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Custom Bubinga singlecut

Greg Johnsen

Greg Johnsen

May 1, 2005
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Hickory NC
#1
Progress has been made! After investing well over 2 grand in this bass, its starting to make more progress and looks better (at least to me) every time. Because the specs have changed so much, I'm gonna re post the new ones for you guys, and hopefully get some comments on this thing.

Bubinga Singlecut 6 string
-Bubinga top and back
-Maple accent
-Purpleheart core (yes, this thing weighs a little bit, lol)
-5 piece curly maple/bubinga neck
-bartolini G6 pickups
-bartolini or audere preamp (may decide to purchase a new preamp, not sure yet though)
-gotoh tuners
-hipshot A bridge



Anyways, today I decided to check in on my neighbor and see how he was doing, and luckily enough, he was feeling great and asked if I wanted to come down and work on the bass. I of course replied with a h*ll yes! We got a lot of work done on the bass, mostly the neck, but I'm glad we did because we're almost finished with that part of the project.

Now for pics

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As usual, all comments are welcome.

Thanks for being so supportive throughout this long build, all of your help has really pushed this along and I can't thank you guys of the luthrie forum enough.

Greg
 
#3
Lol, well, as the people who know about this will tell you, this is my first "build" but its the 3rd evolution of it. it started off about a year or more ago with a simple build, with the total parts costing me around 1200....then I messed up on the body and neck, so purchase of new wood bumped me up another few hundred, mess up on that neck, another 100 or so, a mess up on that neck, and now I have the bubinga/maple neck (which was oh so expensive, but worth it).

So I'm technically on my first build, but this is just the outcome of many mistakes due to my ignorance...but it is going much more smoothly and is looking great IMO.

Thanks radii

Greg
 
#6
you and me both barnacle! Ignore most of the line I drew for the shape of the heel, I need to make it a little different, but I guess the line gives the jist of it....

I should be working today after work, so hopefully some more progress shots later!

Thanks

Greg
 
#9
Haha, thanks ehque. truthfully, its not that heavy, it'll probably end up being around 10 pounds, which I can handle, I carry around 270 every day, lol.

Rodent, of course man, after all the time and money Ive put into this, would expect me to have my spoke wheels uneven? We're going to silicone those in (they're loose now, I put them in for pictures sake) and we're going to make sure they're aligned perfectly. No worries man.

Thanks again guys

Greg
 
#13
Probably not, but it is a 6 string, and the most ability for set up possibilities is what I want, and I'm used to having two because of my ibanez. Plus I had two from before, so why not use them, lol. Thanks Shawn, that means alot though, can't wait til its done

Greg
 
#17
well yah, it better be, haha. But the 2 gees include the first bass, this bass, all the hardware and electronics, a billet of 5a flame (which I still have almost all of) a curly katalox fretboard and 2 failed wenge necks, lol. I guess its alot for the money (even though most of it is ruined now, haha).

Thanks for the support guys, I'm loving it already, all 9 pounds of it
 

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