6 String Fanned for Alan

[Phil Mailloux]

This one is being built for TB member JazzFusionBorg, better known as "Alan" to the fellow Brisbane TB'ers who have attended the last GTG's

Alan was GAS'ing for a Canadian made fanned fret bass so he smartened up and went for a Australian made fanned fret bass made by a Canadian

Thanks for trusting me with that one mate

Specs are:

- Swamp Ash body with spalted Maple top and Wenge accent layer,
- set-neck of Maple, Purpleheart and Wenge
- Mac Ebony fretboard, 37"-34" scales
- two of my dual-coil humbucking pickups
- Aguilar OBP-2 preamp
- continuous wood covers with exposed pole pieces
- ETS one piece custom bridge

This build is still several months away from being done so here's the work so far.

I got to use my new fretting jig for that fretboard too, what a joy this is

 

[rodl2005]

OOOOOOHHHH!!!!! Nice!!!

 

[Phil Mailloux]

OOOOOOHHHH!!!!! Nice!!!

Wait for the rest

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Done. So that's where i'm at at the moment. I'm pretty happy with how it looks, two days ago this was only a square block of timber.

 

[JazzFusionB0rg]

Thanks buddy [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

The wait on this one is going to kill me (although it'll be very much worth it in the end).

 

[PilbaraBass]

Thanks buddy [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

The wait on this one is going to kill me (although it'll be very much worth it in the end).

i'm so jealous of you Brissie folks. That is one HOT bass...

phil's work is phenominal...

I so want to make it to a GTG...one of these days...

 

[DanielM]

looking great phil! love the Mac Ebony board. and the transition piece on the neck looks pretty cool too.

 

[needmoney]

Nice!!! As soon as that's done it's GTG #3 time!

 

[Phil Mailloux]

Funny, as it's exactly what I said to Alan when we saw each other Monday.

 

[Mr. Majestic]

Lookin' good!

 

[maybass77]

um...wow!

 

[wilser]

Phil, this is turning out great!

 

[bassmanhamilton]

The neck looks great! Real nice work.

 

[pilotjones]

Looking good. That "mildly spalted" top should look nice, too.

 

[Worshiper]

phil, seriously... AMAZING for 2 days work... Great job. Can't wait to see this one complete.

 

[SDB Guitars]

Looking great, Phil!

 

[Skelf]

Nice work Phil.
Interested in seeing the ETS bridge.
Alan

 

[UncleBalsamic]

That is a good looking neck.

Wow

 

[DigthemLows]

incredible work as always! Great job!

 

[JAUQO III-X]

That is nice.