Hey TB,
Just because I cannot imagine a person not being grossly interested in what is going on in my life, I thought I would start my first build thread for my first Build. I have decent woodworking skills and (luckily) access to three full shops, one of which is my neighbor's, so I hope this goes pretty smooth. It can't go worse than building some subwoofers on my front porch in the dark!
Phase one:
Build new body to replace the plywood one on my main player (a late 80's Squier P) out of Ash. Then put that together with a new SX neck that I picked up awhile ago. I have never built any instrument before, so I thought this would be good to begin.
Here is my ash:
The heart wood on the back could end up cool, or it might not. If I like the body natural I will leave it otherwise I will paint it translucent white so you can still see the grain.
Phase two:
Build a really nice bass in Conjunction with a luthier friend of mine, Bobby Warren. It will be a great lesson I am sure. Here are the specs:
African Mahogany body - chambered probably
Curly walnut top, or maybe redwood
Neck is still being decided, but I am leaning toward Bubinga and Ash (I ripped a bit of the straight grained stuff off of the boards above) and Ebony finger board. 24 fret.
35" Scale
HH/HH wtih a Marcus miller B/T preamp.
I am going to use hardware that I have around or have been accumulating from the classifieds here.
Here are some photos of the drawings. They did not come out so well but I think you can see them. I will post pics of the wood I have tomorrow. Going to start gluing this weekend I hope.
Here is the Redwood that I have to use.
Any thoughts or suggestions welcome. I am sure I will be asking lots of questions here, so thanks in advance.
Cheers,
CoffeeBass
