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  1. skelf
    To be honest I have had very little succes trying to cut the cover from the actual back of the body blank. I have tried all the usual methods but not found a way that works for me. I will continue to work at it. Alan
  2. skelf
    Hi Got some work done on the Redwood single cut. The neck has been sorted out and the fingerboard attached and profiled. The F/B radius has been sanded and the frets done. The headplate glued on and the headstock has been shaped and the tuner holes cut. ACG Gallery
  3. skelf
    Hi Many thanks for the kind words and votes. Cheers Alan
  4. skelf
    Many thanks Your first effort looks way better than my first one. Just waiting for the next batch of pre-amps to arrive from John. Kiwi bird, hadn't thought of that but I can see your point. alan
  5. skelf
    Some more work done on both Recurve single cuts. The black veneer round the control cavity has been put in and both covers fitted.
  6. skelf
    Hi Travis All the posts are appreciated. I am not all that keen to do a neck thru. I had thought about doing it but after trying the set neck and being really pleased from a build point and a sound point of veiw I am happy not to try the thru necks for the time being. Alan
  7. skelf
    A bit more work done on the bubinga Recurve S/C. More pics at: ACG Gallery
  8. skelf
    Just got this finished today. The spec. Body wood is Black Limba with a Spalted Scottish Beech top and a black veneer accent line. Neck ,Wenge/Black Limba 5 piece with Spalted Beech headplate and a Black Limba backplate and heel. The fingerboard is Macassar Ebony. Hardware. Hipshot Type A bridge in brass,Hipshot Ultralite tuners,2 ACG custom wound humbuckers, ACG custom made pre-amp. Finish 60% sheen Lacquer on the body with 20% sheen on the neck for a satin feel. Alan More pics at. www.acguitars.co.uk/Gallery/104/
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    i Here is the neck for the Harlot just finished carving it. There is just the logo to go in it and then of to be sprayed. The neck is 5 piece flame sycamore/wenge with a walnut headplate backplate and heel all with a black veneer accent line. The fingerboard is ebony with alloy side dots. ACG Gallery
  10. skelf
    Wez The spalted woods can have their problems there were a few soft patches in this one which made things more difficult than it would normally be. I might put this up for GOTM I will need to see what Scott is up to before I decide
  11. skelf
    Hi Just got this finished today. The spec. Body wood is Black Limba with a Spalted Scottish Beech top and a black veneer accent line. Neck ,Wenge/Black Limba 5 piece with Spalted Beech headplate and a Black Limba backplate and heel. The fingerboard is Macassar Ebony. Hardware. Hipshot Type A bridge in brass,Hipshot Ultralite tuners,2 ACG custom wound humbuckers, ACG custom made pre-amp. Finish 60% sheen Lacquer on the body with 20% sheen on the neck for a satin feel. Alan More pics at. www.acguitars.co.uk/Gallery/104/
  12. skelf
    Manquesa Many thanks. Got some work done on the redwood single cut. The body has been cut from the blank and the control caity routed out and the cover plate sorted out. More pics at ACG Gallery
  13. skelf
    This is the prototype of the Recurve single cut which is ready to be sprayed. ACG Gallery You can see the rest of the build at. Build thread.
  14. skelf
    Hi Hope everyone had a good Christmas. Many thanks for the votes and the comments. I would be hard pushed picking between them this month. Scott as always your work is sublime. Wes always a sucker for a bass and even more so when it is a single cut. Cheers Alan
  15. skelf
    The above bass is now going to be a Recurve Single Cut after a change of plan. Alan
  16. skelf
    Made a start on Andy's bass a 5 string Recurve. Body in Black Limba with a Flamed Bibinga top and black veneer accent line. Neck 7 piece Bibinga/maple with Bibinga headplate back plate and heel all with accent lines. Again most of the woods from Larry at Gallery. Hardware in black. ACG pre-amp. 2 ACG custom humbuckers. Hipshot Type A bridge. Hipshot Ultralites. Schaller Straplocks and a Neutrik locking jack. Finish 60% sheen lacquer on the body and 20% sheen on the neck for a satin feel. ACG Gallery
  17. skelf
    Hi Just a small update. The neck has been glued up and the scarf joint sorted out truss rod fitted and the carbon rods glued in the neck has been profiled just the fingerboard to glued on The body blank has been made up and is just waiting for the body to be bandsawed out. The headplate backplate and heel have been cut out and the veneers glued to them. So a fair bit should get done over the next week pics will be here soon. Alan
  18. skelf
    The logo disk is made up on a CNC by Roger at THG. The route for the disk is done with a fostner drill bit. This cuts a flat hole which lets the disk sit in nicely then a drop of dark titebond. Alan
  19. skelf
    I have to say I like binding but have had very little joy using the stuff. The bass will also have a fair bit of contouring and a roundover this would make the binding really hard to do well at least for me anyway. Acrylic impregnated wood is produced by Larry at Gallery Hardwoods. As I understand it the wood is impregnated with acrylic monomers in a vacuum oven. This makes the wood harder and more stabile which makes woods not suitable for even fretless to be used without any problems. The other up side is that you don,t need to finish the board. Normally you would have to spray a maple board to stop it getting dirty very quickly but with this stuff you just buff it up to the level of sheen you want and that is it. I just love the stuff and it sounds great to. Alan
  20. skelf
    Hi This is my latest project just started it of this week. The top,body core,headplate and the fingerboard all came from Larry at Gallery. Body core will be Swamp Ash with a Sappy Redwood top and a Quilt Maple back both with a black accent line. Neck 7 piece Bibinga/Flamed Sycamore with a Redwood headplate and a Quilt Maple back plate and heel all with accent veneers. Fingerboard acrylic impregnated Birdseye Maple. Hardware all in black. Hipshot Type A bridge. Hipshot Ultralites. 2 ACG Fatbas custom wound humbuckers with coil switching on mini-switches. ACG custom pre-amp. Schaller straplocks and neutrik locking jack. Finish will be 60% lacquer on the body with 20% lacquer on the back of the neck for that smooth satin feel. comments more than welcome. Cheers Alan Somemore pics at the link below. ACG Gallery
  21. skelf
    It is not that it is a bad idea but it is not mandatory that you radius the board. At the end of the day it is personal preference as to wither you like a radius on the board or not. I have tried both and on fretless I like the board flat on fretted I find both work fine for me. Been overtaken here. It is not all that difficult with a radius sanding block just takes time and concentration. You can get a radius sanding block from craft supplies for a tenner.
  22. skelf
    There are a fair number of flat non radius basses out there JP basses used to offer flat as standard. I have built a 5 string fretless and a 6 string fretted bass both with flat boards and I find them very nice to play. Cheers Alan
  23. skelf
    Cheers Jeff. I like all their work as well beautiful designs excellent execution can't ask for more. I wrap a bit of masking tape round the very end as it does tend to rough up your hand pretty quickly.
  24. skelf
    I have both but seldom use the two handle one for anything the front handle is not long enough so you can't get enough downward pressure on it.
  25. skelf
    Hi A while since I have done any work on the single cut. The neck has now been glued in and the heel carved logo put in to the headstock and the tuner holes sorted out. ACG Gallery
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