Jazz bass round two

Before I made a Jazz bass body for my old G&L neck, painted it black and had gold hardware. The body was alder, but didn't trim it down, (it's close to 2inchs thick) which made it really heavy! this time I'm gonna use basswood

I wanted to make my own bass (neck and body) so here it is!

ebony fingerboard from lmii


facings I was going to use


testing for making the neck


neck wood I got from a local wood store for $80 (enough for two basses and two guitars)


Don't have any fancy tools like some of the builders here, just a 20 y/o trying it out!


copied my G&L neck, changed headstock


cut out n stuff


two bass necks ready to use, still enough wood for two guitar necks!


headstock


the cut for the truss rod is a little off center (not that big of a deal, but its off by a 2-3 mm)


gluing the fingerboard


working on the back of the neck!


glued that facings onto the wood


facings and neck


v2


ok, so the facings we got from a person who got leftovers from warmoth for ~$5 per set

The glue on one side of the facings didn't glue right, was able to salvage it, but it glued wrong again! it became unusable

BUT! we had some nice spalted maple that looks really nice! has some flame and quilt in it too~


didn't get pictures for gluing the facings on (both times for flame and spalted)

gluing both halves together


didn't get any of the cutting process of the body :scowl:

body cut out and on a chair in the sun


cut the neck pocket and contour/round edges done (pics soon!)

 

some more!

found one of when the body was routed


another shot before it got its curves


~missing quite a few steps, just a lot of sanding~

got the neck in and have the body contoured!




back shot of it, you can see the neck wasn't finished when the picture was taken


i finished the sanding on the neck today, won't be working on it again until sometime next week

 

oh yeah, the wood is from the same piece, but it's two different shades, thought that was humorous

 

got it all ready to have a nut installed, should be done by next wednesday!

 

it was either treated before i got it, or it didn't need it. this maple is rock hard, took a crazy amount of time to sand it and then buff out the scratches left behind

 

haven't posted in a bit, here the most recent!

 

Wow, been over a month since I last posted... Well I finished it on the weekend, needs some more work on fret sanding though, major buzz :c

here are some crappy phone pics, I'll take some better pics with the camera when there's some daybreak around





Used rattle can lacquer and wet sand to bring it smooth, then used a metal polish from hawaii (thanks to a friend) to clean it up, best feeling polish I've had!

 

suppperrr light:

bathroom scale said 8.4lbs

 

here are some higher def pictures

back of the bass


grain of the neck


body shot

 

no problem friend!