Hi Guys,
It's been quite a while. I'm back (I hope)
So there I was, a guitar player that wanted to be able to record some bass playing along to his creations. The goal of this project is the making of a bass that is easy to build, low on costs but high on mojo. Mojo in this case coming from some decent quality parts and build materials.
Things that make it cheap and quick to build:
Just one pup
No frets
Body wood: bamboo, I had some leftovers
Neck: Maple with some rosewood
Tuners: Oldschool nickel Schallers
Bridge: Wilkinson with brass saddles
Finishing: None, except for some tru-oil on the neck most likely
Pickup: Not sure yet, but to start of I have an '80's (i think) active Ibanez set of 1 j-bass and 1 p-bass
A mockup of what it might end up like looking:
The Materials including the template, but excluding the neck blank (because I forgot to put it in the pic):
Because the guitar is just a tad to big to get out of the bamboo I have, I've adjusted the lower (used to be upper) horn as such: