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Lol... Enough said really. (Be cool if a guitarist used that concept on stage for "star power")

New Guinea Rosewood. I've decided for now, I will leave it, and move on to the actual guitar building. If at the end of it I still don't feel happy with the fretboard, I'll fix it up. For now, its two chips that look far more inconspicuous than that photo shows. Thanks for the tips on how to fix it though, I will keep that in mind.

Yeah, that was the bit I forgot to mention. I knew to do that (and had to in one bit), however, working where I did, I lost them, and couldn't find them.

Alright, stupidly, I managed to chip the fretboard while installing frets, and as you might see, I tried sanding that fret down and stuffed that up too (picture for reference) In a situation like this, what should I do? All the frets are hammered in, would it be worth taking them all out some how and sanding the board down? (That's all I really need to say I guess)

On my OLP MM3, I do sort of use it. I find though on that bass that there isn't too much the tone controls do. It either makes the tone sound a bit dull, or a bit brighter, but not noticeable unless the bass is playing by itself softly, without other instruments, so I tend not to bother when playing at church, but at home, its a little more usable.

Alright, I had one of those panic moments that I was bound to have at some stage. Right now I'm up to bevelling the frets. At the moment, they are so sharp to run along, and I'm worried about filing them more since I can't get close enough without damaging the edges of the board . So just a query... When I bevel the frets, should some of the side of the fretboard also be taken off for it, and then I sand it down afterwards? (At the moment, it's all sanded to 2000 grit, sides and face) From what I see from here http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/fretting.htm that might be the case, but I'm not too sure, so any assistance would be lovely. That said, I'm estatic about how it looks. The inlay dots are in, and remarkably, they are in a line (scary using a hand drill)

New Guinea Rosewood fretboard, shaped out. I have to cut in some slots for the frets, however I'm just worried because the fretboard is about 3-4mm thicker than I was planning to have, so I might have to be cautious about that. That said, quite happy so far, even if its only been the fretboard.

I'm surprised you said that actually. I really love the finish that you have on it. I'm not too sure how the back and sides will look with Black staining, but I don't think that it will look too bad. Like I said though, right now, I love how it looks.

Yes I did get my "real" timber, from Matthews Timber at St Mary's, because it was the only place I could find Mahogany in large enough blanks. I got myself some QLD Maple, with Fijian Mahogany and New Guinea Rosewood (after searching everywhere, that was the best I could do) 2 hour drive there and back. Only timber from there I'm a bit sketchy on is the rosewood (it has one minor bump on the back) but other than that, it is alright. Today I'm attacking the shape of the fretboard, filing it, then sanding it down to the correct width across the board. I was lucky enough to also realise I made a mistake on the blueprints with the fretboard width, but managed to make it correct on the real fretboard, thank goodness for that.

Some good news (finally) All the parts have arrived, 2 weeks earlier than I expected, so I will begin building shortly. I'm going to take a trip to the yard down here to pick up some shoddy timber to try and make sure I still have a grip on all the tools, and to become more used to the router before I risk anything stupid. Oh, and my website should be up within the next week. We are recovering everything off the hard drive. Shows what hackers can do

Gosh I hope I'm lucky with them with what I just ordered (not much, but it will do). Fingers crossed.

Turns out my internet server got hacked, so I lost some of the stuff I wrote on there. Which means my blog will be out for a while. Anyway, since the weekend, I managed to order a work bench, and the timbers which I might have to pick up today or tomorrow, depending on when it is all machined. I also have the arrival of my bridge, output jack and capacitor. Somewhat disappointing that the bridge I bought had one scratch on the front of it, but I managed to use the old toothpaste trick to rub it down a fair bit, so its far less visible. Only thing I bought off EBay for the guitar, but it looks alright. Once the site is up (if the server gets back up) I'll post the pictures on there.

Haha, thanks for the welcomes. As you've probably found out by now in the "In Progress" board, I've started to make it, and I found somewhere in Sydney that will supply the timber for me. Thank goodness for that. Still adapting here, but learning something new every day, and hopefully you'll see a couple of guitars churned out from me in time

Well I've just faced this problem for my first build, but I found the solution to it. I am going to work outside undercover on a purchased workbench. It might be small, but it will do the job. My hope is it can last with power tools without wobbling too much. As for painting, I'll have to go to my father's for that (100km away). His garage has been a painting shed for the last 2 months, and its very clean. Worst thing comes to worst, I do a lot of stuff there, and just stay there for a little bit.

Thank you so much, I found the one I needed. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/wirin...azz_bass_stacks Thought I'd post the exact one for people that wonder the same thing next time