Mikey R Posted July 24, 2009 Author Share Posted July 24, 2009 Got home about an hour ago, just had a curry and started uploading photos. Will be a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 Ok, I wasnt very good at taking photos, I mostly forgot due to getting stuck in to the building. [b]Monday[/b] Today was mostly spent marking out and making the templates, and getting to know the bandsaw and router Mounting the template to the body. I'd already bandsawn out the body outline to about 2mm outside of the line: Then I just routed around, in 6mm steps so the router doesnt get bogged down too much. Gluing up the body - thats Jon is the background: With the wedges in to bend the top around the forarm contour: Gluing up the neck: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 [b]Tuesday[/b] With the body out of the clamps, trimmed the top flush with the body on the pin router: Cleaning up the outline on the spindle sander: Guess who: Routing the slot for the truss rod: The slot is routed about 2mm deeper than the rod, so we can add a strip of mahogany. The neck template on the neck blank. I'd already gone around with the bandsaw, so now preparing to rout to the line: Job done: With the truss rod in, we then made strips of mahogany and glued them over the rod, being carful to only glue the sides to the neck and not the rod. After the glue dried, we planed away till it was flush with the neck: Then we were ready to glue on the fingerboard. Roundover: The roundover at the forarm contour needed to be done by hand: Gut cut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 [b]Wednesday[/b] Holes for dots drilled and dots glued in: Heres the other two guys radiussing their boards: Heres mine: We had to keep checking with a straight edge to make sure the neck was perfectly flat. Heres Chris: This bit was really nerve wracking - cutting into that beautiful top: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 [b]Thursday[/b] Routing the other cavitied, then LOTS OF SANDING! Then applying the stain: Carving the neck: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 [b]Friday[/b] The first look at the whole thing: A mistake lead to me routing the pickup hole in the scratchguard in the wrong place: While I was photographing my mistakes to bug me later, I thought I'd also get a shot of this: [size=7]THE HORROR!!!:[/size] Seriously, what was I thinking when I did that??? With the mistake of the scratchguard, I realised I wasnt going to get finished today, so I decided to relax and enjoy the rest of the day in the 'shop. Jon has kindly said I can go back on a Saturday in the next few weeks and finish up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Mikey that looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1964 Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 That looks seriously nice! I'm going to have to do this course one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-soar Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 THREE dots at the 12th fret? I've got the radio on at the moment and this is getting discussed at an emergency cabinet meeting live broadcast. Great work there Mikey, really well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Top Jobbie! I like three dots at the 12th .. Very distinctive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreeneKing Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Mistake? I don't think so Mikey, more a case of daring to be different Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted July 25, 2009 Author Share Posted July 25, 2009 [quote name='steve-soar' post='551006' date='Jul 25 2009, 11:50 AM']THREE dots at the 12th fret? I've got the radio on at the moment and this is getting discussed at an emergency cabinet meeting live broadcast. Great work there Mikey, really well done. [/quote] [quote name='OldGit' post='551016' date='Jul 25 2009, 12:04 PM']Top Jobbie! I like three dots at the 12th .. Very distinctive [/quote] [quote name='GreeneKing' post='551031' date='Jul 25 2009, 12:23 PM']Mistake? I don't think so Mikey, more a case of daring to be different Looking good.[/quote] Cheers guys, if there were three dots on the face, then it would look cool. And it would also help if the three were equally spaced and in a line... unfortunately the drill slipped and the middle dot was off by just enough to make it look bad. Next time Im going back to using a hand drill - much slower so you can tell in plenty of time when youre making a mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted August 2, 2009 Author Share Posted August 2, 2009 (edited) Heres the finished bass: Ive attached a recording made this evening. We recorded direct to the EMU soundcard, and used quite a lot of EQ from the presets - pretty nasty! Ive also got the original dry tracks - I'll try and put them up later too. Edited August 2, 2009 by Mikey R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGit Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Nice stuff. That looks really good and so much better than the drawings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 thats one of the nicest P-basses ive ever seen! lovely piece of work well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='funkypenguin' post='560531' date='Aug 4 2009, 07:18 PM']thats one of the nicest P-basses ive ever seen! lovely piece of work well done[/quote] Thanks! I was having a play after work today, Im just so pleased. The balance is perfect, it looks cool and I can get all of the P-type sounds I need from it. Really good rock bass and I'd suspect it would do some pretty good funk tones too. Theres only three problems, and they are probably very minor but they bug me cos its mine: * The pickup route in the scratchguard is not quite centered in the strings, so Ive had to move the strings over towards the treble side a little. Schaller 2000 bridge made this really easy! I'll eventually make a new scratchguard. * The neck has a few dips and bumps. Its slimmest at the 5th fret but then gets thicker by a very small amount towards the volute. * The HIDEOUS three dots! Im tempted to keep all these imperfections as a reminder not to rush, and plan and measure EVERYTHING! But Im totally hooked on this building thing - Im planning another bass (after Merts of course), same thing but a little different... