fish man
12-01-2006, 06:06 PM
I just routed & chiseled what is, as far as I can tell, a perfect neck pocket - on my first homemade bass.
Damn I feel good.
Pics soon, I hope.
Damn I feel good.
Pics soon, I hope.
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This is a search-engine-friendly text mirror of the TalkBass Forums fish man 12-01-2006, 06:06 PM I just routed & chiseled what is, as far as I can tell, a perfect neck pocket - on my first homemade bass. Damn I feel good. Pics soon, I hope. DigthemLows 12-01-2006, 06:18 PM I know how you feel scottyd 12-01-2006, 06:23 PM Congrats! spudmaster34 12-01-2006, 06:25 PM congrats eleonn 12-01-2006, 07:14 PM I hope too feel like that soon ...neck carvin for me a big blackbox. :hmm: mkrtu9 12-01-2006, 08:13 PM congrats..glad it turned out well for ya. Mine didn't :( thedonutman 12-02-2006, 02:57 AM congrats, glad it worked for you. When i was building my bass, I was really happy about my perfectly routed music man humbucker hole, then i realised i routed it the wrong way around......So the side with 2 screw holes were pointing towards the knobs. budman 12-02-2006, 10:59 AM ...chiseled... This word frightens and confuses me. wilser 12-02-2006, 11:29 AM This word frightens and confuses me. ??? I use a chisel to square up the neck pocket on my set necks. pilotjones 12-02-2006, 02:26 PM No problem with "chisel"... but "plane" might as well be "neurosurgery scalpel." pilotjones 12-02-2006, 02:29 PM When i was building my bass, I was really happy about my perfectly routed music man humbucker hole, then i realised i routed it the wrong way around......So the side with 2 screw holes were pointing towards the knobs. Was this a problem? I mean, the normal way isn't necessarily the right or only way. Unless there's lettering on the pickup or something. Ray Holt 12-03-2006, 09:49 PM I recently had a high when I glued my neck onto my first electric ever. First chance to really sit down with it and see how it feels. It was AWESOME! http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2476/n15713559315197345860ih6.jpg wilser 12-03-2006, 10:18 PM I used to get high when I sprayed nitro without a mask ;) JacksonsMen 12-04-2006, 06:30 AM thats the kind of luthier high i was expecting this thread to be about but congrats....now where are these pictures? fish man 12-04-2006, 07:36 PM This word frightens and confuses me. The chiseling on the neck pocket wasn't bad at all. Get it nice and sharp on the oilstone, and I barely even needed a mallet to drive it. The next task is gluing some cherry veneer on the inside edges of the pickup routes. Getting it all around the 'ears' for the MM and the J pickups is going to be a chore. More updates soon! I'm also going to be dyeing the maple/maple neck as soon as I get my paws on a piece of birdseye to confirm the shade of dye I picked. |