GisserD Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) I've been putting this project off for years... I purchased the neck and electronics in lockdown with the intention of making a body... Never happened. But I snagged a pre made body on ebay, that I plan to heavily modify for upper fret access and or reshape generally. Neck is from a Polish luthier i beleive...All norsdtrand electronics, Nordy MM in the bridge, nordy Jazz at the neck, Babicz bridge. Ash body. The plan is to stain/oil the bass only because i like the fifuring in the wood. ill try and source a small pieve of ebony yo make a controll plate. Ill be using laser scanning, 3D printing and my CAD design skills to help finnish this, so its likley that it will exist in the virtual domain long before the real one. Wish me luck 🙏 Edited November 16, 2022 by GisserD 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Ebony board? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 10 minutes ago, TheGreek said: Ebony board? yes i beleive it to be! cant be 100% tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
songofthewind Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJPJ Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 3 hours ago, TheGreek said: Ebony board? It's definitely a bonnie board - very slick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 This is the board, close up shot. It has some orange (ish) stripe in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) Ok. First things first, I've scanned the body. Can't resist playing with some body shapes now.... Edited November 17, 2022 by GisserD 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) im thinking somthing like this.... Edited November 17, 2022 by GisserD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quatschmacher Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Will the MM pickup be going in the proper Stingray position? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 52 minutes ago, Quatschmacher said: Will the MM pickup be going in the proper Stingray position? peter, its only you that knows what a propper stingray position is....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 (edited) all options are still very much on the table..... Edited November 17, 2022 by GisserD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) the design for the neck pocket routing template is complete... ive decided to leave the horn mod off this template. the intention being get the neck on and see how bad the acess is before making any decisions. Ill be 3d printing the template overnight tonight. Edited November 18, 2022 by GisserD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 On 17/11/2022 at 12:27, GisserD said: im thinking somthing like this.... Have you got room to move the bridge back to maintain the scale length if you are moving the neck pocket further into the body? Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GisserD Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Have you got room to move the bridge back to maintain the scale length if you are moving the neck pocket further into the body? Cheers The body has been pre drilled for the string through, and it seems to work in that position for a 35" scale. scale length has been checked and verified. Edited November 18, 2022 by GisserD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted November 18, 2022 Share Posted November 18, 2022 You are making this with robots?!? Proper exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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