Bass pics!

Better pic of the last bass, and some pics of the current project. The binding pic is a bit fuzzy, but you get the point. In the front view pics, it has just been sanded.

 

The body is semi-hollow, mahogany. I used a piece of the binding over the glue joint on th back. The top is Bocote, with the center strip od Bloodwood. The neck is Bloodwood, with an ebony fingerboard. All gold hardware, and gold frets. The new one is getting Bartolini pups, with a Bartolini pre-amp. It has Vol (with pull passive), Blend, Treble, Mid, Bass, and a three way switch that selects three different mid freqs for the mid-range pot. The battery box is acually mounted to the electronics cover plate, which is also Bocote.

 

The fretless is mahogany, figured maple, and walnut. All leftovers from a piece of furniture I was building.

The second is bocote, mahogany, and bloodwood. Bocote, I have found is particularly difficult to finish, because the grain is so deep. I will not be using wipe on poly on any more basses after this one. It does not go on thick enough for my taste.

All finishing is about 4-5 coats of Waterlox (a tung oil product), with poly on top.

Many thanks on the complements, I'll post some progress pics of the latest one as I progress...

 

Hear ya go. The top should have a bit more angle to it, the next bass will be more pronounced.

 

I tend to agree. I am torn between a more natural look, and the pro-finished look. I find that most people here seem to regard a more natural finish as amatuer, fact not withstanding. The bocote actually had two coats of sealer put on, and is still a PITA to finish. Mahogany is also a pain for a natural finish.

Walnut, maple, and satine, were all a breeze. Two coats of poly, and they were like glass.

The neck on the first bass is only finished with oil. I can't stand shiny neck finish. The current one will get satin poly.

 

Thx.

Yeah, the first bass should have gotten a different body style, in retrospect. But, on the other side, I made that one for me, and I prefer a J bass. I would not typically make a straight up J or P body for someone else. Funny thing is that wood came out of the trash pile at the shop.

Will post progress pics, but am at a standstill waiting on backordered parts.

 

Hmmmm.......it's not too late for that......