KnightroExpress

Hello all! I had a few minutes of free time this afternoon, so here's what I did. Solid joint, looks pretty good. Knocked off the excess with my ryoba, then cleaned it up a bit with my no.4 and some 80 grit. Here she is with a few quick layout lines. I've made some changes to my original spec after going to Guitar Center and playing a 30" scale bass for a bit. It felt too small, so I'm changing this one to a 32" scale. I feel that it will be a happy medium between that super shorty and a regular bass. Plus, that makes the 24th fret exactly 24 inches from the nut and for some reason, I like that a lot. I must be slightly OCD. I'll also be using a Hipshot Transtone bridge, as I like the look of that one over the Kahler fixed I had originally picked out. Anyway, thanks for looking!

That color is really interesting. I dig it!

Thanks guys! I'm excited to have found this forum, there's a ton of great stuff here.

Thank you! The pins are about 1/8" long and will remain inside the scarf joint, never to be seen again.

Hey guys, I'm new to this forum. I'm relatively new to instrument building, but I have a decent foundation of woodworking skills. I'm currently building things in my little apartment in Maryland, but later this year, I will be attending the Guitar Craft program at the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles. I'm looking forward to being a member here! Now that the intro is over, here's one of my current projects. I designed this bass as a tribute to Carl Thompson, who first inspired me to get into lutherie. His basses were the first instruments that made me really take notice of the craftsmanship and artistry that is out there. So here we go! -30" scale -Walnut body core -Wenge sides -Ebony fretboard -Kahler bridge -Hipshot Ultralite tuners -Still undecided on the pickup. Some sort of soapbar, probably. Here's a good overall look. I based the design on Les Claypool's "Antimatter". There's the back, gotta show off the wenge! Scarfed with my ryoba and a block plane. I think it came out pretty nice! Centerlines marked and pins put in to keep the headstock aligned while the glue dries. All glued up! We'll see how it looks tomorrow afternoon. I'm not sure about the pickup, as I'm not very familiar with bass stuff yet. Any thoughts?