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09-23-2008, 02:26 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA | | | My Padauk Carve-Top
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Padauk Top/Mahogany Back
Neck:PurpleHeart/Wenge/Mahogany
DiMarzio DP123`s
Other bass: Mahogany/Maple FlameTop with Mahogany/Maple/PurpleHeart neck     
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09-23-2008, 05:21 PM
| | Luthier: JC Basses | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Auburn, CA | | | Wow, I actually really like this one. Great job! |
09-23-2008, 06:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Northern Virginia | | | HOT!
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09-23-2008, 08:51 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | Wow, that single piece, swirly grain padauk is looking great!
What's the fretboard going to be?
What are your plans for a bridge? |
09-24-2008, 05:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotjones  Wow, that single piece, swirly grain padauk is looking great!
What's the fretboard going to be?
What are your plans for a bridge? | Thanks Pilot,
I actually lined up two pieces of Padauk,I just got a really great joint dead center.
The fretboard is Maccassar Ebony with a bass clef at the twelfth fret.The bridge is a two piece like on my other build(pictured)  
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09-24-2008, 05:47 AM
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09-24-2008, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA | | Here is the body with a light shot of Tru-oil,the Bridge, and Macassar Ebony Fretboard  
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09-24-2008, 04:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lima - Perú | | | Who makes that bridge?
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09-24-2008, 09:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: From Aptos CA to Solon IA | | | I love PADAUK! Subscribed.
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09-24-2008, 09:28 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bronx, NY | | | hehe i love padouk, and the shape is really cute and friendly-looking, i kinda want to give the bass a hug!
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10-10-2008, 06:14 PM
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10-11-2008, 09:42 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nebraska | | | nice! it is bolt on or set neck? i will assume you are cutting off the fingerbord exess shown in the pic. also i noticed that there is a sliver of the neck pocket visible. i would make it flush with the neck
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10-11-2008, 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by jordan_frerichs nice! it is bolt on or set neck? i will assume you are cutting off the fingerbord exess shown in the pic. also i noticed that there is a sliver of the neck pocket visible. i would make it flush with the neck | Thanks Jordan.Yes,it is a set neck.The fretboard is cut back but will extend a little over the end of the neck.
The neck pocket will be flush around the 21st fret.
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10-13-2008, 02:10 AM
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Freely Endorsing Hartke, DR, Subaru, and Nintendo | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Marietta, GA | | | I still need to know who makes the bridge :O
Gorgeous work, bro!
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10-13-2008, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by XansNiceSweater I still need to know who makes the bridge :O
Gorgeous work, bro! | I don`t know who makes it,but I get them from www.guitarpartscentral.com
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10-13-2008, 05:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA | | I installed the frets today,and will trim them tomorrow. 
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10-13-2008, 06:23 PM
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SandStorm Designs | | Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Santa Rosa California | | | very cool, I love carving paduk! such a nice wood to work with.
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02-04-2010, 09:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA | | | Finished this a year ago.
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02-04-2010, 11:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: West Bend, Wisconsin | | | Very nice. Thanks for the update.
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02-04-2010, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Denver, Colorado, USA | | | Agreed - nice work Jaguar! What does it sound like? | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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