for the past 3 months i have been building an acoustic 6 string bass. ive acquired parts from lmii, warmoth, and my local home depot. The neck was made from a solid piece of yellow oak with a massacar ebony fingerboard. The neck also has a dual trussrod with a passive rod above and the adjusting rod below. I also have 2 graphite reinforcement rods in the neck and the head stock is more on the the lines of a wishbass or upright headstock style.
The body was made out of some inexpensive mahogany laminate i got at home depot (not the best stuff but good for my first attempt at an acoustic). the tail block is made from an inch thick piece of oak while the neck block was made from laminate pieces of 3/4 " white maple. the soundboard has an x style bracing i designed while thinking it over in math class. and the back has 3 strips of 3/4" laminate oak as bracing.
So far the body is done and is a whopping 7"s thick, and the neck has also been completed with 3 coats of tung oil to give it a nice glossy look and a smooth feel. I have made a few mistakes with gaps bet. the back and side while putting the sides on. The sides by the way were kerfed meaning i slit them every 1/2 inch or so, so they were easy to bend. I lacked the skills of actually bending the sides with heat, but for my next acoustic i hope to build a side bender.
All I have to do now is order my mahogany stain (i have the clear coat of sanding sealer and lacquer in aersol cans). And i have to attach the neck with 3-3.5" wood screws through the fingerboard and into the neck block(the block was routed down 3/4"s of an inch. I have already made a maple bridge and tailpiece. hopefully this bass works and i hope to put a sound transducer on it (maybe from stew-mac or an upright pick up from lemur music. and by the way the scale length is 35.5" and i used compact gotoh tuners for the neck. feel free to leave any comments