5swamp ash 35" build, warning pictures

[low end fuzz]

this is the plan Stan; 2 piece swamp ash body
5 piece neck padauk and maple(s)
gold hardware
bartolini stingray
with a 2band eq
schaller roller bridge
w/ 'flat' compound radius fb (somewhere in the area of 16- 12")
w/ my compound headstock angle

[low end fuzz]

my disassembled pieces of lumber
to my generally assembled lumber

[low end fuzz]

grain fill was matched to the padauk with analine dyes; i used red yellow and brown to get what i was look ing for
it was sooo hot that the filling got ahead of me and it took a good hour to remove the dried paste off; too ambitious i guess for my first time pore filling with colour! but i think it was worth it;

[low end fuzz]

so after quite a few coats of 'oil' (w.o.poly)
and sitting around for an addequate time period , assembly began;
it went very smooth and w/o hair loss;
strung her up , had some issues with my pots grounding out on the foil, but alleviated that with our friend electrical tape; and we were off;
sounded great, growls with good mids; im not a 5 string player so i found the B a bit floppy, but apparently im crazy;....which makes me happy!

also in the news; i finally launched my website; its kinda 'up' but thres still alot of work to be done; thats why there is 5 year old pictures and some of the write ups dont make all that much sense; but its great for not having one yet; so check it out and drop a line
thanks alot!
grant
grantbass.com

[zuma]

Looks pretty awesome!

[Son of Magni]

Wow! I love it!

[bigblondeafro87]

Looks comfortable and ergonomical. How's the sound?

[UncleBalsamic]

Great job! The shape and finish remind of an F bass, it must be good!

[low end fuzz]

ya it sounds pretty good; like i said ; i wish i knew some tricks to tighten up the B string;
but im assured i m just not used to them;
and its a little heavy but still very handable, with good balance, and pretty low action;
the B is a little higher for the floppinness.

[capnsandwich]

Originally Posted by UncleBalsamic

Great job! The shape and finish remind of an F bass, it must be good!

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing. Looks great BTW.

[Kenbuntu]

that neck looks great!

[Jensby design]

Originally Posted by low end fuzz

grain fill was matched to the padauk with analine dyes; i used red yellow and brown to get what i was look ing for
it was sooo hot that the filling got ahead of me and it took a good hour to remove the dried paste off; too ambitious i guess for my first time pore filling with colour! but i think it was worth it;

Well thanks a lot I have to go change my underwear now

[LM Bass]

Great work!
I really like the tight neck pocket and grain filling.
kudos,
L

[pilotjones]

Very nice! Great idea with the grain fill color match. Nice funky pickup surround.

[Barkless Dog]

it looks great but you need to do a wood pickup cover. The cheap black plastic one looks bad in my opinion.

Other than that, great bass!

[uprightben]

Love the bass, the color pore filling is hot! If you want a tighter b string, why not try a thicker string.

[Arx]

Originally Posted by low end fuzz

ya it sounds pretty good; like i said ; i wish i knew some tricks to tighten up the B string;
but im assured i m just not used to them;
and its a little heavy but still very handable, with good balance, and pretty low action;
the B is a little higher for the floppinness.

There are no "tricks". Pretty much anything that claims to give you a tighter B without a change in scale length or string weight are just subjective changes in feel, not actually changes in the tension of the string.

Originally Posted by uprightben

Love the bass, the color pore filling is hot! If you want a tighter b string, why not try a thicker string.

+1 That's how you do it.

-Nick

[contakt321]

Originally Posted by pilotjones

Very nice! Great idea with the grain fill color match. Nice funky pickup surround.

+1

[low end fuzz]

i was thinking about a cover over the pickup, but didnt think it went well after i had the surround concept; and theres nothing 'cheap' about the bartolini lol

[Arx]

I think that's just one of those things that doesn't look as good in pictures as in real life.