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#102
Al Heeley said:
Maybe I need more walls.
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Definately more walls for more basses.
Al Heeley said:
more of a face-on shot with the hardware positioned and fretwires cut, ready to be bashed into place with the heel of an old shoe.
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I would of never have thought of an old shoe as a fret hammer. Thanks for helping me learn:)

Edit: Is there any paticular shoe that works best as a fret hammer?
 
#103
One of my wife's old gardening shoes does the trick nicely. ;)
Hey Prostheta, I did a special inlay for you:
Here's the bloodwood set in copper.
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Fingerboard's still a bit damp from the oil
 
#105
Some more progress this morning. Neck trimmed flush (pocket routed deeper) and the electrics all wired up.
Neck given a few wipes of Tru-Oiul - more to follow.
I also inlaid a little copper-ring bloodwood circle into the headstock.
Now just waiting for the machine heads, then the nut can be cut, and frets levelled. Then she's done ;)
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#108
Yes, indeed... good work! I like the clean styling of the woods used. It seems that everything I'm asked to build lately has figured (fill in random wood type). I think your wood choice is very elegant, and your work is impeccable.

I may have to start building more "scaled back" instruments. My two favorite builds to date are an ash-bodied fretless with one-piece maple neck and bloodwood fingerboard, and a mahogany-bodied "vintage style" maple neck bass that has "'72 jazz bass" written all over it...
 
#110
Not much progress today. Side dots added to fingerboard and more Tru-oil to the back of the neck with a little buffing.
Made a small truss rod cover from Prostheta's bloodwood.
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Very pleased with the slim neck profile this came out at, feels very comfortable while still having a bit of mass to it.
 
#112
Finally got the machine heads on and a set of strings. Nut cut rough, needs a good setup now but she's all working and making some of the right noises.
A fair bit of fret buzz in places for now but nothing that a bit of levelling won't solve. I must say it does feel very comfortable virtually striaght off the bat playing fanned frets, far easier than I was expecting. Thanks again for the comments, suggestions and encouragement during this build - I've really enjoyed putting her together and learning a bit more about this great craft.
I think a decent pre-amp system is on the shopping list for the end of the month. ;)
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#117
Al Heeley said:
Not much progress today. Side dots added to fingerboard and more Tru-oil to the back of the neck with a little buffing.
Made a small truss rod cover from Prostheta's bloodwood.
sidedots2.jpg

Very pleased with the slim neck profile this came out at, feels very comfortable while still having a bit of mass to it.
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THERE'S THAT FREAKY GUY AGAIN! this is getting too weird for me.


oh, COOL BASS!
 
#118
Shawn,
I got hold of a cheap 3-band preamp and cheap pickups to test out the bass build. If I thought it was good enough I would plan to upgrade to some decent 'pro-quality' pups and pre-amp. The one I fitted here (I added a red LED as I had one in my spares box) is a cheap guitar pre-amp from GFS. It works pretty well as a bass/mid/treble boost/cut and is pretty quiet. The ebay MM-humbucker clone is great - deep and warm, the ebay JB bridge pickup is niosy and honky. These will all be upgraded when I have some more spare cash and have worked on the action and fret levelling a bit more.
 

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