Recent content by alzuwaga

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    Extending the life of a doomed bass

    I have this coworker who must belong to the Bass Guitar Protection Society because every now and then he shows up with an instrument that looks like it was rescued from the mistreatment of punk rock bands stuck in the '70s. The doomed bass had been modified by installing an MM style pickup and...
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    I made my first bass guitar and I'll show it to you

    Well, if you're from Olive Trees, you might know him. He's Lucas from Olivos Custom Guitars. Greeting fron Adelina's Village.
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    I made my first bass guitar and I'll show it to you

    @Matt Liebenau here are the pics , in reverse order
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    I made my first bass guitar and I'll show it to you

    Awesome. In my next reply, I'll upload photos of the process. The Telecaster... I'm currently at this stage. The template is MDF; I bought it from Pickthis which is a local business selling templates and other related items. In the photo I posted, you can see the raw forstner holes because...
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    I made my first bass guitar and I'll show it to you

    It weighs 4.7 kg (maybe 10.3 lbs?), I think it's too heavy. I don't like the videos I made, and I don't have the equipment to play it properly, just an audio interface for my computer. I'm not a bassist either; I play simple songs on guitar! As soon as someone who knows how to play bass with...
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    I made my first bass guitar and I'll show it to you

    Hello, I'm new to the site. I hope this is a suitable place to showcase the first instrument I've made, in this case, a bass guitar. I'm taking a course with a local luthier. This is a long-scale jazz bass with P+J pickups. The woods used were all local to Argentina: Lenga for the body, Guatambú...