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    Removing a bow in Walnut

    I recently had an acquaintance of mine use his thickness planer to plane some walnut I will be using as a top wood for my bass. Once he finished he noticed there was a slight bow in one of the pieces, and advised me to soak it in water and then either clamping it or placing something heavy on it...
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    Set neck vs. Neck Through

    I'm making some good headway on my first bass, but I'm now contemplating a change from a set neck to a neck through construction. This idea of mine comes from the idea that centering the pickups and bridge would be easier because I'm not quite comfortable with a router just yet. The plan would...
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    Back to bassics (yes I know that was terrible)

    It has been quite a while since my last thread, and C19 didn't help with that. Anyways I have finally started on the scary part, cutting the wood that my bass will be made of. The sole image attached is the rough-cut. It was a tough process to get the pieces to fit nice and snugly together, but...
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    Pickup Routing

    First post, yay! Anyways, after a long break I am finally getting back to working on the prototype of my first bass. Last time I worked on it I ran into a bit of a snag with figuring out how to make the pickup cavities. In my research, I cannot seem to find how the depth is determined, as well...