Greetings All,

Here begins a new design of mine called the "N" Bass. It is a mutual concept of mine and the person it is being made for. The body will be Black Walnut/Purpleheart/Black Walnut, Bubinga neck with Striped Ebony fretboard. I will post my updates as I complete them. Enjoy the show.....Chaz[

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ah, can't wait to see how this one turns out

Hit the lumber store today and got these peices; the neck will be made of quatersawn Bubinga and the other peice is Purpleheart the will be lam'd in between Black Walnut that will make up the body. Now I have to heat the shop up so as not to freeze the glue!! Chaz

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Purpleheart and Black Walnut upper wing lam stetting up in shop. Had to move inside due to cold and NO heat in shop!!! Chaz

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Upper and Lower wings glued and drying....Chaz

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Well here is the body blank, I tried a 3 peice lam for the top and it did not work out, during the routing process I had several blowouts due to the Black Walnut peices that I was using had a lot of figure in them and I think were some part of a knot structure. :confused: After comming out of the fetal position from underneath the work bench, I came up with this top. It has the clear wood that is closer to the bark and the dark wood that is near to the heart, It really sets off the purpleheart between the lams of Black Walnut. This a rough shape and in the first stages of shaping and sanding. FedEx Will have my fretboard in tomorrow and will put that on the site as I get it. Chaz

N-I-C-E!! :hyper:

all the best,

R

Nice, little CTish.

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attachments aren't working :|

Yeah, aren't working for me either.

The attachments don't matter, they were just lumber pictures.

THIS IS GOING TO BE MY BASS!!!!:hyper:

Sorry all, I had to smoke some of the attachments off due to space of attachements allowed. I will continue to post progress as I hit the milestones, My appoliges. Thank you for the kind words and yes I tip my hat to Mr. Thompson, he is one of my insperations as is Jens Ritter and MANY others out there and on this site. I have re-attached the photo of the Bubinga and the Purpleheart. The Bubinga will be the neck and the Purpleheart was lamed in between the Black Walnut.
Due to the road and weather conditions here in Indiana, FexEx did not arrive today:crying: so I will have to wait till tomorrow to get the fretboard in. Chaz

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Well thanks to the use of a kerosene heater, life has been good in the shop, here is a shot of the scroll work done today, I have the body sanded down to 100 grit for now and I am starting on the neck as soon as the head stock is approved or not, if it is I will attach it also. Thanks...chaz

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Sorry for the delay in posting, Here is the neck and fretboard work in the rough and a shot of how the headstock wiil eventually look. I had a bad experience with a Craftsman router bit this morning for the truss rod, seems the Bubinga was a little too much for it. Scored a Vermomt American bit and all was well again. Sorry for the quality of the pictures, they seem kind of wavy for some reason. Chaz

Wow, great work. I'm lovin' the body shape.

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Sorry for the delay, well here it is, the NB bass is finished, attached are the pictires, I hope you enjoy. Chaz

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Sorry for the delay, well here it is, the NB bass is finished, attached are the pictires, I hope you enjoy. Chaz

That looks pretty cool. Nice work.

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CT eat your heart out

very cool nice work Chaz i love the upper crab claw horn

Thank you all for the kind words, I guess growing up around the Chesapeak Bay infulanced alot of the shapes as well as a lot in nature. The bass was delivered to the owner this morning and so far the response has been good. I hope he enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it!!

The final discription, EMG MM Active p/u with PA-2 boost switch installed, 4 AMB individual bridges, brass adjustable nut, brass fret wire, Sperzel locking tuners,LMI TRBSD truss rod, Black Walnut / Purpleheart / Black Walnut body, Bubinga neck, Macassar Ebony finger board, Ebony knobs. This is the first time I have used the LMI truss rod, REAL nice to work with and something I will install in my future builds. Chaz

This bass plays like a dream and sounds amazing! I highly recomend Chaz to anyone looking for a unique custom build! Maybe once I have played with it for a week I can post a formal review in the Basses section.