5 strings JazzStyle build - The Birth of a Brand

Hello folks, i'll like to share 2 buildings i'm working on, with the intention of giving birth to my brand! After studying a little bit the Adobe Ilustrator and measuring all basic aspects of a bass i came out with this design, obviously inspired by Fender, Sadowsky, Mayones Jabba, Fclef etc.. at the end, all builders seem to have both classic and modern models. 2 friends trusted me and decided to build two 2 five strings, So here it is:



And this is going to be the logo:

 

So i printed a real scale silhouette of the body:



and put it next to my jazz (a Jazz bass replica i made a year ago) just to compare general size of the bass, caring not to make an oversized or small body:



Did the centerline acording to the plans, and started to make the template with 15mm MDF:



And after lot of band saw and sanding this is the final template:



Now with the respective plans, mdf is ready for Pickguard and Neck templates:



And after a lot of detailed work, these are the 3 main templates (I put the control plate just in case to see how it follows the curves of the pickguard template) on the neck template, the paper is still attached:

 

I took a nice piece of Ash from Warmoth and pre cut the shape with the band saw (Later i learned that you have cut as near to the line as possible in order to let the router to cut less wood when the template is installed):



Ready to attach the template to the body, and then routing time!



The basic body shape is ready



Now the pickguard:




Pickguard almost ready (still needs bevel at the edges)



Now body and pickguard (with bevel)

 

Just to be absolutely shure, i drew the bridge on Ilustrator si i can get better idea of everything related to string spacing and neck/bridge alignment (Hipshot A Style 18mm brass)



And due to my lack of experience because i'm sure there's alot of better ways to do it, i printed the lines for everything on the body on transparent paper, so i can mark lines where pickups, pickguard and bridge should be (In case you wonder, everything is carefully measured on Ilustrator, i even printed a whole bass just to see if every component have the correct size)



Then i went to a friend shop who has a laser cut machine and did the templates for pickups, control cavity and battery compartment

 

Thanks. Actually that extended horn is due to the fact that this bass will be 24 frets so, fortunately, the need brought a nice design

 

I did some sanding and rounding of the edges:



Routing for pickups, control cavity neck pocket:



On the back, routing for battery compartment, holes for the ferrules, a B string ferrule, some contour on the lower horn, contour on the neck heel, and belly cut, this one is blended because i never liked the way all basses have it





Then pore filling:

 

Bridge is .708 (18mm) and 48mm at the nut! Can you show me those Stambaugh basses please haha

 

Started to make the neck, Trying out the Stewmac Mitter box, calibrating for correct 90 degrees cut on some spare wood:




Now with the actual fretboard:


Maple FB is ready