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sercet Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Mikey R' post='560544' date='Aug 4 2009, 07:30 PM']Thanks! I was having a play after work today, Im just so pleased. The balance is perfect, it looks cool and I can get all of the P-type sounds I need from it. Really good rock bass and I'd suspect it would do some pretty good funk tones too. Theres only three problems, and they are probably very minor but they bug me cos its mine: * The pickup route in the scratchguard is not quite centered in the strings, so Ive had to move the strings over towards the treble side a little. Schaller 2000 bridge made this really easy! I'll eventually make a new scratchguard. * The neck has a few dips and bumps. Its slimmest at the 5th fret but then gets thicker by a very small amount towards the volute. * The HIDEOUS three dots! Im tempted to keep all these imperfections as a reminder not to rush, and plan and measure EVERYTHING! But Im totally hooked on this building thing - Im planning another bass (after Merts of course), same thing but a little different...[/quote] Mike, My neck has a few bumps too, but I still like it. Where will you make your next bass? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey R Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Sercet' post='560547' date='Aug 4 2009, 07:33 PM']Mike, My neck has a few bumps too, but I still like it. Where will you make your next bass? Steve[/quote] Hey Steve, our basses are totally unique - I love that about them. The few very minor problems they have just prove that point. Yours just sounded so nice! Was that a Basslines pickup in yours? I'll be out of the country for a while, but when I get back I'll be looking for a new house with a garage. Its going to be a busy end of the year but Im hoping there will be a bandsaw somewhere in my future! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Mikey R' post='560544' date='Aug 4 2009, 07:30 PM']Thanks! I was having a play after work today, Im just so pleased. The balance is perfect, it looks cool and I can get all of the P-type sounds I need from it. Really good rock bass and I'd suspect it would do some pretty good funk tones too. Theres only three problems, and they are probably very minor but they bug me cos its mine: * The pickup route in the scratchguard is not quite centered in the strings, so Ive had to move the strings over towards the treble side a little. Schaller 2000 bridge made this really easy! I'll eventually make a new scratchguard. * The neck has a few dips and bumps. Its slimmest at the 5th fret but then gets thicker by a very small amount towards the volute. * The HIDEOUS three dots! Im tempted to keep all these imperfections as a reminder not to rush, and plan and measure EVERYTHING! But Im totally hooked on this building thing - Im planning another bass (after Merts of course), same thing but a little different...[/quote] Mikey, it looks awesome I still can't put the 5 stringer down (cue disapporving looks from nic as I should be changing Theo's nappy ) so I bet this is a cracker. Can't wait for mine, but first you get yourself to San Francisco and enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobiebass Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, ect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 [quote name='Jobiebass' post='560657' date='Aug 4 2009, 09:33 PM']More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, More pics, ect[/quote] +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkypenguin Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) it really is nice! its corrected two of the things i normally dislike about P basses, the shape and the lack of a 2 octave neck. very nice job, specially considering the time youve done it in! i second (sorry third!) the call for more pictures! Edited August 6, 2009 by funkypenguin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalmoore Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) Gotta say she sounds GREAT. Lovin it. But you need WAY more pictures with ALOT of closeup's. And the neck as a whole looks awesome. Gotta get myself to the Shuker course. Maybe i will get one for my 20th Edited August 6, 2009 by Metalmoore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDM Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 That's a great looking and sounding bass you've got there! That second riff you played, it's the Basstasters riff isn't it? Do you know if it's actually a riff from a song or just a lick they came up with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted August 7, 2009 Share Posted August 7, 2009 Well done! The body shape reminds me a little of a Gibson Victory, with the deep lower cutaway almost to the 24th fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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