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02-27-2009, 03:18 PM
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The body is cut and sanded..
Going to be a bolt-on bass with the following features: - Alder body.
- Maple neck + board (both are quartersawn for a clean look and stability) .
- Bartolini X4 split coil pups.
- Hipshot B-style brass bridge. (all black hardware)
- Wide nickel-silver frets.
- Nordstrand 3-band preamp.
- Grover tuners.
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02-27-2009, 03:23 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Another pic.
Next thing is shaping the back and adding an arm rest. |
02-27-2009, 03:26 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | My mobile weighs more than this body..
Haven't used Alder in the past, and I really like it.
Such a nice wood to work with. |
02-28-2009, 10:30 AM
| | | | very clean work, this cant be your first, i havnt ever seen any of your work before
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03-08-2009, 01:10 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Working on the neck..
Last edited by shai-ga : 06-27-2009 at 11:33 AM.
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03-08-2009, 01:11 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Truss rod glued in with epoxy
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03-08-2009, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | 2 more pics of the body, after sanding it to 240.
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03-08-2009, 01:15 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Just ordered the Nordstrand 2 band pre.
Hope it will sound good with the deep tone barts..
It sure looks good though ..
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03-08-2009, 01:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ontario Canada | | Looks good. How wide is that body? It looks small or you have large hands. 
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03-08-2009, 01:55 PM
| | Registered User | | | | The body is pretty small, but I do have large hands |
03-08-2009, 02:01 PM
| | | | That's a One-Piece-body, no?
I like One-Piece-Bodies!! |
03-08-2009, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | True, It is a one piece alder body. |
03-09-2009, 07:54 PM
| | Registered User | | | | | Done shaping the neck to its outlines.
Next is fretting, radiusing and shaping the back.
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03-09-2009, 07:55 PM
| | Registered User | | | | Do you recognize the headstock shape? 
[Fodera NYC shape with rounded edges]
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03-10-2009, 06:38 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | First round of slotting is finished (second one after radiusing).
and working to sand the (invisible) glue line between the f board and the neck with a scraper.
I'm using Lie Nielsen scrapers (a set of two - different size) ,and they're amazing, far better then those sold by StewMac, IMHO.
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03-10-2009, 07:28 AM
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03-10-2009, 10:25 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | Thanks!
Sorry for not talking much on this build, but you can ask anything you have in mind..
I'll just continue uploading photos.. Working really hard on this,
literally around the clock, hope to finish it until Saturday.
(New semester begins next week, I'm a mechanical engineering student)
Well, Just finished the fretboard radiusing.
For some reason I can't attach photos at the moment.. will try again later.
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03-12-2009, 05:52 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | 16" radius for the fboard:
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03-12-2009, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | Some fretwork photos:
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03-12-2009, 05:53 AM
| | Registered User | | | | | Side dots & fret shaping:
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