David Vasquez's custom singlecut five string

[wilser]

Hello,
this is the latest bass I'm working on. It's for my good old friend David Vasquez who's a hot young player from the Dominican Republic.

If it looks like what you think it looks like it's because he asked for it to look like that. It means I did my job right

It has a burl/quilt maple top over alder. The neck is birdseye maple with a fretted ribbon stripe pau ferro fingerboard.

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[superbassman2000]

that will look nice when it is done

 

[Greenman]

I'm not a huge sihgle cut person but that one's a looker.
What is the hardware spec.

 

[Linas]

That does look very nice, is what its supposed to look like is a fodera?

 

[wilser]

I'm not a huge sihgle cut person but that one's a looker.
What is the hardware spec.

It's gonna be chrome hipshots and bart 59JCB and 3 band preamp.

That does look very nice, is what its supposed to look like is a fodera?

you said that, I didn't!

 

[brandinstroy]

Looking good. Hows it all coming

 

[Musiclogic]

yup....definately a Fodera....LOL....still looks good

 

[wilser]

I've been working a lot on the neck and and the contours on the body, tummy cut and the such. I'll post more pictures when I start applying the finish, probably 3-4 weeks.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

I've been working a lot on the neck and and the contours on the body, tummy cut and the such. I'll post more pictures when I start applying the finish, probably 3-4 weeks.

I'm reasonably sure that you should post them now.

 

[Linas]

I'm reasonably sure that you should post them now.

+1

 

[wilser]

ok, this is how it's going:
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[brandinstroy]

That is looking good. A lot like my first bass I built. Makes me want to build another one like it.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

I dig it. Great work.

 

[Ray Holt]

Lookin' good man, can't wait to see more pics

 

[brandinstroy]

any updates

 

[wilser]

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[JSPguitars]

That's lookin' slick, man! The headstock really compliments the shape.
You put your frets in after you glue in the neck?

 

[Thonk]

Looking real sweet wilser,really nice top you picked out there i love the way the burl fades into the quilted section i bet that will popup really sweet when its finished you going for oil or poly? also is it also 33" scale 26 fret like a real garrison?

i look forward to more pics

 

[wilser]

JSPGuitars,
Yes, I install frets after I glue in the neck. For my bolt-ons I even screw in the neck temporarily to install the frets. I like how the mass of the body makes the hammering feel more solid.

Thonk,
It's 34" with 26 frets. And the finish will be nitro lacquer buffed to a satin gloss. Yes, David really liked that top, I too am excited to see how the figure will pop out when the finish is applied.


I still have to do some body work, like route the battery cavity and finish shaping the back of the headstock. I should be starting to apply the finish in about a week or two.

 

[Musiclogic]

starting to look very nice. can't wait to see it when it's finished