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Great work! it's a nice blend of old-school and modern stuff. I like the way you carved the lower and upper horn, it's give to the shape a sculptural look a la art nouveau. Philippe

It's a hand-rubbed paste varnish made by Circa 1850. It's made in canada so i dot know if it's available in Usa. It's a blend of tung oil and urethane. It's seem to resist well and i hope it will pass the test of time. I realy like the result on mahogany. And this is not my last projet in mahogany. It's realy easy to work with this wood. Thank for your comment Jon! Philippe Trépanier

i finaly bought my digital camera. The jazz is my first project (where all began). I took the neck from a MIM jazz and built a replica from soft maple. Stock hardware with DiMarzio pick-up and brass nut. Sound realy punchy and great hi-end for slapping. My second project is the fretless one. Made from african mahogany. The neck is made out of mahogany/hardmaple/purpleheart. I made the bridge, the pick-up cover and the knob from a rosewood piece. This is a deep sounding fretless with a great woody tone. The last one is my "growler" Single EMG Hz pick-up, gotoh keys, schaller bridge, corian nut, passive electronic, white ash body (swap ash is n/a in quebec) hard maple neck w/ purple strigner. I love this bass a lot, it have great low-mid with crisp high sound. more pics to come Philippe For the complete line-up: My Webpage

Mattia: .012 of positive relief. I like the rosewood smell but it's pretty hard to sand. But i think that is the way to go! I want a relief between .030/.040" to lowered the action. Thanks for your advice guys! This forum is realy useful for a hobbyist like me. Philippe

any suggestion? Philippe

This is my first topics in this forum so i will introduce myself. My name is Philippe and i'm from quebec, canada. I play basse for over 18years and i'm a modelmaker for aerospace industry. I built my first complete basse in april '06. This is a bolt-on 4strings/fretless/mahogany. Here is the problem; i built a 5pcs mahogany neck with a .300" purpleheart centre piece surounded by 2 .100" strip of maple. The truss rod is a martin type with the aluminium channel. The neck is realy stiff, even with the string tension. When i use my string as a straight-edge, there is a .012" gap in the centre of my neck and the trussrod nut is loose. I want a little more bow to prevent string buzz. My neck profile is much more like a warwick than a jazzbass. I like that chunky feel, but will i have a better neck movement if i reshape it much thinner? thanks Philippe