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Jayda M4

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Gone

Mar 21, 2006
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Cape Town
people.cs.uct.ac.za
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Jayda custom basses, builder
#1
So I was busy cutting the bodies for my other builds (both ash bodies) and this hunk of african mahogany that's been sitting in the corner of my workshop for probably a year was looking at me.

So I kind of accidentally started a new build. Based on my new M-shape. It's going to be a 4 string and seeing as the M stands for multiscale it's going to be 34-33 inch scale.

Flammed maple top. Also a first for me is I'm going to have a go at staining this one (paint the body, stain the top).

Going for a slightly Rickenbacker vibe with some of the details, but I'm still working them out.

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#3
:crying: Love it love it love it. Whenever I see a Rickenesque design on TB, I shed a tear for the '79 4001 in mapleglo that I traded for a 300w Hartke head in 1994 (that subsequently blew up.) :crying:
 
#5
Had quite a productive weekend :)

I've gotten started on the neck. Done the scarf joint and routed for the trussrod. Here it is getting it's ears:
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Then also tapered the neck and shaped the headstock. The walnut neck has some decent figure to it which I'm pretty happy with:
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Looks like next weekend I'm going to be busy with neck pockets and bolting on necks:
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#7
It's been so long since I posted in my build threads! Taken a bit of a break but am still busy with them.

I've slotted the finger board and attached the fb to the neck. Also added a flamed maple top to the headstock and started carving the neck.

Question for someone. I've got some plastic from stewmac to use for a pickgard. The idea was to use the left overs for the sharkfin inlays. But I was wondering how do you inlay plastic without ruining the finish on the plastic? Is it just a matter of polishing it back up after sanding it flush with the finger board?
 
#8
Gone said:
It's been so long since I posted in my build threads! Taken a bit of a break but am still busy with them.

I've slotted the finger board and attached the fb to the neck. Also added a flamed maple top to the headstock and started carving the neck.

Question for someone. I've got some plastic from stewmac to use for a pickgard. The idea was to use the left overs for the sharkfin inlays. But I was wondering how do you inlay plastic without ruining the finish on the plastic? Is it just a matter of polishing it back up after sanding it flush with the finger board?
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Yes, as a matter of fact, some info can be found here (a good example and you can use whatever you can possibly print out under it too):

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#12
I'm actually not a fan of the feel of a Rickenbacker, so I'm planning on sticking with my own particulars.

I suppose I'm just using the Rickenbacker as inspiration for some of the details. I might go that route for sound as well (but more likely I'll just put it together and see how it sound :) ).
 
#13
Flip it's been almost 2 years without a proper workshop. Just moved into my new house and have a decent amount of workshop space again. I've had guitar shaped pieces of wood gathering dust for a while now.

I'm hoping to get going on this bass again shortly, with an aim of finishing it in March sometime.

So here's a slight revision on the design:
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Hopefully in a few weeks time I'll have some new pictures from the workshop :)
 
#15
Looks nice. Since it's multiscale, does that mean you're using individual string bridges, or do you have something else up your sleeve? ;)

Edit: Oh, and congratufreakinlations on getting a proper workshop again. Been there, done that, didn't like it.
 

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