Custom 5-String for Steve

[iamlowsound]

Thanks LS, you may be my #1 fan

Might be and when you come up with a different body design I might just end up buying one of your basses. I like the design that you use, but can't ever see myself owning one. Unless of course you just happen to give one to me.

lowsound

 

[grace & groove]

Really can't wait until I hear this thing played!

 

[Son of Magni]

After cutting out on the bandsaw, I clean up the cut and dimension the headstock and body section with the saf-t-plane.
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[Son of Magni]

Finally it's time for the fun part, carving the neck. I have a zillion pictures of this so if you want more just ask. For now I'll post a few that show the progress.

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[Son of Magni]

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[Son of Magni]

It was someone here at TB that told about doing the volute this way on the sander, sweet!
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This Maple is really looking nice!
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[Son of Magni]

Oh yeah, I took this for whoever it was that thought there was one of those short neck things in the background. Someday maybe I'll return my first build to service, but for now it just helps hold up some shelving

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[wilser]

MARVELOUS!!!! love seeing more people getting lots of use from the safe-t-planer! it's a Godsend!

 

[Son of Magni]

MARVELOUS!!!! love seeing more people getting lots of use from the safe-t-planer! it's a Godsend!

Sure is a time saver. Have you ever sharpened yours? There's this odd stone that came with mine but I don't really know how to use it.

 

[wilser]

Sure is a time saver. Have you ever sharpened yours? There's this odd stone that came with mine but I don't really know how to use it.

yes, several times actually. Just chuck the grinding stone to your drill press and unbolt the cutters from the assembly. Then hold them on a handscrew to keep it parallel to the table. Sharpening is a snap! don't do it hand held like the instructions say ...it's plain dangerous and kind of defeats the purpose of the 'safety' planer.

 

[Al Heeley]

Great work - love seeing this build coming together. Thanks for sharing. Wish I had half of the gear you get to play with....

 

[Son of Magni]

It's time to glue the body wings to the neck. The wings and neck have to mate perfectly. This edge sander does a good job of getting a good edge on the wings.

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First one side then the other. Way too hard to keep things lined up properly if I try to glue both on at once.
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[Son of Magni]

The next task is another one of the fun ones, blending the roundover with the tail.

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[T2W]

That volute carving jig on the sander is pure genius !!!

 

[SDB Guitars]

I do mine on a spindle sander, but you could make the volute and true up the back of your headstock at the same time with a belt sander...

 

[Son of Magni]

I do mine on a spindle sander, but you could make the volute and true up the back of your headstock at the same time with a belt sander...

Shawn, you're probably the one that posted a pic of your setup for that a while back. My thanks to you for a great idea. It's actually a belt/spindle sander I'm using. It just happens that the drive end of the belt attachment is the part that's the right radius for me.

There's a gap between the drive drum and the platen though, so I wouldn't try to true up the back this way.

 

[iamlowsound]

You build so fast. I would like to see you pop out a bass in a week, I am sure you could do it as well.

lowsound

 

[Son of Magni]

You build so fast. I would like to see you pop out a bass in a week, I am sure you could do it as well.

lowsound

Hmm, well don't read too much into the post dates of the pics. I'd been building up a backlog of pics as I built and just started posting them as I processed them to the web. It'll start slowing down now as I've caught up to the current state of the build. Especially once I start into final sanding which I'm pretty slow at.

 

[iamlowsound]

Hmm, well don't read too much into the post dates of the pics. I'd been building up a backlog of pics as I built and just started posting them as I processed them to the web. It'll start slowing down now as I've caught up to the current state of the build. Especially once I start into final sanding which I'm pretty slow at.

Ok, that actually makes way more sense than you doing it as fast as it appears. Nice work none the less. How long does a build usually take you?

lowsound

 

[grace & groove]

^ Last time he told me was 1 1/2 to 2 months.