Hello everybody. After lurking here for half a year I am finally starting my first real project. I don't have a bass yet, so I figured I could try making my own. I'm a little nervous, but hopefully it should turn out to be semi-decent. Don't expect this to be a professional level instrument, I will be trying to make my first build for as cheap as possible. And this will probably take me a long time to finish, but time is a good thing right? Anyway, here are the specs I want:
-Bolt-on neck (a cheap one from ebay)
-Alder body (thanks to mammothguitars for all the help)
-1/4" Flamed maple top (and a big thanks to Fryovanni)
-4 strings
-34" scale, 21 frets
-PJ bass style pickups (EMG select?)
-Gold hardware
-Finish: stained red, possibly with a black burst around the edges
I haven't done too much yet, but here is the alder I will be using. And here is a picture of the maple top I'll be using:
PS. I resized the picture so it is 640x480 on photobucket, but it still keeps coming up here 800x600. Anybody know how to fix this? I don't want to break the rules....