JC Basses - 6 String Single-Cut

[JC Basses]

I haven't been posting here in awhile, but I thought I would start a blog for my latest build:

http://www.jcbasses.com/singlecut6.html

Here are some of the specs:



6 String
Ebony Fretboard
Spanish Cedar Body Core
Padauk/Maple/Yellowheart/Purpleheart/Mahogany/Bloodwood "Rainbow" Top
Birdseye Maple/Purpleheart Neck Through
Hipshot Single String Bridges
Hipshot Tuners
Bartolini Pickups and Mike Pope Preamp
All Black Hardware

[JC Basses]

Today was the first real productive day of working on the bass. I was able to cut out all the rainbow stripes for the body as well as the neck. It is going to be such a colorful bass between the different woods and dyed veneers (as you can tell from the sawdust/veneer photos). The last photo is a rough mock up of what the body would look like.

[FretFree]

Glad to see the luthier up the road posting some new stuff!

One of these days I'll get up there to talk...

Subscribing now.

[Musiclogic]

Jared just needed to sell some lefty Grover Titans to get some ambition...LMAO

[JC Basses]

Thanks FretFree, come over anytime!

Musiclogic, I knew that was you. Hope they worked out for you.

[Matteo Marziali]

Sub!
One day i will do something like this for my son.......

[ctmullins]

Nice!

Originally Posted by JC Basses

Love that photo!

[Musiclogic]

Originally Posted by JC Basses

Thanks FretFree, come over anytime!

Musiclogic, I knew that was you. Hope they worked out for you.

Yeah Jared, Appreciate it...LOL. They worked great, doing a Lefty tele neck for a customer, he loved the deal. Thanks again.

[JC Basses]

Since the last update, I've glued up the neck laminate, planed it down and rough cut its shape. I've also glued one of the rainbow sides that will ultimately be cut in half to sandwich the spanish cedar core. Lastly, I cut out the fretboard, fret slots and birdseye maple dot markers. The last photo is of a test dot marker in a piece of ebony.

[slappa_dat_bass]

Sub'd. I'm gonna try this once my first lumberyard build is done.

[JC Basses]

Both of the rainbow pieces have been made and planed down.





I received a styrofoam template from my customer so that I can match the body contours how he would like. One of the rainbow sides has been bookmatched, planed down and glued up with the spanish cedar/veneers. The other side is still drying. I love the side profile of the bass, it's going to look crazy once the edges are rounded over and body contours are cut!

[HoofHearted94]

My baby is looking good!

[Macrocosmcwh]

Wow... Looks great! Hoof... You are gonna love this one! WOW!

[Musiclogic]

Jared, this is going to be very cool, and I like the fact that You are doing the rainbow body, it's going to look great!

[JC Basses]

Body wings have been cut out and rounded over. I didn't take a photo of it, but the neck has been trimmed to its final dimensions and truss rod slots routed.

[slappa_dat_bass]

Dude this is gonna be an awesome axe. I loooooove the rainbow.

[Triad]

How many cans of Titebond did you put into this project? Awesome, though.

[Timmah]

Awesome project. Lovin' the rainbow top.

[Mr_Music90]

Best rainbow bass guitar ever! I'm enjoying it to watch! Can't wait to see the end result

[JC Basses]

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. Triad, I used nearly half a gallon so far and still need to glue the wings/headstock veneers/fretboard on.