JC Basses 6 String Rainbow Build Thread

[Jeronimofesto]

Okay, so the planer leveled the entire surface? I was wondering if the piece would survive the planer after glue up.

How long were the raw pieces you used? I'm assuming 22" at the minimum?

Well I used my safe-t-planer since the body was too wide to go through my planer. If I had larger tools I would run it over a jointer first and then through the planer to get the other side. I usually make my body blanks 24" long roughly. Gives me enough room to move the body around to find the best figure.

This is possibly the most awesome thread ever, great build. I love it, great job man.

Thanks.

Is the veneer plastic or of some wood type? Can you give me the item number of the stuff you ordered?

It would be VB6, the dyed black veneer .6mm thick.

I'm thinking those are fiber veneer's. I'm going to try out some soon.

http://www.lmii.com/CartTwo/thirdpr...me=Veneers&NameProdHeader=Fiber+Veneer+Sheets

Nope, not those ones, but I would like to try them sometime. Let me know how they are.

I cannot believe how gorgeous this bass is!!! Fantastic job!!!

Thanks, glad you like it and put me on your website. I appreciate it.

Dude, your work is really great! I'm in the middle of a Rainbow bass build too...Now I want to go post my stuff!

Thanks again, definitely make a thread about your build. I'm sure many others would like to see it as well.

 

[Jeronimofesto]

Oh I forgot... I took it into the place I have do my electronics today. Sadly it won't be done until Monday. So look out for a video early next week.

 

[Jeronimofesto]

Well even though I rotated the video once it was on my computer, it somehow got flipped back sideways on YouTube. Oh, and I need to learn how to play this thing too...



I plan on taking some professional pictures within the next couple days and do some minor setup work on it. Then it will be going up for sale.

 

[Worshiper]

great job and great build time too... that wasn't even a month

 

[WesW]

Not available on mobile... :/

I'll have to wait til I get home. Oh well.

 

[Jeronimofesto]

I just thought I would hold you over with a picture of how clean the electronics install went.

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[Alienation]

Welcome to prime time.

One of the best build threads I've ever seen.

 

[Stone Age]

Really nice!

 

[Zoidberg523]

Beautiful! Love the wood combinations there.

I've been tossing the idea around to start my own "first bass" for a while now, but as of yet I don't really have the funds.

 

[Jeronimofesto]

On to the pictures!

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And now it is officially for sale!!!

 

[Bassgirlsara]

what a beauty!!!!!!!!!

 

[SirBass]

Excellent!

 

[WesW]

Oh . . . My.

Gorgeous!!!

 

[Jeronimofesto]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I officially just put the bass up on eBay. A simple search will find it. I don't want to link to it in case that is against the rules or something.

 

[bunnybob]

I don't want to get your hopes up, but I just might buy this beast off you. We'll see how the auction goes.

 

[Left Left Goose]

wow a real beauty!
claypool himself couldnt tell the difference

 

[bassgod76]

Why did you not opt for Sperzel tuners?

 

[Jeronimofesto]

Why did you not opt for Sperzel tuners?

I was using up parts from an older bass build and that is what I had. They are small and not too heavy, so it works.

 

[Colonel_Claypoo]

hey Jeronimofesto,

that's an awesome bass!

what kind of string ferrules did you use and where did you get them?

thanks

 

[Jeronimofesto]

hey Jeronimofesto,

that's an awesome bass!

what kind of string ferrules did you use and where did you get them?

thanks

I used this on top:

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Hardware,_parts/Bass:_Ferrules/Bass_String_Ferrules.html

and this on bottom so the strings don't have to be as long:

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