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09-15-2012, 12:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Lancaster CA | | | This looks very cool! Dig the carving too. |
10-17-2012, 12:11 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | Well for those who have written me off (myself included) of this competition... I have these updates that span the last month. I am waiting to get my pickup so I'm a bit on hold but there are many other things that can be done in the next two weeks. Maybe with a little luck I will finish in time for the competition deadline.
Here I have the neck wedged into my super technological truss rod jig. 
The next two picts are getting the headstock shaped up and the fingerboard radius.  
And finally I have the neck fit to the body. I had to add a bit more depth to the neck pocket (not shown in these pictures) because I didn't rout the pocket deep enough.   
If anyone gets this far and is still reading... thanks for looking! |
10-17-2012, 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Nomad98  If anyone gets this far and is still reading... thanks for looking! | Oh, I'm still watching! I love this design.
Which pickup are you waiting on? Mudbucker still? I've been dazzled by Curtis Novak's website lately - he has several intriguing offerings in the mudbucker format. |
10-17-2012, 12:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | | I actually decided on a Music Man pickup. I was going to go for the mudbucker but then got overwhelmed with the truss rod adjustment by the pickup and do I have to take the neck off to adjust it... Seemed like a hassle to me and I don't like the adjustment at the headstock so my thought was a different pickup. I know I could have moved the pup back a little but that seemed wrong to me too. I will save the mud bucker for my 8 string that I want to do with this design.
I also settled on 34 inch scale, so those are the two changes I made from the original plan. If the MM pickup doesn't come by the weekend I may just go with a Pbass pup that I have. I can always use the MM in another build.
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10-17-2012, 11:45 PM
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10-23-2012, 11:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | Well I am feeling the time crunch.
I have my pickup routed and the control cavity is routed. Tonight I have to make a cover for the control cavity and then sand the body. Oh, I will be cutting off the tabs that have been bugging me visually but they are great for templates. Just screw the template to the body, route and unscrew the template.
The neck is shaped and I just have to slot the fretboard, install markers and drill for tuners. I am going to put my logo into the headstock but that will be dependent on time.
A quick picture of the results. Sorry I am not documenting each little detail but be it as it is...
Thanks for looking.  |
10-23-2012, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | | Big thing I forgot to mention was that I am using Tru Oil for the finish! Going to do some experiments with it this week so hopefully it will be the quick and easy that I need... |
10-23-2012, 12:41 PM
| | Registered BadAss | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: MS Gulf Coast | | | The good thing about Tru-Oil is the small amount of time needed between coats. The bad thing is that it still takes about a month to completely cure. But it sure leaves a beautiful finish!
Looks good. Did your tonal objectives change during this build? Originally it was a mudbucker up by the neck, now it's a MM close to the bridge. Big difference there! |
10-23-2012, 12:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | | Yup, you got me there. I have always been interested in the mudbucker sound and Music Man... In the end I really felt that I would be happier with the MM sound on this. I will save the mudbucker for my 8 string version of this bass. |
10-26-2012, 11:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | I may just make the deadline... This week I cut off the tabs on the body that aligned the templates, Got the fingerboard slotted and installed the markers (still have to do the side markers.
Also got the control cavity routed. The picture below is a veneer template that is fit to the cavity, I then transferred the veneer template to the cavity cover and will fit that. It is much easier to fit a veneer cover first then trace it to the real cover for fitting, at least I think that's the case? I plan to use magnets to attach it to the body.
Can I make the deadline? I don't know... Thanks for looking.    |
11-13-2012, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | I am not really sure about the status of the "3 Wood Challenge" but I am still working away on my bass.
I have the neck all sanded and the frets are installed. I still have to dress the frets.
Will hopefully be finishing the body this week. I have the bridge screw holes drilled and I need to drill the holes for the grounding wire. The bridge has 4 separate saddle pieces so I need to run the ground to each bridge piece. In previous builds with this bridge I have used a zero fret and the ground would run to one bridge pieces and go to the others strings via the zero fret.
Also have to drill for the jack and pots.  |
11-14-2012, 05:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The Netherlands | | | Wow, that's really cool man!
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11-15-2012, 07:01 PM
| | On the down low since y2k | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: San diego, CA | | It looks pretty cool! Leave it natural! 
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11-16-2012, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by bassingeorge It looks pretty cool! Leave it natural! | Bassingeorge, I do get stuck on the natural look when I make something but I have been so tuned into this bass being a Fireglo/red-yellow burst, that natural didn't seem like an option until a few weeks ago? Mainly because it would be an easy way to go. But, the other day I saw a flame maple body with a birdseye neck, all natural, it looked very cool...
I will use some sort of penetrating oil first to pop the flame on the body. Then I will see how that sits and make my burst/no bust decision.
Thanks for the feedback. |
11-16-2012, 05:08 PM
| | | | How about red dye? you get the nice wood grain, and the awesome colour. |
11-16-2012, 06:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | | I've thought that I would do the red dye, then sand it back, burst the edge red and give it a shot of yellow in the center.
Or, option two was to dye with black and then sand back, red dye-sand back and then shoot the red burst to yellow center.
Option three is to go all natural.
Occasionally I think that a tobacco burst might be nice too. Ugh, too many options. |
02-04-2013, 11:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | Hey... is the 3 wood challenge still going on? OK, so I missed the deadline, but thought I would at least post a few progress picts.
I spent a lot of time sanding, as anyone would do and decided to attempt my sunburst dye job. I have an air brush but since I am in the middle of midwest winter-lockdown I decided to try a hand rubbed burst. The colors started to get WAY to purple for me so I sanded it back and just went with black. I am using transtint dye and the black does have a lot of purple in it so that comes through a little.
The neck and the body are being built up with Tru Oil. I really like that stuff so far. The neck is almost finished and I have two coats of TO on the body, about twenty on the neck.
I don't think I will go for a high gloss on these. I like the feel of the TO when you knock the gloss off between coats.
I'm warming up to the look of the body, if I could do it all over I would have left it natural but when I'm finished I think I might be happy with the results.
Thanks for looking.    |
02-04-2013, 11:59 AM
| | | VERY Nice! 
But why is the head so long?
That's the only thing I am not a fan of.
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02-04-2013, 12:24 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Minneapolis | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cnltb VERY Nice!
But why is the head so long?
That's the only thing I am not a fan of. | Don't really think the headstock is too long but I know I have crowded the tuners close together. Its just something I like, to answer the question? It's long and thin and that seems to suit me. Of course to each his own. |
02-05-2013, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Nomad98 Don't really think the headstock is too long but I know I have crowded the tuners close together. Its just something I like, to answer the question? It's long and thin and that seems to suit me. Of course to each his own. | It's your bass, your call. What you like is what matters.
I am still impressed and like the rest of this bass VERY MUCH INDEED! 
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