Greetings! This will be my first submission to the GotM contest, so I hope I am following protocol here. Woodworking is somewhat of a Hackett family tradition, and I've been making dust since I was very young. That being said, I am still fairly new to the luthier trade, so my skills and designs are constantly evolving and improving. With any luck, perhaps I can match up with some of the fantastic work I've been seeing on the forums here! This is only my 5th completed build, but it is the first completed as an official Hackett Custom, I design and build everything myself and all carving and inlay work is done by hand (no CNC work what-so-ever).
For your approval, I present to you... Rapscallion.
Specs and hardware:
5 string
34 inch scale
24 stainless steel frets
Dual-action truss rod
Carbon fiber reinforced neck
Sperzel locking tuners
Kahler fixed bridge
Magnetically fastened control cavity and truss rod covers
Neutrik locking output jack
Both pups are hand wound Hackett pickups:
Bridge pup is a single coil jazz bass style
Neck pup is a single coil rail with two alnico-5's
Bartolini bass preamp
Copper shielded cavities
Materials:
Neck- 5 piece laminate (black walnut, mahogany, maple)
Body- Mahogany and crotch-grain black walnut top on a white oak back with black walnut and mahogany laminates
Curly ipe fingerboard
Curly ipe and white oak pickup covers
White oak and mahogany knobs
Paua Abalone head stock inlay and position markers
Tru-oil hand polished gloss finish
Custom made flight case made by Bestincase Road Cases
I apologize for the poor quality of some of the photos...
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