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- Thread starter LedBelli Bass
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I thought the same thing when I saw how much of the screw there was. Without reading the post, I just thought to grab a pair of vice grips.
Nice Bass, nice work, and nice shop!! Now I want to redesign mine. It's just thrown together now.
- Dec 20, 2004
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- Player-Builder-Founder: Honey Badger Pickups & Regenerate Guitar Works
nice and skillful
hey LB -
I see that I somehow erased part of what I was intending to post to you. That sentence should have read nice and skillful work you are doing there on your headstocks, even more props considering you're doing it all with handtools!
apologies for any confusion this most likely created - I definitely was not intentionally being a smart*** with my incompleted comment.
keep up the good work there over on your side of the Cascades!
all the best,
R
wow, i gotta get one of those giant rasps. whered u get them, how much were they, and give me yours 
wow, i gotta get one of those giant rasps. whered u get them, how much were they, and give me yours
You will find said rasp at your local Tack Shop where they sell horse grooming supplies. The rasp in question is actually what a horse-shoer uses to manicure horse hooves.
It was around $20 or $25 as I recall.
If mine was the last one on earth, I'd give it to you. But since there's more . . . go and prosper!
haha, great thanks a million. ill deffinetly be takin a trip down the the tack shop, well, the one right beside my house, how convenient huh?
Here is the neck in a completed stage of hand-carving. All that now remains for the neck profiling is finish sanding/shaping that will come later.
The neck is now ready for the installation of the graphite reinforcement rods and the truss rod.
Fingerboard prep and glueing will then follow.
The headplates (headstock laminates) will be glued next also.
Total time to get the neck shaped to this stage from the block blank is about 90 minutes.
The neck is now ready for the installation of the graphite reinforcement rods and the truss rod.
Fingerboard prep and glueing will then follow.
The headplates (headstock laminates) will be glued next also.
Total time to get the neck shaped to this stage from the block blank is about 90 minutes.
Joinery --
Graphite reinforcement rods are installed. I use 60 minute epoxy and I clamp the neck face-down on a machined flat (to within .001") surface to set. Once set the neck bed is absolutely straight and flat.
Attention now shifts to the fingerboard prep and installation (with truss rod of course!)
Graphite reinforcement rods are installed. I use 60 minute epoxy and I clamp the neck face-down on a machined flat (to within .001") surface to set. Once set the neck bed is absolutely straight and flat.
Attention now shifts to the fingerboard prep and installation (with truss rod of course!)
Noah... Beautiful name for a beautiful bass 
(My name if you didn't guess...)
That stellar neck joint almost made me poop myself... That's amazing! I can't imagine how comfortable and sturdy that is to play. I love the half a million neck joint screws.
Speechless.
(My name if you didn't guess...)That stellar neck joint almost made me poop myself... That's amazing! I can't imagine how comfortable and sturdy that is to play. I love the half a million neck joint screws.
Speechless.
holly crap! at first i though, "whats the big deal about the neck joint? looks like most other good glue-neck jobs" then i remembered it was a bolt on. i have to try the bolting then shaping trick on my next bolt on. makes me a little sad that my current 2 projects are glue neck, and neck through.
Glueing the headstock plates. I always save some wood from the top to veneer into headplates. I glue them oversize then shape to fit the headstock.
Also, I always make sure to match the headplate grain front to back to give the illusion of one piece of wood all the way through. This is especially effective for a Sunburst finish where the edges of the headstock are darkened. However, on this bass the finish will be color-washed so the effect will not be quite as dramatic.
Next up is drilling the tuning machine penetrations and the installation of the truss rod.
Also, I always make sure to match the headplate grain front to back to give the illusion of one piece of wood all the way through. This is especially effective for a Sunburst finish where the edges of the headstock are darkened. However, on this bass the finish will be color-washed so the effect will not be quite as dramatic.
Next up is drilling the tuning machine penetrations and the installation of the truss rod.
Update:
Tuning machine penetrations bored:
Preparing to glue the fingerboard:
Vision . . .
At this point I will remove the neck and the neck will enter final finishing work: fretting, inlays, sanding, final shaping (if any), finishing, nut, and tuning machine installation.
Also, I am in negotiations with Fishman Electronics and K&K Sound, piezo manufacturers, to build custom one-off under-saddle piezo pickups, ala' Rob Allen's or F-Bass's work. I should be ordering said piezos today or Monday at the latest. Fishman everyone knows about, and you can learn more about K&K Sound at www.kksound.com
Stay tuned!
Tuning machine penetrations bored:
Preparing to glue the fingerboard:
Vision . . .
At this point I will remove the neck and the neck will enter final finishing work: fretting, inlays, sanding, final shaping (if any), finishing, nut, and tuning machine installation.
Also, I am in negotiations with Fishman Electronics and K&K Sound, piezo manufacturers, to build custom one-off under-saddle piezo pickups, ala' Rob Allen's or F-Bass's work. I should be ordering said piezos today or Monday at the latest. Fishman everyone knows about, and you can learn more about K&K Sound at www.kksound.com
Stay tuned!
Rickett Customs
Commercial User
Awesome build and an awesome shop, Cleve.
BTW, did you measure those clamps on the first page? Looked organized
BTW, did you measure those clamps on the first page? Looked organized
