Recent content by SkinnyPirate

I'm not familiar with inches and you're not familiar with centimeters haha! ;) But I'd prefer to be more comfortable with inches since they are way more used.

I re-checked and it really is 2,5 cm(or 1'') at the E and C strings. I measured the thickness of my Jazz Bass neck and it is also 1'' so it seems like a standard.

Ok, so now I'm ready to route the neck pocket and the all the cavities and I must I'm really stressed about this part, so I just want to make sure everything is right. The thickness of the neck plus the thickness of the fretboard is 2,5 cm(yeah I'm not very familiar with inches haha) and the...

Thanks! I know the shape isn't very conventional with the upper horn and that it won't please everybody, nice to know I'm not the only one who likes it haha!

Final shape of the outer edges done, I didn't cut the whole shape to make it easier to rout the neck pocket.

Finally a little bit of progress, glued the body and rough cutted the bass :

I must say I didn't expect any answer of luthiers begging me to be their apprentice. But there's another thing I'd like to ask, what would be the best way to convince a luthier to be your mentor? I know taking an apprentice takes time and isn't very productive for them, but I am really motivated...

I'll be moving to Montréal by the end of July and I wish to learn how to repair/build instruments, if there are any luthiers in Montréal willing to take an apprentice, I'd be more than happy! If you are interested you can PM me for more informations(french is my mother tongue but I also...

I don't even have the patience to wait for an update of his bass haha!

Adding a back would be a very good idea! I already plan on adding a black veneer between the alder and the top, but it won't add much thickness though. Anyway, thanks for the help everyone!

Damn, I thought it might relieve some of the stress of the blank, so my only hope is the plane it again and hope it'll be thick enough to use?

I'll post a photo of the wood later, but I thought about something, if I chamber the body, would it make it easier to straighten with clamps and moisture?

Yeah it's a solution i'd like to avoid if possible, the body is already fairly thin and I do have a top to glue on it anyways but it's really thin too so I don't want to remove too much material. Do you have any idea of the thickness it removes depending on the curve?

I've had a blank of alder that was laying around in my basement and over time it has cupped, since it's really thick(about 1.5 inches), is there any way to fix the wood? I've tried steaming the wood with an iron and clamping it tight between two flat surfaces but I'm not sure it'll work...If it...

It's been a long time since I've updated this thead since I've started working way more than before. I received the veneer for the contrast line between the body and the top and here's another mockup with the contour added : I thought I could finally start but I realized just today that the...