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Build II - Paradox MJ5 - New design!

#104
tZer said:
Apparently all the physicists have been looking in the wrong places for these!

You have a bass with a wormhole capable of traversing the vast expanses of space/time - and you patched it with a toothpick... There's something very existential about all that!
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Hahahaha.... you just made my day :D

jmorbita said:
that body's looking really sexy! keep it up!
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I'll do my best :smug:

octaedro7 said:
Great achievements so far my friend!
What´s finally your plan regarding the truss rod? Sticking with the Martin type?
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Thanks! I switched to a double action truss rod with a flat passive rod, it's a little longer, but more important it's only 6 x 9 mm, opposed to the rather large 10.32 x 11.11 mm of the Martin style rod. Although the latter feels a lot more sturdy and safer, I think it's oversized compared to my neck and I also got those carbon fiber rods I'm going to put in there.. here's a pic:

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#106
octaedro7 said:
3 Qs for you:
Where did you get the TR?
What type of channel does it need (flat or rounded bottom)?
What side goes downwards?
What´s the length?

Dis I say 3?
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At GuitarSupplies in The Netherlands. Flat is very well possible, round would be even better I guess, but right now I do not have a cove bit that small. The flat part (passive rod) goes up. The length is 59 cm and as a bonus, it's pretty cheap (less than 9 euros).
 
#112
Just a quick post to let you know I received the new neck blanks! The one I ordered at the wood supplier, together with all the other wood, was full of cracks, discoloration and knots. They accidently sent me the wrong piece of hard rock maple.. although they're willing to correct this for me, delivery time is 3-6 weeks and I cannot wait that long..

Luckily, fellow TB member and friend DaanW arranged new blanks for me. Thank you very much!! :bassist:

Here they are:

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On the left, perfectly quartersawn Wenge and on the right a very nice looking piece of Flamed Maple. I'll probably am going to use the maple, for it fits my design best. I always wanted to build a bass with a Wenge neck, but I imagine that would be better for a four string fretless. So, if everything goes well.. who knows.. the next one could be a Paradox FL4.

:D
 
#113
That maple is gorgeous. I love the wenge neck I put in my first build...which was a 4-string fretless, incidentally.

The neck I am building for my friend's 7 string guitar is wenge with a 3/4" flamed maple stringer.
 
#115
Nice work, looks good.

Q: Are you going to show off your work at the "gitaarbouwersmeeting" in Barneveld this weekend?
I'm going there, hope to take 3 basses with me.

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Everyone who has build something with strings on it, is welkom.
Does not matter if it's finished.
Take a look at the webside.
You don't have to pay for a table, they give you one to put your bass on.
It's a big building, room enough.
 
#116
Mister Know Not said:
Nice work, looks good.

Q: Are you going to show off your work at the "gitaarbouwersmeeting" in Barneveld this weekend?
I'm going there, hope to take 3 basses with me.

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Everyone who has build something with strings on it, is welkom.
Does not matter if it's finished.
Take a look at the webside.
You don't have to pay for a table, they give you one to put your bass on.
It's a big building, room enough.
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Thanks for the tip! But actually, I already heard from others and was in doubt for a while, but in the end decided not to go. It's a 120 km drive for me and time is limited. Also, I do not need any parts anymore for this bass and the funds for a new one have yet to be raised ;). This particular bass is not finished far enough to show off (only a shaped body blank), but if it's going to be good, I will attend next year I guess :D.
 
#118
That maple will look something like this when finished:
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#120
After fiddling with the control cavity master template for a while, I finally got it right and copied it into the final control cavity template. The outside template is oversized so I can use a copy ring - the shallow depth of the cavity cover does not allow the use of a ball bearing router bit (I only have them in an inch length).

I'm pretty happy with the result:

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So, onto the control cavity cover. I thought I'd repeat the same process as with the neck pocket template, as you can see here:

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On the left the DIY copy ring of the size I needed and on the right the control cavity size with a channel routed on the inside, producing an 1/2" undersized control cavity cover shape.

I attached another piece of MDF to this undersized cover and cut it to size using the copy ring setup. Due to the sharp corners on both ends I needed to touch up those spots with some extra wood and some filler. After that, I got this:

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I'm pretty much satisfied with the result, although I need to sand it down a bit before I transfer it to the final plywood template... if I wouldn't do so, I would never be able to remove the cover once it's in the bass (without damaging it, that is).

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