KnightroExpress

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?