Here she is! Its a work in progress, my 1st instrument build. Made a few mistakes along the way, but I won't be pointing those out. Hope you like it.
Some random details:
I found the piece of wood at a wood crafting fair in pennsylvania, picked it up for $10. And I found the extra armrest piece at a thrift store ($2.50 - it was a folk-art thing with two hairy googly-eyed critters sticking out of it), it just happened to be cherry as well. Wont match perfect, but good enough for me.
Took about 40 hours time + the time i've spent on the armrest.
Hipshot bridge, Bassline pickups, and a moses graphite neck I found on ebay for about $270 or something. All-in-all I've got about $450-500 in the beast.
Just straight wired the pickups to the input, was having some trouble with the pots I ordered. The knobs aren't sanded and oiled yet, but they're kinda cool and low profile.
Used "tried and true" oil and various sand papers with the finish.
She sounds sweet and the neck plays awesome, the body needed an armrest and hopefully that works out too.
Any thoughts/questions or goddamn shes an ugly beasts, I want to hear them! Thanks!
