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I am still looking for wood for my bass. Is maple good to use for the wings on a neckthrough, and the neck will be maple and walnut or maple and bubinga. thanks all, what type of sound would i get from this?

ok, i am going to need some help, say i am ready to attach the body to the neck, how do i go about lining that up perfectly when I glue and clamp the 2 body pieces to the neck, the body will be stained and i am wondering if i should stain it before or after I attach it, I am going ot call my local wood supplier and get some prices today, hopefully i will finish my bass over march break , It might take longer though, thanks for everyone's help

thanks Phil, I am the person who e-mailed you for help

I made up a plan for what i want my bass to took like.... the drawing has no fretboard, the lines are just to show the different pieces of wood for the neck, and i forgot to continue them into the head, and forgot the shade the rest of them, oh well, you get the idea. This drawong is to scale, 35", and i got the dimensions for the bridge and nut online, tell me what you all thing the neck will be 3 pieces of maple, or some other light wood, havent decided yet, with 2 strips of mahagony or walnut. The body will be made from mahagony with quilted maple top and beck, i will probably stain the back of the neck green like the body but i'm not sure, it might ruin the look of the wood, I won't need to decide that wor quite a while. More drawings of neck and seperate body pieces to come! I got the shape for the head from my 5 string ESP B-55 which i have had for three years, I just love the look of it

thanks for all the replys, my brother is a member at a local woodworking club and he tells me that there is a guy there who makes acoustic guitars. I will probably contact him and see if he can help with the fretts, when i get there, probably wont be for another few months i geuss this guy started making guitars in the shop at school and has been making them ever since, and he makes a living doing it. Sounds like an awesome job to me

thanks for the help guys, i think i will order most of my parts from http://www.stewmac.com/ and see if i can get wood locally, that is , after i'm done the planning and begging to use my mom's credit card so I can order online....then it will be a few more months work to get it all payed for...

thanks for the reply I am looking to spen about 800-1000 dollars, and this bass is for me, i might build them to sell in like 10 years, but the first one will be for me

Hi, I am 16 years old and I would really like to build my own bass. I just love the thougt of someone asking me what kind of bass I have and me getting the chance to say "I build it myslef". I have read alot obout bass building and I think if I put enough time into it it would be possible. I have been building things out of wood since 6th grade, so about 5 years. I have built tables, shelves, a minerature bass, bench, and many other things. I also have a neighbor who is an experienced woodworker if I needed any help. So yea, back to the bass. I want to make a neck-through bass, fretted, with a quilted maple body. I will probably use one truss rod and 2 carbon fiber strips in the neck. I play most of my music in C tuning so my bass will be a 35" scale. I will probably use EMG pickups. So to the point, does anyone recomend anything that I should do in preparation for this project. I will be drawing lots of plans and making a template out of mdf before I buy any of the wood or hardware for it. Also, what would the cost be for a custom bass. Thanks for any help. I would love to hear any comments.