scottyd Posted April 13, 2006 Report Share Posted April 13, 2006 (edited) Well Im waiting on one more wood package and then the build officially begins. I have the neck blank made and trued, Here the specs: Four string Fretted Headless (Status tuners and neck cap) Active Soapbars, Active EQ (brand undetermined yet but wood Covers 9 Laminate neck purpleheart, paduak maple venneers 7 Laminate body, flamed maple, paduak, Flamed Redwood (Top), maple and walnut venneers Lmi 2 way Truss Cocobolo Fret board, and the biggest jumbo frets i can find! Fiber Optic side markers possibly some inlay work? Being my first build with figured woods so im pretty stoked, the top is amazing im still waiting on the maple. Once i get all the packages ill post more pics Here is a rough, very rough drawing for the design of this bass, not sure how its going to come out, but it will be similar to the pic, give or take, ive changed my wood choices since that was drawn. Edited April 14, 2006 by scottyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) The rest came in right after my first post!! Anywho heres the neck wood purple heart and african paduak with maple veneers I glued the neck up and squared it off on the table saw last week, it just needs minor planing mostly to clean off the blade burns and its good to go. Neck Heres the body core, some curly maple. Body Core Heres all the wood for the Body african paduak for the bottom, maple core, and walnut and maple venneers Body wood Heres the Curly red wood top Redwood Top Edited April 14, 2006 by scottyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 I like the design! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manquesa Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Cool build! where did you get your wood from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 the neck wood and all the veneers came from Rockler.com the top is from LMI and the curly maple i got off ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted April 14, 2006 Report Share Posted April 14, 2006 Pretty cool scotty, interesting choice of woods and I like the design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 I worked on it a little today, here is the final body shape, I got the wings jointed and cut out the inside horns, Im getting it ready to glue to the neck Im thinking of going with a headstock instead of headless to save dough. What do you guys think? If i do ill scaf joint some of the flamed maple i got left over and make a flamed redwood top plate for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 22, 2006 Report Share Posted April 22, 2006 Looking good so far! I like the design and the neck laminates very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Thanks Ive decided to go with a headstock i dont have the slightest idea on what shape to use. I want it to be as compact as possible so the bass will have good balance. Feel free to throw me any ideas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted April 23, 2006 Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Well, considering the facts that you want something, compact, light, and(I assume) sort of metal looking, how about something along the lines of this pointy tuning fork headstock. It kind of looks like what parkers would have if they were 3x3 instead of straight 6's, in my mind. peace, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Thats a cool idea! Ive got the body cut out and leveled for the top. I also got the back concave done. Im really diggin Paduak as a body wood very easy to work and looks nice. Paduak back Edited April 23, 2006 by scottyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2006 Started joining the top, Im in the process of glueing it up now. The top from lmi required alot of planing to get matched, also the way it was cut i couldnt get the flames perfectly even without recutting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 I got the top glued down, and i started carving it today. I need some more sanding drums to finish shaping the inside horns and such. Im happy with how the veneers came out. Im going to route my pickup holes before i carve any more. Im wanting the carve to go to at least the pickup/bridge area. But we'll see how that all works out. The veneers Another view showing how much work i have left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurits Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 That looks very nice. The bottom half kinda has that Alembic vibe going on. Great choices for wood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 That looks very nice. The bottom half kinda has that Alembic vibe going on. Great choices for wood! Yeah I really like the Alembics, so thats a compliment. I do admit that they had alot to do with my bottom horn design but I honestly did those more or less for a recess for the headless setup i was going to use. If not for that I would have just used a standard shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Its looking great! I never read your first post propperly so I thought the flamed maple was going to be the top.. In which case I prefered the padauak back... but now I realise your putting that amazing redwood top on it and it looks fantastic. The veneer lines look really classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted April 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 Its looking great! I never read your first post propperly so I thought the flamed maple was going to be the top.. In which case I prefered the padauak back... but now I realise your putting that amazing redwood top on it and it looks fantastic. The veneer lines look really classy. Thanks, Im thinking i like the paduak so much that my next project will have that for a top. The flamed redwood super easy to work, but it doesnt have the hardness that most figured woods have. Ill go with a urethane finish to harden it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Ive gotten alot done. cocobolo boards on and fretted, I ran out of dough so i decided to go with a headstock, I scarf jointed a piece of curly maple on the neck with some venners and capped it with some more flamed redwood and heres what i got. Still a little rough around the edges, but getting there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dash Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 looking good scotty. i'm a bit dissapointed you decided against going headless, i thought the body style was really suited to it, but hey, it will turn out great no matter what. cheers darren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 heres the back showing the scarf better, I started the volute too. All in all I think its turning out allright even though it was completly unplanned....its unique to say the least looking good scotty. i'm a bit dissapointed you decided against going headless, i thought the body style was really suited to it, but hey, it will turn out great no matter what. cheers darren Yeah i know, I'll do it eventually using this design. Headless hardware is so high. I need a mill so i can make my own! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 that scarf joint is really cool looking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyd Posted May 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 I also made some pickup covers out of the maple and redwood when i glued them up i forgot to add the venners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 The scarf joint looks amazing. What veneers did you use? What thickness? Get us a shot of the fingerboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitey Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 wow! being broke was the best hing u ever done,good job you never went headless! that is amazing! that headstock joint is killer! ...why am i shouting!!!!1!!11 lol.thats real good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbojerik Posted May 25, 2006 Report Share Posted May 25, 2006 Very cool-looking scarf! Like reverse backstrapping, very unique. Nice pup covers too. I like it better with the headstock, good choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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