Recent content by Lignum_Vitae

Play in standard and use an octave pedal.

Here's what I came up with: 6 string bass, tuned EADGBE (yes like a guitar but an octave lower) 30.5" Scale Length Dual Truss Rod Hipshot Headless System (.708 String Spacing at Bridge) Bartolini Pickups and Preamp (What I planned on using for the SIX) Scarab 7th fret Inlay (my design) Neck...

So the trick with this cuttoff is figuring out how to incorporate it into a new instrument. It had a weird shape, really wide, and not long enough for a full scale bass.

So, since I spent most of last year on the road, I attempted a 1/2 scale 5 string bass. This was a quick and dirty job with plenty of mistakes. I used the Hipshot headless system (which is awesome), scrap macassar ebony, bloodwood, and mahogany on the neck. Fingerboard is katalox (the only...

Resurrecting a long dead thread to explain what the fate of this instrument is. Perhaps it's my hubris which has kept me from posting any progress (or lack thereof). I'm sure the accomplished luthiers already know why (I'll get to that later). Last work I did on it was a shaping the...

Great information here! Thanks so much!

Thanks!

Hello TB'ers! Here's a preemptive apology if there's a thread that already covers this, I couldn't find one. I am looking for information on building my own pickups from scratch. I think that I'm ready to try this out, but I can't find what I am looking for on making pickups. To start, I'd...

More carving on the neck and scrolls. Probably another day or two of work and I'll be set to glue this bad boy together.

Thanks WRAUB! I'd be a lying if I said I haven't looked at many of the builds posted here with envy. I can't wait to finish it either. I've been traveling out of town on a 2 week work schedule since Feb. which has left me little spare time to work on personal projects. Despite these...

A little bit of progress last weekend. Rough carving on the other scroll is done. Need to carve the neck down and get everything ready to attach the wings to the body.

Progress. Began carving scrolls. I'm pleased with the way these laminates are working out.

Nice work! Sub'd

More progress. Body is cut out.

So, to catch everyone up on the project status: In February I was temporarily assigned to a project in West Virginia. Since then, I have been home every other weekend. Of those weekends, I have had little time to make progress on the SIX. I probably won't hit my target completion date, but I did...