First bass build

[Beej]

.... or whatever. Shameful! Next time I will be braver or do it the right way round (?) and put the inlays in before profiling!

And with the completion of the instrument, forever more there shall always be a next time.

179 instruments from now, you'll look back on these inlays and think "huh, I should do those again".

 

[TerribleTim68]

What's the scale length? Doesn't look 34", looks shorter...

Hi - Thanks very much for the comment. You are correct I went for a 31" scale...

Okay, so I wasn't the only one who noticed the bridge being so much closer to the neck. Good on ya' to think of the kids, hopefully they take interest.

 

[Steve Pendleton]

And with the completion of the instrument, forever more there shall always be a next time.

179 instruments from now, you'll look back on these inlays and think "huh, I should do those again".

Yes I agree on there always being a next time - addiction to anything is usually a bad thing but..... Also my wife believes I have another woman in the shed

 

[Big B.]

This looks really nice for a first build. I like the inlays a lot. I've never really liked big dots and this is a nice in between.

When I first started building I lacked a jointer as well and had to find ways around it. If you have a tablesaw you can make your body glue-ups cleaner if you stick some 120 grit sandpaper to the fence and use it as a straight edge sanding block to join your body halves together. Just make sure the fence side is square to your table and with a little elbow grease you'll get tight glue lines. It helps to make some pencil marks on the edge you are jointing so you know you've sanded the entire surface when they are gone.

 

[Steve Pendleton]

This looks really nice for a first build. I like the inlays a lot. I've never really liked big dots and this is a nice in between.

When I first started building I lacked a jointer as well and had to find ways around it. If you have a tablesaw you can make your body glue-ups cleaner if you stick some 120 grit sandpaper to the fence and use it as a straight edge sanding block to join your body halves together. Just make sure the fence side is square to your table and with a little elbow grease you'll get tight glue lines. It helps to make some pencil marks on the edge you are jointing so you know you've sanded the entire surface when they are gone.

That is a great idea thanks - I use the pencil lines but the sandpaper on fence is a new one - Will definitely try it in future