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09-25-2006, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Burton-upon-trent. UK | | | WezV's bolt-on singlecut 4-string
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Just finishing up my first singlecut bass (actually only my 3rd bass overall). The design is based on a guitar shape i do, i may have posted the design a while back.
Here's the guitar shape: 
Here's tha bass just back from the sprayer:       
I wasnt sure whether a bolt-on 4 string singlecut was a good idea but it really does have good access even with the neck pocket covering a fair whack of the neck.
Anyway its made from lacewood (not sure which) with a cranberry acrylised maple top with wenge and maple accent lines underneath. The neck is 3 peice flamed maple with wenge pinstripes, ziracote fretboard and flamed maple b/w/b binding.
Hipsot bridge - toploading or string thru body, basslines soapbars under the wooden covers with the SD 3 band active EQ. Its 35" scale
Finish is rustins plastic coating.
Just need to do some fretwork and string it up!!
I love the design of this bass now, all my initial hangups have gone |
09-25-2006, 01:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Yonkers, NY | | | Wow. That's nice. So did you put a finish over the top as well?
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09-25-2006, 02:00 PM
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09-25-2006, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Luke Sheridan Wow. That's nice. So did you put a finish over the top as well? |
Yeah, the main advantage of the acrylised wood on this bass was it meant i didnt have to get any nasty dye anywhere near it...
...Although Larry has just messaged me to warn me that it might not adhere. Its been on there a week so far, we will have to wait and see
Last edited by WezV : 09-25-2006 at 02:21 PM.
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09-25-2006, 02:33 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Lancs, Uk | | | That looks incredible, VERY nice work.
Mike
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09-25-2006, 03:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH | | | I have to admit, I'm a sucker for a nice single-cut (especially a 4 string) so my jaw dropped when I saw your bass!
I LOVE that design!! Simply beautiful...
Excellent job!!
Jon
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09-25-2006, 03:45 PM
| | | | That looks real nice. That rustins plastic coating, how hard and durable is it? Do you have spray equipment or use cans? |
09-25-2006, 07:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montréal | | | Very nice! The finish is superb! Let's hope it stays there.
I dig the shape. Kinda like a single cut F-bass. Sweet board with binding by the way. What type of rosewood is that (I'm guessing it's a rosewood), is it madagascar? I like it a lot. |
09-25-2006, 09:09 PM
|  | so far, so good | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: US-NY-NYC | | | That is looking seriously nice. The shape, and the execution.
What kind of pups are hiding in those covers?
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09-25-2006, 09:42 PM
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09-25-2006, 09:46 PM
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Awesomeness. Especially diggin' the neck joint. Please build so many that I can afford one. 
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09-26-2006, 09:34 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: London | | | That is a beautiful bass, and I'm normally not one for single cuts. I love the fretboard, and the pickup covers and the top, and the lacewood, and the shape. And that stripe going down the middle. Wow.
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09-26-2006, 10:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Burton-upon-trent. UK | | Cheers peeps;
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The rustins plastic coating is very durable compared to nitro and much quicker curing, it can be buffed after a couple of days. This is sprayed but i have got pretty good results with a brush in the past. It drys so quick youc an level out brush marks and build up a good finish really fast. I dont think its readily available in the USA though.
The fretboard is Ziracote with flamed maple binding. Ziracote is supposed to have tonal properties similar to brazilian rosewood but i dont believe that kind of marketing hype  . Its hard, looks pretty and has a tap tone like a sheet of metal. Thats whats important to me!!
The pickups are seymour duncan's basslines phase II soapbars. The preamp has master volume with push/pull adjustable slap contour, pickup blend and 3 band eq |
09-26-2006, 10:46 AM
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09-29-2006, 07:09 PM
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09-29-2006, 08:52 PM
| | Pushin' my soul through the wire... | | Join Date: May 2003 Location: West Lafayette, IN | | | That fretboard is killer. Very nice.
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09-30-2006, 01:13 AM
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09-30-2006, 02:21 PM
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09-30-2006, 02:42 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | Beautiful, I think the shape lends itself to a bass even better than a guitar
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09-30-2006, 07:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Atlanta/Loganville | | | I remember this shape when you posted it as a line drawing. Something about it then caught my eye - but it didn't get "hung" up on it, if you know what I mean. It's silhouette was smooth. I'm not a single cut fan but I'd own one like that in a second. Like they say on the MIMF - Make More! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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