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12-01-2006, 06:06 PM
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I just routed & chiseled what is, as far as I can tell, a perfect neck pocket - on my first homemade bass.
Damn I feel good.
Pics soon, I hope. |
12-01-2006, 06:18 PM
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12-01-2006, 06:23 PM
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12-01-2006, 06:25 PM
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12-01-2006, 07:14 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lima - Perú | | I hope too feel like that soon ...neck carvin for me a big blackbox. 
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12-01-2006, 08:13 PM
|  | Blah blah blah | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Tuscola | | congrats..glad it turned out well for ya. Mine didn't  |
12-02-2006, 02:57 AM
| | | | congrats, glad it worked for you.
When i was building my bass, I was really happy about my perfectly routed music man humbucker hole, then i realised i routed it the wrong way around......So the side with 2 screw holes were pointing towards the knobs. |
12-02-2006, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by fish man ...chiseled... | This word frightens and confuses me.
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12-02-2006, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by budman This word frightens and confuses me. | ??? I use a chisel to square up the neck pocket on my set necks.
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12-02-2006, 02:26 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | No problem with "chisel"... but "plane" might as well be "neurosurgery scalpel."
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12-02-2006, 02:29 PM
| | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by thedonutman When i was building my bass, I was really happy about my perfectly routed music man humbucker hole, then i realised i routed it the wrong way around......So the side with 2 screw holes were pointing towards the knobs. | Was this a problem? I mean, the normal way isn't necessarily the right or only way. Unless there's lettering on the pickup or something. |
12-03-2006, 09:49 PM
| | Craftsman | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Fort Montgomery, NY | | I recently had a high when I glued my neck onto my first electric ever. First chance to really sit down with it and see how it feels. It was AWESOME! 
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12-03-2006, 10:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | I used to get high when I sprayed nitro without a mask 
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12-04-2006, 06:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tampa / On Tour | | | thats the kind of luthier high i was expecting this thread to be about
but congrats....now where are these pictures? |
12-04-2006, 07:36 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by budman This word frightens and confuses me. | The chiseling on the neck pocket wasn't bad at all. Get it nice and sharp on the oilstone, and I barely even needed a mallet to drive it.
The next task is gluing some cherry veneer on the inside edges of the pickup routes. Getting it all around the 'ears' for the MM and the J pickups is going to be a chore. More updates soon!
I'm also going to be dyeing the maple/maple neck as soon as I get my paws on a piece of birdseye to confirm the shade of dye I picked. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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