first post, some project photos

[Grant Bass]

Greetings fellows, names Grant, im from southern ontario between toronto and niagara falls


6 string for Jesse
swampash (use this term lightly cause it might as well be northern with this weight!) with bloodwood 'fancy' strips in the arm rest area


neck blank bloodwood maple n wenge

[Grant Bass]

top and back glued on,some contouring done, and neck pocket and control cavity routed

[jumbo_steelie]

Nice action...that looks gorgeous dude!!!

[Grant Bass]

a quick mockup of knobs and fingerboard


and a shot of the cavity cover

[iamlowsound]

Top quality work and I really dig those "fancy" stripes. Living where you do, you are close to the Fbass shop, ever check it out?

lowsound

[Grant Bass]

ya we,re aquaintices, i was just there, i bought a bunch of 'real' swamp ash (its just dissapeared latly thanks to fender and ernie ball) and i got a thuya burl top hes had for ever; and he resawd me a piece of buckeye that i bet him he couldnt do without exploding

[BassCycle]

Subbed!

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by Grant Bass

ya we,re aquaintices, i was just there, i bought a bunch of 'real' swamp ash (its just dissapeared latly thanks to fender and ernie ball) and i got a thuya burl top hes had for ever; and he resawd me a piece of buckeye that i bet him he couldnt do without exploding

Nice! I have always wanted to make the trip over there for a tour, but I haven't gotten around to it.

lowsound

[blubolt]

with all do respect, it's "due" - I know, I know, the spelling police are out early this morning, with their velvet zebra's......

[Grant Bass]

adding a heel to the neck; ears and headplate on and back of neck thicknessed, might backstrap the back aswell; probbly will but im not sure if bloodwood is the way to go; i think its my only real option, but it might be too distracting from behind (thats what she said)
another option iwas thinking was throwing an ash strapping on there and finish it like the body will be; black grain fill;

and a front view; if you havent noticed, this thing is going to be EVIL.

[Grant Bass]

neck fitted and pickups routed

holes drilled and ferrulles resting in their future homes

[Grant Bass]

wrist area carved out;
we weighed this beast right after i finished carving this;
the body alone started at almost 11 lbs.
with the neck attatched (no hardware other than the 3 screws) its down to just over 7 lbs. its almost a bearable weight!
but thats what you get with blood wood; fortunatly i expressed this concern before starting;

[TomA1234]

Looks awesome, I love the striping.

[Grant Bass]

wired together the BQS emg system, wasn't expecting too many problems; tho it was different soldering onto a circuit board; turned out tho; this was just to make sure everything worked; the bass is a long way from being wired

[bassmanjesse]

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS BASS!!! Grant build amazing stuff and is a really great person to deal with I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM.


i'm thinkng Fretless 6 might be next on my list. can't wait to go wood shopping again soo fun lol

[Grant Bass]

always a pleasure on this end aswell !

[Grant Bass]

alright; so went to vegas.............now for some positive news!
i sealed the ash before i went, and just applied the grain fill (black)




i apllied it and then started cleaning; when i went back; i swear it was 15 min, it was already dry; soooo i have quite a bit of sanding to do, so good thing i didnt glob an outragous amount on; it will be a coll effect when im done

[Grant Bass]

neck is carved; and awaiting the clients approval before completly sanding up; i dont know what the shape is called; the bass side is like a standard c shape where the treble side is more steep; i wanna call it a 'J' shape if you can picture that;
anyway

[Gord_oh]

looking great!

[bommer]

damn, thats a beautiful bass.