first build completed!

jordan_frerichs · #1 08-14-2008, 11:37 PM

after about a year of work, my first bass i finally done! i didn't really take pics of it being worked on and all that, but i did take a few pics of the bass when it was at different stages. these first 2 are the piece of walnut that i made the body out of, and the rough cut of the body, in my highschool woodshop class.

jordan_frerichs · #2 08-14-2008, 11:43 PM

these are it when it is starting to look like a bass. the fretslotting, fretting, bridge placement and scarf joint were done with the help of TBer Clayton (thanx man

) Then the body shaping and contouring i did with my dads belt sander. i realy like how it riged out on the contour, and the shape and feel of it.

jordan_frerichs · #3 08-14-2008, 11:48 PM

full bass shot, and body close up

jordan_frerichs · #4 08-14-2008, 11:52 PM

fb flaming and inlay, headstock. headstock drilling shaping, and about everything but putting the finish on the headstock done by clayton. also i forgot to credit him for the truss rod channel and help gluing the fb on, and fixing the thin spot on the back of the neck

jordan_frerichs · #5 08-14-2008, 11:58 PM

there are a few problems on it that keep bugging me. the inlay job, the too thin neck, the head angle, the neck to body joint looks off and has gaps because i shaped the butt of the neck wrong, one of the neck screws peaks out through the front because of this, the pup routing esp. on the mm is a little sloppy, i missed some of the grain filler on the edges, so some parts of it show up a crappy brown color instead of the walnut, and the finishing job could be (way) better. the better finished parts were wipe on highgloss tung oil. wish i finished the whole thing in that.

jordan_frerichs · #6 08-15-2008, 12:07 AM

i just want to give another thanx to clayton (guess witch tber he is

), because without his help, the neck would be a fender bolt on, and alot of the bass would not be as good as it is. and a thanx for my dad who helped wire it with e, and the school for actually letting me do this as a project. can't wait to take the finished bass in and see what they think! anyway, tuners are gotoh, bridge is baddas II, neck pickup is a basslines quarter pounder in reverse, bridge pickup is basslines smb-4d ceramic. controls are vol, vol, tone. i plan to fix all the problems later. i will add a coil selector switch for the mm, a series parrallel switch, a pre amp and an active passive switch, make bloodwood covers to fix the sloppy pup routings, and make an improved neck when i get better at it.

praisegig · #7 08-15-2008, 10:04 AM

Looks like you got a good amount of experience from the class and build. With that and the upcoming changes/repair will give you a good foundation as a luthier. It is awesome to start from a idea and drawings, to a completed project. Congrats.

D.Don · #8 08-15-2008, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jordan_frerichs

there are a few problems on it that keep bugging me. the inlay job, the too thin neck, the head angle, the neck to body joint looks off and has gaps because i shaped the butt of the neck wrong, one of the neck screws peaks out through the front because of this, the pup routing esp. on the mm is a little sloppy, i missed some of the grain filler on the edges, so some parts of it show up a crappy brown color instead of the walnut, and the finishing job could be (way) better. the better finished parts were wipe on highgloss tung oil. wish i finished the whole thing in that.

Hey m8, it's your first born, next time, and the one after.. etc. etc..

Good job dude!!

Can't wait to see the next babies!!

Cheers!

D.Don