Recent content by Snort

I have built a Bass with Paduak op and Back, this hangs on my wall when not in use, I have not been able to keep the orange raw wood colour, but have resigned to the dark red brown colouration, it still looks great, just not as eye catching as Orange. I didn't have any issues gluing these...

Just re read this post, and realized I have not put up the finished bass, So I releveled the neck and used brass rod to align the fretboard back to the neck. then this time I used epoxy to the fretboard, it has worked a treat, its now 3 years on and the board hasn't moved. The Paduak top and...

Mr Lenny I have put strings on this one and the tone sounds great, not huge sound but enough to play at home with without shaking all the shelves off the wall. I need to get the fretboard sorted and the finish applied before I wire it up though.

Thanks Great Scott I agree sometimes you need to step away, would still like the advice on the Glue to use with Coco Bolo fretboard though.

:***: I have had a major setback to this bass build. I came back from vacation to discover that the Fretboard has parted company with the neck. I believe this was caused by oil from the Cocobolo fretboard interacting with the titebond Glue and an increase in Humidity. I have removed all of the...

This shot shows the issue I have with bleed through. I will have to sand this back and start again I think.

So here is the back. I still have to do the neck carve and glue a veneer onto the rear of the machine head to hide the scarf joint. I still have to recess the neck screws. The control cavity is a very tight fit and most likely will just need a couple of magnets to ensure it stays in place, I am...

Another shot

And another shot this time of the headstock. I decided to go with the Zero fret, I am currently building the Nut out of brass so that it will match the gold hardware.

So it looks like I have figured out the issue with the photos uploading so I will post some more. So in this shot you can see the controls have been recessed, I used a spade bit on low speed the Paduak is an absolute delight to work with, it machines extremely well. The pickup carriages have...

So this weekend and tonight I carried out some more work on the neck. The headstock was trimmed with some cut offs to allow the pinstripe to go around the edge. I also installed the frets EVO Gold! love the colour contrast between the Gold frets and Cocobolo fretboard. I also carried out the...

Hi folks, its been a while since I posted any update, no photos today but I will put some up soon. I am having a few issues with the finish and need your help/advice. I am using Tung oil on the body, but I appear to be getting bleed through from the Paduak to the white maple layer. This is...

Your Luthier is most likely correct in his assesment of a refret, once you inlay the new Abalone or whatever and seal the edges, the fretboard will nead to be re radiused to contour the new inlays. This is very difficult to do with the frets fitted. Not impossible but very difficult. Is there...

I have a new camera thanks to insurance payout so I thought I would try a few shots, this is the headstock with the first trim carried out, tuners installed to get the string position sorted out. I will try the zero fret option. just need to get the Nut cut to position the strings correctly. I...

Thanks Drake and Bruce, I am inspired to do a zero fret myself