(i wish i knew how to put pics right. guess your gonna veiw em 2 per post) the brdge is attached. the neck fits in (kind of loose. think i will glue in a few walnut slivers) the red bannana is made of bloodwood and is where the controls will come up from. thought the top just being black walnut would be a little boring. got the electronics cavity routed out below it. second pic is a close up of the bloodwood oval inlays. things left to do: rout for pickups, drill channels for all the routes to get a propper circuit going (the bridge ground wire will be a pain), contour the body, screw the body/neck for the bolt on, shape the neck, shape the headstock, drill for tuners, a few finishing touches, put the finishes on, put it together, wire it up, string it, then play it till the strings break.
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Got some work done...
- Thread starter jordan_frerichs
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EXTREME scarf joint. my guess is give or take 30 degrees. the scale is 34". hope this don't make any problems. this is my only main concern right now. will probably be fine
hmm can't seem to puyt anyt more up for right now. well the bridge is a badass 2. any questions, comments, or critisism more than welcomed
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Ummm... yeah. The progress is coming along, but that headstock concerns me on a couple of levels. The angle, and I can't tell a lot about the shape by that picture. Are you done shaping it?
Seriously, that headstock angle may cause you some problems here very shortly...
i know. wish it was less. what problems might i expect, and how could i counter them. no that is not the final headstock shape. still need to shape it down
You might want to have a longish, curved channel as a nut cut in either a wider nut or an extended fretboard region (as previously suggested), in order to avoid a sharp bend anywhere in the string, especially since tuning goes on at that end, so the string must be able to slip around semi-freely.
Or it might be no problem.
If you want to calculate the difference in downforce generated by the two headstock angles, there's a spreadsheet for that around that I posted a few years ago. Should still be there, unless it was lost in the vBulletin upgrade.
Or it might be no problem.
If you want to calculate the difference in downforce generated by the two headstock angles, there's a spreadsheet for that around that I posted a few years ago. Should still be there, unless it was lost in the vBulletin upgrade.
well for now, i do not plan to do a zero, but if i muff up the nut blank, then zero fret it is. i do not understand what you are talking about. could you explain a little more?
what is the average angle on a double bass from the nut to the tuning peg ?If I'm not mistaken isn't the string tension on those things like twice that of a bass guitar.
good point. i guess the only real thing telling me the angle might not be good, is famillarity from other angle backs. well, i guess you can never be originally if you don't try anything a little bit out of the box. can't wait to get to the finishing stages to play it. should do alright
