First build (hopefully)

[Hvitekrist]

Hello everybody!

I've been planning to build a bass for at least a year now, and i've had several different plans to build one, but I never managed to start one..

HOWEVER!
I have a new plan at the moment, and I really do hope that this time, I'll be able to start, but I think I will

I'm planning to build a 6-string Fretless bass

Specs:
Set neck construction
Body wood: Swamp Ash
Body top: Fiddleback Maple
Neck wood: Maple
Fingerboard wood: Ebony
Headstock top: Fiddleback Maple

Inlays: Only side-inlays
Radius: 12"
Scale: 35"

Hipshot bridge
Gotoh tuners
Q-tuners pickups

I haven't desided on the kind of finish I'm going to use, but I definitively want a natural finish, so perhaps clear gloss, or oil, or nothing at all..

Here's my design:

My grandfather has agreed to help me

I'll keep you updated!
In 2 weeks I can go and work again, to earn money

Grs,
Hvitekrist

 

[joeyl]

cool, reminds me of the ZZTop guitars

 

[M0ses]

ZZ Top came immediately to my mind, too. Very cool. Controls?

 

[Hvitekrist]

Thanks!

Controls:
1x master volume
1x pickup blend
2x pickup

BTW, I'm also thinking of adding (or removing?) soundholes, for a warmer sound

 

[Beej]

ZZ Top guitars? You mean the Dean Explorers, or Ed Roman's guitars?

 

[cnltb]

Hello everybody!

I've been planning to build a bass for at least a year now, and i've had several different plans to build one, but I never managed to start one..

HOWEVER!
I have a new plan at the moment, and I really do hope that this time, I'll be able to start, but I think I will

I'm planning to build a 6-string Fretless bass

Specs:
Set neck construction
Body wood: Swamp Ash
Body top: Fiddleback Maple
Neck wood: Maple
Fingerboard wood: Ebony
Headstock top: Fiddleback Maple

Inlays: Only side-inlays
Radius: 12"
Scale: 35"

Hipshot bridge
Gotoh tuners
Q-tuners pickups

I haven't desided on the kind of finish I'm going to use, but I definitively want a natural finish, so perhaps clear gloss, or oil, or nothing at all..

Here's my design:

My grandfather has agreed to help me

I'll keep you updated!
In 2 weeks I can go and work again, to earn money

Grs,
Hvitekrist

Very nice!
How did you do the drawing?

 

[Hvitekrist]

Very nice!
How did you do the drawing?

Don't ask
I managed to create this design Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

 

[cnltb]

Don't ask
I managed to create this design Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

Looks real good!