i'm looking to get into making my own basses. i'd like to get a prerouted blank. i'm gonna go crazy on this. what would be a decent cheap blank body for a beginner. and can i do my own neck? all i want to do is the head stock so i don't want to do the fingerboard and everything. what do you suggest? remember, i'm a beginner. i have NO expirience in building basses. so i want something cheap and easy to work with. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. thanks!!!
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help out a kid!!!!!!
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Can't answer everything, but I'm basically in the same boat you are.
Can't answer everything, but I'm basically in the same boat you are.
mikeyswood
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Start with a cutting board. If that turns out well, try a book shelf. If that turns out well, try a bookcase. If that turns out well move onto a guitar.
You must build skill. There is currently no pill for it.
You must build skill. There is currently no pill for it.
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mikeyswood
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Carcass furniture construction will allow you to prefect your joinery which is paramount in instrument construction.
Musiclogic
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Just don't grab your brothers 69 jazz and start disassembling it, can lead to difficulties in walking.
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Musiclogic
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36 years ago almost to the day, 1 year later he gave me the bass after he procured his first 2 Alembics. Still not advisable...LOL
mikeyswood
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You got a 69 J and your brother gained Alembics?!
I am going MacGyver on the next 60's J I see!
...wait - your brother has two early 70s Alembics?! Internet rules apply: Pics or they don't exist.
I am going MacGyver on the next 60's J I see!
...wait - your brother has two early 70s Alembics?! Internet rules apply: Pics or they don't exist.
Musiclogic
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mikeyswood
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[more awkward silence]
I was given some crap last week because I hadn't talked to my brother in nearly a year. Sometimes sibling go their separate ways.
[But yeah, awkward silence]
Musiclogic
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Nothing awkward, no worries here, not like I am one to discuss my personal life...ever...LMAO. Just one of those family wedges no biggie, maybe the Omega and distilles just waft into the ether as a passing comment.LOL
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I disagree. I hated woodworking until I built a guitar. I'll admit that the first one was pretty sketchy, but it gave me an opportunity to build something I really cared about. Now, I can take pride in building furniture and boxes, etc., but I don't think it would have ever stuck without that first guitar project.
