RIM Custom Singlecut Jazz 5 for Garry Cribb

[mcdade]

Hi All,

Well Im straight into the next build for a London based session Bassist called Garry Cribb.The bass is gonna be a 5 string Singlecut jazz design and the specs are as follows,

Custom Jazz Singlecut design
Purpleheart/Bubinga/Purpleheart Thru neck with black accent lines
Macassar Ebony 34 inch scale fretboard
Bubinga bodycore wings
Redwood Bookmatched Top (Black accent between top and bodycore)
Lace Redwood Headstock cap
Rim Headstock without the slots 2/3 setup.
Redwood or Bubinga Control cavity cover

Black hardware
ABM roller bridge
Hipshot Ultralites
Aguilar OBP-3 stacked version
Delano MM and singlecoil Jazz Pickups
JD Flushmount straplocks
Diamond shape control latout, Les paul style.
Warwick strings
Lacquered Finish

Here's some lastest pics,

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Looks great already! Any pics of what the body is going to look like?

[mcdade]

Hi mate,

I can allways count on you being around on the talkbass,for sure I'll get the sketches up soon.It's gonna be similar to garry's Miller 5 string but with the RIM touch.

Later Geoff

[jongor]

Nice looking neck!

How do you do the black accent lines?

[Geoff St. Germaine]

Originally Posted by mcdade

Hi mate,

I can allways count on you being around on the talkbass,for sure I'll get the sketches up soon.It's gonna be similar to garry's Miller 5 string but with the RIM touch.

Later Geoff

Cool, I can't wait.

Cheers!

[erikbojerik]

Looks nice so far. But I've never been a fan of the angled tuner look.

[mcdade]

Nice looking neck!

How do you do the black accent lines?

To Jongor,

I use 1.5mm Dyed black tuilpwood veneer,I get from a local supplier and it come in at ruffly 14inches wide per leaf.Ive got to order some more soon.Basicly I cut the lengths for the neck and then glue them between the stringers for the neck in my neck clamp

[Thonk]

Looking sweet as always robbie,Love the lacewood cap do you have any shots of the bookmatch piece your using for the body?

Also if you dont mind me asking where do you get your carbon rods from? did you import them or did you find a UK stockest

Look forward to see the body shape

Cheers
Thonk

[spudmaster34]

those black accents are a great touch. your logo goes so well on that headstock.

great job

[mcdade]

Hi All,

Well Ive been sketching out garry's Body shape today and Ive come up with this design,its nearly there.







What do some of you guys think?

Cheers,

Robbie.

[mcdade]

Should be going with one of these tops,







and thonk I get my CF rods from stewmac and LMII sometimes.

Cheers,

Robbie.

[Rodent]

nice design ... if it were me, I'd beef the lower horn some to balance the 'weight' of the other contours

all the best,

R

[mcdade]

Cheers for the idea Rodent

[Geoff St. Germaine]

I would agree with Rodent.

Looks killer! Great wood.

[g00eY]

beautiful.

[mcdade]

Hi All,

I slightly reshape the bottom horn today and this could be the final design,






Rear view

[mcdade]

Hi All,

Ive now drawn out the body shape onto the redwood Top an its gonna look like this,





Cheers,

Robbie.

[James Hart]

Originally Posted by mcdade

Hi All,

Ive now drawn out the body shape onto the redwood Top an its gonna look like this,





Cheers,

Robbie.

Perfect Robbie! I like it

[teacherguy]

This is going to be one sweet bass!
That redwood top is stunning!!! It has a real fluid look to the grain. Beautiful!

Overall, I like the body shape but there is something about the lower horn that doesn't sit right with me but I can't put my finger on it. The cutaway seems too tightly spaced against the neck or the horn curves back toward the neck too much (or something like that).

I'm sure once the body is contored it will look fine to my eyes.

Jon

[mcdade]

Its been interesting trying to get this shape to sit right,Im sure once we get the body in the flesh and get the radiuses on it,it will take shape.

Cheers for all the help guys on the body,I need to get on with the fretboard next week.

Come on England!

Robbie.