My body and neck

[dremy2006]

Here is my 1st body and neck.. the body is pine wood. (I think…home depot) the neck is maple and oak.. I’ll be doing a few of these..until I feel ready for the “real wood”….. also I think I need to get 1 inch mdf board.. 1/4 is not workin out as good as I thought i would..what size do I need to get the job done?... mdf board?

[ctmullins]

Looks good - did you intentionally reverse the P route?

What are you using the MDF for? I use 1/2" MDF for body templates with no troubles.

[dremy2006]

Originally Posted by ctmullins

Looks good - did you intentionally reverse the P route?

What are you using the MDF for? I use 1/2" MDF for body templates with no troubles.

yes I did with the P route.. I'm using 1/4 MDF

[ddwilkins]

Good job. I see that you're jumping right into it.

[Rodent]

Originally Posted by dremy2006

Here is my 1st body and neck.. the body is pine wood. (I think…home depot) the neck is maple and oak.. I’ll be doing a few of these..until I feel ready for the “real wood”….. also I think I need to get 1 inch mdf board.. 1/4 is not workin out as good as I thought i would..what size do I need to get the job done?... mdf board?

first off: excellent job on your first efforts

secondly: four thumbs-up to you for building your skills on inexpensive woods until you feel confident to utilize something more expensive and/or exotic!!!! it's the approach I recommend to those who have never built a bass before, and you get to learn many lessons without the need to scrap some expensive wood due to basic beginner form/fit/function/tolerance type of mistakes

I've used 1/2" MDF for templates, but I now prefer to use cabinet grade solid core plywood for all the templates I make by hand (when I don't send a CAD file out for a CNC made template that is)

all the best,

R