5 string warrior style started today

[shai-ga]

The body is cut and sanded..
Going to be a bolt-on bass with the following features:

• Alder body.
• Maple neck + board (both are quartersawn for a clean look and stability) .
• Bartolini X4 split coil pups.
• Hipshot B-style brass bridge. (all black hardware)
• Wide nickel-silver frets.
• Nordstrand 3-band preamp.
• Grover tuners.

 

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Another pic.
Next thing is shaping the back and adding an arm rest.

 

[shai-ga]

My mobile weighs more than this body..
Haven't used Alder in the past, and I really like it.
Such a nice wood to work with.

 

[vbasscustom]

very clean work, this cant be your first, i havnt ever seen any of your work before

 

[shai-ga]

Working on the neck..

 

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Truss rod glued in with epoxy

 

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2 more pics of the body, after sanding it to 240.

 

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Just ordered the Nordstrand 2 band pre.
Hope it will sound good with the deep tone barts..
It sure looks good though ..

 

[Greenman]

Looks good. How wide is that body? It looks small or you have large hands.

 

[shai-ga]

The body is pretty small, but I do have large hands

 

[cnltb]

That's a One-Piece-body, no?
I like One-Piece-Bodies!!

 

[shai-ga]

True, It is a one piece alder body.

 

[shai-ga]

Done shaping the neck to its outlines.
Next is fretting, radiusing and shaping the back.

 

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Do you recognize the headstock shape?
[Fodera NYC shape with rounded edges]

 

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First round of slotting is finished (second one after radiusing).
and working to sand the (invisible) glue line between the f board and the neck with a scraper.
I'm using Lie Nielsen scrapers (a set of two - different size) ,and they're amazing, far better then those sold by StewMac, IMHO.

 

[mikeyswood]

Looking good!

 

[shai-ga]

Thanks!

Sorry for not talking much on this build, but you can ask anything you have in mind..
I'll just continue uploading photos.. Working really hard on this,
literally around the clock, hope to finish it until Saturday.
(New semester begins next week, I'm a mechanical engineering student)

Well, Just finished the fretboard radiusing.
For some reason I can't attach photos at the moment.. will try again later.

 

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16" radius for the fboard:

 

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Some fretwork photos:

 

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Side dots & fret shaping: