Well first off, I'd like to notify the mods that I aint starting a company or anything, I'm not sure if it's ok for me to post pics of 5 basses at a time, however there is a good reason for it. I build because I love it, passion and not a few bucks. Im moving 4000kms out west so I decided to cut all this wood I had lying around, since I wont have access to as many tools once I get to my destination, all I'll have to do there is assemble everything and have fun fretting and routing a bit. This is all new to me, using a template to get all the same body shapes, setneck for all 5 of them, and scarf joints for all of them too. Zebrawood tranny blocks, matching Canary, Maple or Mahog headstock plates, and Im unsure about the rest. Here are a few pics of my design, no spirits or napthe were used for the sake of a better pic.
left is Maple, Mahogany and Canary, I got two like this, right is Walnut and Canarywood, I got three of these.
Four body blanks, two of them are Mahogany, one is Canary on Mahogany, and the top one (the one you see on the pic) is Canary on Walnut. Tasty combo.... This particular piece of Canarywood was 8' by 9" by 1", I managed to resaw them all on the tablesaw, then planed them, the bookmatches turned out very nice cuz the figure in them is huge, big curls so it was easy to get a good result with no tearout. the glue joints are the best ive achieved so far.
the fifth blank ive yet to glue up, three piece Ash (the one I got in the forest) with BM quilted Maple.
Four Morado (Pau Ferro) boards with one Ash board, the ash will have Wenge bindings on it, and Im thinking maybe I should put the Ash on the Maple/Ash body, could be interesting.
Im open to any suggestions or recommendations, this is the first time I attempt setnecks and scarfjoints, although I read all words of advice Wils generously shared with us in his tutorials, I would appreciate any other help you could possibly give. Hopefully I aint disturbing any TB rules by posting numerous blanks, I will, however, post progress on only one of these basses, the Canary/Walnut body with Canary/Walnut neck with Zebra transition block and Morado board. All are 5 string, unsure of the spacing yet. FWIW, Im moving to Edmonton, Alberta so if anyone of you is around that area, how about a beer? Peace !
left is Maple, Mahogany and Canary, I got two like this, right is Walnut and Canarywood, I got three of these.
Four body blanks, two of them are Mahogany, one is Canary on Mahogany, and the top one (the one you see on the pic) is Canary on Walnut. Tasty combo.... This particular piece of Canarywood was 8' by 9" by 1", I managed to resaw them all on the tablesaw, then planed them, the bookmatches turned out very nice cuz the figure in them is huge, big curls so it was easy to get a good result with no tearout. the glue joints are the best ive achieved so far.
the fifth blank ive yet to glue up, three piece Ash (the one I got in the forest) with BM quilted Maple.
Four Morado (Pau Ferro) boards with one Ash board, the ash will have Wenge bindings on it, and Im thinking maybe I should put the Ash on the Maple/Ash body, could be interesting.
Im open to any suggestions or recommendations, this is the first time I attempt setnecks and scarfjoints, although I read all words of advice Wils generously shared with us in his tutorials, I would appreciate any other help you could possibly give. Hopefully I aint disturbing any TB rules by posting numerous blanks, I will, however, post progress on only one of these basses, the Canary/Walnut body with Canary/Walnut neck with Zebra transition block and Morado board. All are 5 string, unsure of the spacing yet. FWIW, Im moving to Edmonton, Alberta so if anyone of you is around that area, how about a beer? Peace !
I'm currently using some nice white ash on a build and had a similar thought. The stuff chewed up my planer blades like no ones business. The only thing I can think of negative about an ash board would be the open pores collecting dirt in an almost white in color wood. Could get a little yucky after a while. Maybe a coated ash board?
