skelf

It is strung F# to A#.

Spot on Travis.

Some work on the 9 string headstock. Changed it a bit from the last one making it a bit shorter and angling the tuning keys makes using the tuners a bit easier and the shorter length will help a bit with balance.

Just about all the wood work done on Scoops bass.

No but two 11 year old boys fully tooled up best of luck.

If you are ever down this way give me a call and pay a visit.

Alan

Not really that much available in Scotland that I am aware of. There is certainly really nice Sycamore to be had also Ash and cherry but beyond that I have not found all that much of interest to me.

Alan

Josh

I pickup woods where ever I can but the majority come from Gallery Hardwoods in the US.

If you can find one that is finished you would be doing well but I might have to set the dog on you before you get to it.

It is 18 mm.

Cheers

Alan

Recurve Single Cut 5

Claro Walnut top and back with a Black Limba core and black veneer contrast veneer.

Neck Bubinga/wenge 5 piece Mac ebony fingerboard.

ACG RFB in the bridge FB in neck with coil switching

ACG filter pre-amp 18 volt option with low battery indicator.

Mac ebony knobs for the pre-amp.

Oil finish.

More pics

Cheers Travis.

A new build just under way.

A Harlot 4 string fretless.

Spec

Flame Sycamore top with a Butternut body.

5 piece maple/mac ebony neck with a Ziracote acrylic impregnated finger board from Gallery Hardwoods .It will have partial fret lines.

Single ACG RFB pickup and a piezobridge.

Details on the hook up of the piezo still to be sorted out. Should have the piezo output feeding in to one of the filters in the pre-amp with magnetic pickup going in to the other.

A bit of work done on this fretless just the sanding and finishing to do.

Yes two rods and a large glue area so I don't see there being any problem with it being bookmatched.

Alan

Scoops headstock sorted out and the heel so just side dots to do and the logo and it will be time to fit it to the body.

The nine string does give you plenty of room to make the bookmatch really work well. I also have a 5 string in the works which has a bookmatched fingerboard made from the same board as the one above.

Peters neck now fretted and I will say it again that ebony is perfect.

A pick of the top for the Finn.

This is the first Finn bass. It has been on the go for a while but due to some problems getting the headless hardware it has ground to a halt at the moment.

The spec

Finn body shape but modified to accommodate headless hardware.

Wenge body with a Bloodwood accent and a Mac Ebony top.

Neck Wenge/Bloodwood 5 piece with a Mac Ebony finger board with Bloodwood binding.

Thought this might be of interest. Bookmatched fingerboard for a 9 string bass. The boards is acrylic impregnated spalted maple from Larry at Gallery Hardwoods.

Fair point,it does require less work in that respect.

Alan

It is a prototype so I don't really use the exotic woods on one of these. I still put in the same degree of work and it is no less in my eyes for being plain wood. However don't write it as a bit boring just yet. This one may have a peizo bridge feeding into one channel of my pre-amp and the other for the magnetic pickup so it should sound pretty good for a fretless. But then again I may leave it as a single pickup version not fully decided yet this is the fun of building them for your own entertainment.

Alan

Cheers Wez.

The plan is to spray it black.

Alan

recurve single cut left hander with a Black heart sassafras top and acrylic impregnated zebrano fingerboard.

recurve in spalted beech with an acrylic impregnated spalted maple finger board.

Finn prototype Alder body 3 piece maple neck.

Recurve in Camphor burl.

Pick the fingerboard time.

From the top.

Mac Ebony for Finn.

Indian Ebony for Andrew's guitar.

Indian Ebony for Peter.

Acrylic impregnated Zebrano for Paul.

Acrylic impregnated Spalted Maple for Dave.

Feel free to get in touch.

The thread above certainly covers doing the roundover. I lower the bit down very gradually and it is important to buy a good router bit for this job and type of wood. I use the CMT ones they are not cheap but are the best I have found to date.