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Conductive paint is used in the metal plating industry. I've had great luck with Caswell's Copper paint. https://www.caswellplating.com/copper-conductive-paint-4oz.html You will want to seal the wood with primer or clear poly prior to painting it to get good coverage. This bottle will cover ~...

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Jimminy and cripes, what a lovely instrument.

that might be the most sandwichin bass i've seen. Also, awesome instrument.

love the ugly logo solution.

I didn't get much done this weekend. I spent most of saturday helping a blacksmith friend move some heavier parts of his shop. I now have an arbor press to do my fretting on. Two actually, a gigantic 5 ton beast and the more bench-top friendly 1 ton. I glued the fret board on and started...

nice! Most of the reclaimed wood in the states is Hemlock/Fir. It's a bit too soft for my taste.

More work this weekend. I glued on the headstock plate, but I didn't get any pics of that step. The plate is glued on top of the main body of the neck, on a 10 degree scarff. Once the fretboard is attached, the plate will be sandwiched between t it and the neck. I'm thinking about dropping a...

Thanks! Yes, lots of work on that scroll. I estimate 16 hours so far getting it cut, beveled and sanded to100 grit. The inside surface is the most difficult. I had to make a bunch of sanding sticks of different sizes and shapes to get in there. I hesitate to call it a scroll bass since that...

I used stringtensionpro (String Tension Pro) to calculate the tension for 34" (the original design) it was almost twice what a standard 4 string would have. To counter this, I'm adding two reinforcement rods to the neck. I'd like to use Bruce's carbon TOW method, but I think I'm too far along on...

an update: The first necks turned into "not necks", mostly due to under planning, over cutting, and a failure to verify that the jointer was, in fact, set at 90 degrees, not 87.5 degrees. oh well. My shop mate pointed out that I make the prettiest scrap he's ever seen. Those will become...

I fell in love with the scroll on a f-shape mandolin a while ago, however, mandolin just isn't my instrument. So I started designing a bass with a scroll reminiscent of classic f-shape. It started with a sketch more than a year ago. It's a bit scratchy, but established some lines. it moved...

If you want a stick to play like an upright, this should work relatively well. I'd recommend switching to a split p-bass pickup that you can angle to match the tight radius. The sound of an upright is a different thing. I don't think an electric pass pickup will ever get you there. String...

Aliexpress is just a directory of Chinese manufacturers. I've had pretty good experience with delivery times. Not more than a month on E-Packet deliveries, which I think means "Padded envelope". The items I received from a big online luthier supply company took three weeks, so... I think you...

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