7 String bass 2.0

[rick0link]

It looks so easy to build such a nice instrument...
Wow, so different from what you can get in a guitar store!!! This bass seems to have a life LOL!!!

Thank you so much! You pretty much nailed why i went into building, to get what you cannot get at a guitar store. I can do my very own custom instrument and not refinance my house!

 

[rick0link]

I commend you for working with red oak. It's not a very common lutherie wood, and I personally find it obstinate to work with. You seem to be able to deal with it pretty well.

Thanks! That wood is easy to get at my local Lowes or Home Depot. I have heard that it was not used in lutherie, but rules are made to be broken. Plus, the grain looks sharp in my rainbow 7 build.

 

[novenpeter]

Very cool build !

 

[DonaldR]

Thank you so much! You pretty much nailed why i went into building, to get what you cannot get at a guitar store. I can do my very own custom instrument and not refinance my house!

And you have skills! Keep on with pictures please.

 

[rick0link]

And you have skills! Keep on with pictures please.

Thank you!! Will do!

 

[rick0link]

DONE!!!!!!!

 

[Thomas Kievit]

Awesome!

 

[rick0link]

Awesome!

Thanks!!

 

[HogieWan]

Is the bridge held in place by string pressure alone?

 

[JohnnyLiBass]

Looks good man, well done. I love the simple look of the headstock a lot.

 

[rick0link]

Is the bridge held in place by string pressure alone?

Yep

 

[rick0link]

Looks good man, well done. I love the simple look of the headstock a lot.

Thank you!

i am really digging the headstock on this one too. the curly maple pieces on the sides really stand out.