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09-23-2009, 06:15 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | 5 string, 35" scale, semi-hollow build thread thing
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So I've had this thing sitting around my shop for a while now, slowly working on it as time permits. Well, I opened my big, fat mouth about maybe bringing it to a GTG next month. I figured if I posted my progress, it would give me some accountability. It's kind of an experiment so I didn't use the super-best woods. Actually, I don't even know what kind of wood the top or the fretboard are 
Bass wood body, 3 piece with walnut stringers. It's huge. Like, 16" wide. I painted the inside for awesomeness and to coordinate with the other woods. 
Mystery-wood top. I think it's some kind of cedar. It has a reddish-orange hue to it. It's very light. I did the "F hole" freehand, so don't hassle me about it not being perfect, I'm cool with it. 
Mystery fretboard.. I scored three of these, pre-slotted off ebay for like, $20.00. Very stiff, heavy and dense. Again, they have a reddish-orange color. The neck is walnut and padouk. 
Kinda-sorta what it's going to look like when it's done.
Ok, I want to get this done by October 23rd, so give me a hard time about finishing it, please. Sorry about the crappy pics... we are cameraless presently.
Last edited by RedemptionBass : 09-23-2009 at 07:30 PM.
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09-23-2009, 07:31 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | Now the pictures work....Stupif Flickr |
09-23-2009, 07:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sumner,Wa | | | Very cool! The F holes look great for freehand, can't give you a hard time on them. The fingerboard looks like Macassar Ebony by the way...maybe go fretless?
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09-23-2009, 08:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Va Beach, VA | | | Coating the fingerboard would give it an interesting look due to the slots being "empty" for a fretless. |
09-23-2009, 08:26 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | It will be lined fretless, set neck.
Macassar ebony didn't occur to me... Maybe... never seen it so red before but it feels like it could be... Thanks. |
09-23-2009, 08:33 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Looks cool.
How thick is the top? The two pointy bits that project downward on the treble and bass sides look like they would be prone to snapping of if they got any pressure, unless they had some kind of hidden support pin bridging them to the back. Especially if it is cedar, which cracks really easily along the grain.
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09-23-2009, 09:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RedemptionBass  It will be lined fretless, set neck.
Macassar ebony didn't occur to me... Maybe... never seen it so red before but it feels like it could be... Thanks. | I have a mac ebony board that has lots a red streaks, 98% sure that's what you've got there.
Edit: Ok, i was looking at the pics on my blackberry...now that I see it more clearly it does look more like it could be rosewood or cocobolo. Here's a pic of a mac ebony board I have though, some red streaks.
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09-24-2009, 02:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Scotland | | | Nope - its a Rosewood of some description imo. |
09-24-2009, 09:14 AM
| | | | Looks like really dark straight grained cocobola
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09-24-2009, 12:31 PM
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P.S. Don't worry about the freehand stuff, "if it looks good to you" is what counts. |
09-24-2009, 12:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bloomington, IL | | | my first assumption was that the fingerboard is Wenge. The more I look now, I'm not sure. |
09-24-2009, 09:24 PM
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Owner/Builder: HJC Customs USA, The Cool Lute, C G O | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest Michigan | | | It's cocobolo, and the top is walnut. Keep it comming, interesting build idea. |
09-24-2009, 10:27 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | The top is absolutely not walnut. I work with heaps of walnut and this stuff is way too light, soft and non-walnutty. |
09-24-2009, 10:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Canadia | | | I love it, very retro... |
09-24-2009, 10:34 PM
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Owner, builder: jworrellbass | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | That fingerboard looks like a piece of honduras rosewood that I once had, I might have a scrap laying around.
The top looks like roasted birch, or something along those lines.
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09-24-2009, 11:19 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Santa Cruz | | | I can't tell from the pics, but the top may be spanish cedar.
My guess is that the fingerboard is wenge.
I took an immediate dislike to the first picture, and then completely changed my mind when I saw the top. I like those openings! Keep it coming!
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09-24-2009, 11:34 PM
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Owner, builder: jworrellbass | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Colorado Springs CO | | | Are you going for the "jack-o-lantern" look? I think it's pretty cool looking. |
09-25-2009, 02:31 PM
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Head (and only) Honcho at Redemption Bass | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Crystal Lake, IL | | | HAHAHA... I know... it does kind of look like a face. Not intentional at all, just kind of worked out that way.
The top is 3/4 of an inch thick right now. I'll take it down a little, but not much in the interest of stability.
Thank you all for the comments. The weekend is here, so hopefully I can get some serious shop time. |
09-26-2009, 04:44 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas | | | i really like this one.. the F hole is a great idea.. |
09-26-2009, 06:39 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Montreal, Canada. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by abarson I can't tell from the pics, but the top may be spanish cedar. | Although it certainly does look like some kind of cedar, it is not spanish. Spanish Cedar is really really similar to khaya mahogany or sipo. Ive got a big slab of quartersawn cedar tat looks a lot like your piece, maybe not that dark, but very close to it. Comes from a guy in BC. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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