now that is amazing. I can't believe your saying you plan to add more to it and make it even better. I like the bridge rig method, but it is good you are going to make something for it. If a single build were ever to be made into a sticky, this would be it.
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HIGHSCHOOL WOODSHOP BUILD #2
- Thread starter ppk
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amazing..
the fingerboard is by far my favorite part..
i gotta say i would have loved to see the soundhole that was near the control area on the drawing
the fingerboard is by far my favorite part..
i gotta say i would have loved to see the soundhole that was near the control area on the drawing
I love that whole bridge/end pin idea. I don't think I've ever seen that on an electric bass before.
well some of the ideas need some refining and some small details and adjustments must be made before i deem this a very playable instrument. the action needs adjustment filing the bridge and nut. it also needs intonation and the string retainer needs some adjusting. but as for being a sticky i think wilser would take that spot before me along with some other amazing builders on here.
Looks like - on the bottom two strings - that the string is still gaining wraps between the nut and 1st fret. Is that normal, or are the strings just a bit too short for the scale length you've got.
Otherwise - mighty fine creation you've got there - Very impressive stuff!
yea i didnt want to order expensive strings that fit so i decided to just use some xl drs and even tho they are too short on 2 strings, i can get them ANYWHERE and i can buy like 2 packs of strings for the same money that i paid for 1 four string set of 38 inch scale strings.
ehh i guess i just wanted to simplify the design and i dont really know what hapened it just slipped from my mind but now that you mention it i kinda miss it too, maybe i can improvise at a later date.
yea i like the look but i wish there was more room to stretch it out so it doesnt look so cramped at the bottom but the reason its like that is from a mistake i made with a measurement. oh well.
i was thinking about carl thompson when i was shaping the bridge it reminds me of his basses when i look it the bridge.
AS for news on the bass currently it won me a 1st in the woodworking class in the and a grand award for the regional MITES competition. now its heading to the state competition and ill see how it does. the awards ceramony is in battle creek, michigan. the award cerimony is saturday. after that i will post some nice pictures of the finished bass. wish me luck.
Thanks to everyone for your nice comments, Paul
I just spent the last hour going through this thread. Paul, you have mad, mad skills my friend. I am really looking forward to the finished bass.
If your Woodshop teacher doesn't see the inginuity and hard work that has gone into making this instrument, then he obviously has a real problem.
Mad skills, man, absolutley mad!
If your Woodshop teacher doesn't see the inginuity and hard work that has gone into making this instrument, then he obviously has a real problem.
Mad skills, man, absolutley mad!
I zoned out into the thread. I have to give you MAD Props yo. The whole process was probably way more rewarding to have done as it was for me to see. Hope this gets you the championship @ competition.
KUDO's
KUDO's
well my woodshop teacher finnally caught on and he started giving me some respect for what i have done. and thank you.
I have a canon rebel its the first model its old but it holds up to some abuse. all these photos are in my basement tho so the lighing is terrible and since i dont have photoshop at home i cant edit. but some good photos will be up when i get my bass back from the states competition.
Thanks, I try to make my basses different but practical. It all starts with a little sketch in math class and it just grows from there.
I zoned out into the thread. I have to give you MAD Props yo. The whole process was probably way more rewarding to have done as it was for me to see. Hope this gets you the championship @ competition.
KUDO's
it was quite rewarding, im always learning new things. i learned alot on this build. so next year hopefully will be faster build, maybe 2 builds side by side, and have more of a marketable design.
THE results fom this weekend was a first prize and a grand award. it was the first grand award for my school. the competition for regionals is held at dakota high school which is huge and has a very nice shop program with lots of money and i guess i made the woodshop teacher angry cause he heard my school got a cnc and thought i did my bass on cnc. HA, NO! states is this weekend and a grand award might win me some cash. ill see what happens
I've been meaning to ask you, that finish looks great on the wenge, is it an oil finish? If so, how did you manage to keep the wenge from just turning black? I've been doing some finish tests on scrap wenge offcuts from my current build, and none of them look as good as your finish does.
he explained his process somewhere in the thread.. i forget where (sorry) pretty sure its multiple applications of tung oil..
correct me if i'm wrong
found it.. its on page 10
