Well I like the lower horn, gives it character. But thanks for the reply.
Been sanding my brains out. Hot out in the shop so I had to get a drink and cool off. In the 90's here in Georgia. Picked up a small plane (6.5") to smooth out the rough places on the neck. Set it so it barely cuts and ran it over a bunch of times to take out the high places. Used my 4 way rasp on the neck joint to even it up too. When I glued the fretboard on and sanded the sides I tended to flatten out the fretwork I had done, so I had to go over the frets again. I'm beginning to think I would have been better off installing the frets after glueing on the fretboard and getting it the way I want it. But that's what these early builds are for, for me to learn on.
I'm trying out a symetrical neck design on the back side. Really feels good, I think I'm gonna like it.
Next is the purpleheart nut. I've cut two so far, but came up with another idea to have it longer and contour with the neck.
Playing with the idea of a wood bridge as well. Got plenty of Ipe and purpleheart to fool with. Was going to use single string bridges as I made it with the strings closer together than my P Bass. Standard bridges are too wide for it. That's how I made my fretless and I love it.
I don't know if anyone picked up on my thumb slap on the fretboard. On my fretless I made the wave design, but it gets in the way of plucking with my fingers when I slap, so I turned it around to the bass side to give plenty of room for going nuts with it.
On my fretless I made it with the fretboard even with the body. It actually works pretty well except I had to lower the wood around the bridge. This one I raised it a bit make it even with the bridge.
That's all for now. Got to get back to it and see what I can tear up.
She grabbed the camera and took a quick pic of me, then laughed saying I didn't even need strings.
