Starpainter

I think it could be blamed on the 'not my native tongue, English', sorry. P

I do get what you mean. I decided on leaving them out because of what you stated, and also because history has proven it not necessary. And, what have I been up to? Well ... A fretslottingjigthingy Roughly testing it out (shallow) and found to be quite ok Roughly tapering the neck (and finding out that the veneers do go straight after glueing the scarf) And then the headstock, a question coming up. The headstock ofcourse is too thick. Now, should I take off wood from the top (which ofcourse means the nut moves) or the bottom? Thx again for your time P

Dang, thx for sharing that one,definately cheaper! Prostheta, I was already thinking, why fiber to make it immobile and then add a trussrod to move it. pan_kara, what does FTW mean?

Oops, in English that would be WWII Thank you for the elaborate explanation Prostheta. Without fiber it will be

On that note (for some reason I can't edit my own post?) a question. This will be a 34'' 4 string. Should I put in some fiber reinforcements or is the truss rod enough power?

Well, the veneer effectively is veneer, the maple was flatssawn, so cut up and turned to create a quartersawn laminated neck. I did get assistence of a machine my grandfather (may he rest in peace) had. It isn't perfect anymore, leaves bumps one needs to adjust afterwards by hand and all that, but it does help. It is from before WO II and I was happy to be able to use it (it is at my grand uncle's place now)

The poplar top is 8mm thick.

Thx for the replies, and yes, my first, we'll see where it leads us I guess

Hi all Been lurking around the place for a while now, and decided to make myself a bass guitar (well, am going to try my best that is). I have been thinking about posting or not, but what the heck, the only thing that can happen is that one gets help in avoiding disaster. So, let's see where I am at at the moment. The wood Maple Poplar Swampash Pau Ferro The template The flatsawn maple cut And glued with pau ferro veneer And then the scarf cut Trussrod channel And scarf clamped That's where I'm at at the moment, to be continued ... Thx P