ChevelleKid Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Ok so I'm thinking of building a 4 string bass from scratch, completely. I want it to be a neck-thru, fretted, and about the size of a P-bass or a Jazz bass because my current bass (Dean Metalman ML) is just wayyy to big to bring to lessons and bring places, and I want more variety in sound than mine has. I'd like to make a 5pc neck for it (maple with 2 bloodwood stripes), flamed maple tops on the body wings (still deciding the woods for the wings), and have an ebony fingerboard. I have made one attempt at building a guitar with a friend but we gave up on it as the stuff we bought was really crappy and we kinda lost hope. So I want to know if anyone has any go pointers on the basics of building the 5pc neck. Like...well everything...lol I read the neck building topic in the tutorials and wanted to know what major diffrences between building a 3pc guitar neck and building a 5pc bass neck... Thanks to anyone who can interpret this jumble of questions and can help!!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_labb Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 the bass neck will have 2 extra pieces and be longer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 While the reply above is on the short side, it is essentially true - the only real manufacturing difference between a 3 piece and 5 piece neck is that there are two additional gluing stages prior to the blank being made. Once it's made into a neck blank, it can be machined and made in much the same way as a 3 piece. If you're looking for instruction on neck-throughs, there are tutorials in the forums, just run a search for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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