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Custom singlecut 4 string fretless for Luther

#104
wilser said:
it's my pleasure. there is another thread where I describe the tools I use for caving the transition. It's basically safe-t-planer, carving gauges and kutzall grinding wheels, rasps, sanding ...in that order.

Here's the back cover that'll house the battery and hide the string through body bolts of the triple lockdowns. It'll get a magnet held wenge cover.

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brilliant design!!
 
#106
let's see if we can get this little guy out of here by the end of the month or at least early Dec. For some reason sanding on this one has been very touch on me (well, all the dense woods would explain that easily).

Here's the brass nut and the pickup ring (which needed a wee repair because of a dull drill bit).

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#112
Alembicplyr said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again.....

Wilser, you're the next Vinny Fodera, with this kind of workmanship!

I just hope I can catch you on some free time to get some advice and shop for some wood soon.
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though I really think the first part of the comment is greatly exaggerated I'd love to get together and go woodshopping. I need to go to Dunlap to get some figured walnut and curly soft maple soon.

T2W said:
hmm hrrm Enrique... (fretless) ;)
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hehe, yeah, I think he missed that part. But to answer Enrique's question, the zero fret is my preference because I feel it has all of the benefits and none of the drawbacks of regular nuts, but it's not the only option and I don't charge extra for regular nuts (brass nuts do cost extra, though). For this particular bass I tried to talk the customer out of the brass nut, but he insisted that he wanted the "gold" look at the nut. I'm even gonna have to find some gold colored bolts for the pickup which came with chrome colored ones.
 

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