I've been a long time lurker on here and decided it was about time I introduced myself. My names Sam Young, I'm 27 (as of today), and I'm a long time bass player/gear hoarder. My day job is a CNC programmer and a machinist in a protype shop so I've always loved working with my hands. Anyways, on to the first project.
About a year and a half ago, I decided that I wanted to build my first bass, but wasn't ready for a neck yet. I've always been a big fan of Warwicks so I tracked down a beatup Corvette $$ body and neck on ebay and that is where the story begins. I planed a little over .25" off the front and back of the body. I had picked up a nice piece of quilted maple earlier in the summer which I decided to bookmatch and use for the front and the back with a .030" fiber veneer from lmi for an accent line.
Once it was glued up, I put a 3/4" roundover on the whole thing and then did a little carving to get everything comfortable and to get the layers to show how I wanted. When I was doing the roundover, I splintered the top on the upper horn. I glued it back together the best I could and the sanded it down until the still damaged section was gone. I finished the body off with a few coats of tru-oil.
The neck was in pretty good shape minus some heavy fret wear in a couple spots. It got releved and all the wood got sanded back down and then finished with a few coats of Howard's feed-n-wax. When all was said and done, I finished it a year ago this week.
The specs:
Neck: Warwick 5-string neck with solid brass nut
Body: ash core w/ quilted maple top and back and black veneer accent
Scale:34"
Bridge: ABM style individual string bridges (spaced at 16.5mm)
Pickups: Delano MC5-FE x2 (with s/p/sc switch for each)
Preamp: Glockenklang 3-band
Tuners: Hipshot Ultralites
Strap mount: Dunlop recessed straplocks
Strings: Circle K .041"-.158" tuned (G#C#G#C#F#)
That should about cover the details, so now for the interesting part, pics. Sorry I didn't start taking any until the body was glued up and trimmed.
all the goodies
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body rough carved
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laying it out
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starting to apply finish
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assembling
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finished
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Anyways, that it for the project that is done. I have a new one which I'll be starting a new thread on soon. Hope you enjoy!
About a year and a half ago, I decided that I wanted to build my first bass, but wasn't ready for a neck yet. I've always been a big fan of Warwicks so I tracked down a beatup Corvette $$ body and neck on ebay and that is where the story begins. I planed a little over .25" off the front and back of the body. I had picked up a nice piece of quilted maple earlier in the summer which I decided to bookmatch and use for the front and the back with a .030" fiber veneer from lmi for an accent line.
Once it was glued up, I put a 3/4" roundover on the whole thing and then did a little carving to get everything comfortable and to get the layers to show how I wanted. When I was doing the roundover, I splintered the top on the upper horn. I glued it back together the best I could and the sanded it down until the still damaged section was gone. I finished the body off with a few coats of tru-oil.
The neck was in pretty good shape minus some heavy fret wear in a couple spots. It got releved and all the wood got sanded back down and then finished with a few coats of Howard's feed-n-wax. When all was said and done, I finished it a year ago this week.
The specs:
Neck: Warwick 5-string neck with solid brass nut
Body: ash core w/ quilted maple top and back and black veneer accent
Scale:34"
Bridge: ABM style individual string bridges (spaced at 16.5mm)
Pickups: Delano MC5-FE x2 (with s/p/sc switch for each)
Preamp: Glockenklang 3-band
Tuners: Hipshot Ultralites
Strap mount: Dunlop recessed straplocks
Strings: Circle K .041"-.158" tuned (G#C#G#C#F#)
That should about cover the details, so now for the interesting part, pics. Sorry I didn't start taking any until the body was glued up and trimmed.
all the goodies
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body rough carved
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laying it out
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starting to apply finish
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assembling
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finished
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Anyways, that it for the project that is done. I have a new one which I'll be starting a new thread on soon. Hope you enjoy!
