I am going to fix in place with 1 screw. For the pic it was just placed in position, smoke and mirrors  

[HazBeen]

2 coats and counting

[Andyjr1515]

This is already !ooking really nice.  Can't wait!

[HazBeen]

6 on!

 

Now we let it dry for a few days, then put it together.

 

 

[HazBeen]

Need to solder a few last bits and clean the chrome and we are done!

 

 

[spacecowboy]

Really cool! Nice and clean! Great job!