New Sheridan Five-String: Camphor Burl

[Luke Sheridan]

Here' s the latest. This one is a refinement of the Bastogne Walnut build. A bit narrower in the body and shorter overall. The neck was also scarfed for the first time.

Camphor Burl top
Lightweight Mahogony core
Bubinga back w/continuous control cavity cover
Sappy Bubinga fretboard. (Thanks, Ericbojeric)
One-piece Shedua neck with Camphor headstock.
Nordstrand DC5s (Series) /w matching wood covers
East U-Retro 4-band EQ.
Gold ETS MKIII bridge
Gold Ultralights
Camphor knobs

Most of the roughing out is done. I'll get down to the shaping in the coming days.

[Linas]

Man thats a sweet looking bass. I really love the way that neck looks. What kinda properties does sedua have, tonal and physical. Is it easy to work?

[Luke Sheridan]

Thanks. It's similiar to bubinga. Not too heavy. Nice to carve. Hates going through the planer as I got lots of tearout.

[Rodent]

nice one, Luke!

tearout of figured woods is why I bought a Performax 22-44 thickness sander. since then I rough the thickness at the bandsaw and then clean things up with the drum sander. no more tearout

all the best,

R

[erikbojerik]

Sweet! Cool color combo from a cool selection of woods.

But man, you gotta upgrade from that camera phone (or whatever). Show that puppy off right!

[tribal3140]

AWESOME!

[Luke Sheridan]

Dear Santa.
I've been a good boy. All I want for Christmas is
World Peace.
A Performax 22-44 thickness sander.
Nikon D40-SLR
A Race Track.

[spudmaster34]

I love that fingerboard

[wilser]

Originally Posted by Luke Sheridan

Dear Santa.
I've been a good boy. All I want for Christmas is
World Peace.
A Performax 22-44 thickness sander.
Nikon D40-SLR
A Race Track.

are you planning on selling 3/32" thick horse steaks?

your work is amazing! keep us posted!

[Hambone]

Luke,

Damn!...just damn!

[gkbass13]

that thing looks crazy!

[Pneuma]

I love burl camphor.

P.

[DigthemLows]

I love that neck wood, really nice! Looking good!

[eleonn]

That would be a GREAT christmas present!!!

That wood selection looks awesome!!!

[TreeChild]

that is amazing!

[Phil Mastro]

That's a really sweet looking neck. Where'd you get the wood for that?

[tribal3140]

Hey luke , How'd that first scarf go?
its realy easy! they are right!

and you can use 4/4 wood instead of 6 and 8/4!
if you use 8/4" and it glues clean you can get 2 blanks!
T

[wilser]

Originally Posted by tribal3140

Hey luke , How'd that first scarf go?
its realy easy! they are right!

and you can use 4/4 wood instead of 6 and 8/4!
if you use 8/4" and it glues clean you can get 2 blanks!
T

as a matter of fact, you can get more than one neck from a thick enough blank. If you start with say, 5 pieces of 4/4 that are 6" wide, you could lay out the cuts so that the neck blanks, including the angled headstock without a scarf, so that you can get 5 or 6 necks. 3 with the headstocks on one end and 2-3 on the other end.

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[Luke Sheridan]

Originally Posted by Phil Mastro

That's a really sweet looking neck. Where'd you get the wood for that?

I recently discovered that I've got a mega lumberyard near my house that has beautiful stuff.

[fish man]

Originally Posted by wilser

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