build half way through

[Grant Bass]

well; kinda late in the build to be starting a thread; so how about some history in place of 'actual content' ?
i had a neck blank that i glued up a while back; stricltly for the sake of using this carmalised maple i got; i used the soft species before and it was suuuper dark w/ a red/walnut 'hue'
the hard is this gold type colour, so iwanted to make something out of it, to see if i wood (another post i just read lol) suggest it to anyone else.
the body was scraps i kept gluing together of cut offs and some beautiful maple and walnut that were just to narrow to offer as tops; the pickups were from an old washburn that was brought in to replace them with bartolinis; i
dont even know what theyre going to sound like




so ya; ive been working on it about 20 min. at a time basically something to piddle on after ive done all i can on my oreders for the night, but not quite ready to pack it in;
i wont be updating this too often but hopefully it will be finished by the new year

[mikeyswood]

I really like how you did the wings!

[Grant Bass]

thanks; in what respects? the taper; or multi laminates perhaps?

[mikeyswood]

The taper, line weights, curves - it all works.

[SDB Guitars]

Lookin' good!

[Rob17]

I Really really really like that neck,... very beautyfull.
The core laminate is just plain sexy...

[Grant Bass]

heres the begining of the finishing;
its got a front mount electronics; not the pretiest cavity in the world; but done for speed; literally have 10 mins a night to work on it; and its for me for a back up p-bass so i aint gotts to impress no-one;
the p-pickups are in wood shells with exposed poles;hence the giant holes; and i dont do inlays on my 'own' instruments

this is a bad photo; but it shows the headstock; the pup covers match this

[Grant Bass]

those arnt my bikes btw

[Kevin_BlueBASS]

This looks incredible!
Any new progress???

[Grant Bass]

just curing away;
started finishing the pickup shells and control plate; prolly no point in pics until assembly;
thanks so much

[DizzyExiled]

something about the wood colors and design of that piece and the graininess of those photos, makes it look like they were taken in the 70s.

[Grant Bass]

Originally Posted by DizzyExiled

something about the wood colors and design of that piece and the graininess of those photos, makes it look like they were taken in the 70s.

[bommer]

god, you make the nicest basses.

i wish i had extra income to spend on another bass.

[Grant Bass]

that means alot coming from a guy with that avatar; Joe made me want to build in the first place!

[Grant Bass]

the finished product;




the control plate is a little out of place; colour wise; in hindsight of shoul've/ should dye it with an amber colour; or make a copy out of something dark.
plays very nice; soiunds like a run of the mill pbass, balanced very well.
if i could change one thing; the bridge was a tad to close; by the time i adjusted the intonation my strung thru strings were at a 80 deg. anglewith the E and A; they can still go hardtail if its a problem; but i had the body holes drilled out where i assumed would give me enough play room, with out actually stringing it up for a mock intonation; cause if i had to move the screw holes back, wouldnt of been a big deal; i just rushed thru it; looking forward to jamming with this one. its my new back up P.

[Kevin_BlueBASS]

Very, very cool!
With a body that small though is there any noticeable neckdive?
It looks fantastic man! Enjoy it!

[Grant Bass]

it actually sits pretty good; mostly yhanks to the button positions;
no neck 'dives' but i coulda handled it staying a little more in playing position!
thanks!

[DizzyExiled]

I dig the control cover, and I agree that it's out of place. still a damn fine piece.

[pgolliher]

Great work!

[P. Bass]

Well done bro! It must be very satisfying. Love the "P"
B.