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JC Basses Snakewood Fretless 4
- Thread starter Jeronimofesto
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Somewhere in there you can see the top being glued to the body.
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Tomorrow I'll probably round the edges over and that is when it will really take shape.
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Tomorrow I'll probably round the edges over and that is when it will really take shape.
I went ahead and rounded all the edges over roughly. After taking quite a bit of wood out of this body it is surprisingly heavy, which will help it balance better.
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- Mar 22, 2005
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- Karl Thompson, Builder (Formerly Fat Karl)
I ended up making the neck over, this time all out of walnut. It will look better from the back in my opinion. I also made the neck pocket and have started on the pickup routes. I can't finish those until I finish the custom pickups I made and have the final sizes.
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After taking time off to build the Mandobass, I am back to work on this one. Sadly, the snakewood fretboard has been taken off to be used for something else. So I made a new neck out of black walnut and I will be using an ebony fretboard instead. I finished the pickup routes and neck pocket. I plan on making some new pickup covers as well since I wasn't happy with the first set.
Sorry about the cell phone picture, it was all I had with me.
Sorry about the cell phone picture, it was all I had with me.
I got the new ebony fretboard glued on with the truss rod installed. I also started shaping the back of the neck.
The bass is really coming along, I have mostly everything done. I made new pickup covers, glued some claro walnut on the headstock, made the side dot markers, drilled the jack hole, drilled the straplock holes and glued the neck in. All I have left before the whole finish sanding process is to do the control cavity cover.
Taylor Livingston
Commercial User
Beautiful bass, but I was getting so googly-eyed over that snakewood. When will we see its reappearance?
Thanks. I was loving it too, but this just wasn't the right project for it. I guess we'll have to wait and see if it makes an appearance anytime soon.
I think it's a beautiful body! At the moment I'm also building a body using the same construction (40 mm hollowed out body & 6 mm top with sound holes) and I've got a question.. what radius did you use to round off the body? And what's the thickness of your top? Usually this kind of bodies have relatively straight edges, but I like the way yours looks better
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I think this one is 5/8" radius. Enough so when done from both sides it makes it completely rounded. Just make sure the side walls are thick enough that once you have the radius, there is still support. That top is roughly 1/4" I believe. Maybe slightly thinner.
What a beuatiful instrument! Great to see all the steps in putting it together, a pleasure to watch. Great work sir.
Not much to update here besides a lot of sanding. The fretboard is pretty glossy already, almost mirror like. I did punch the serial number "JC0914" into the back of the headstock. I also decided to go without a preamp for a more natural tone. There will be a volume, tone and blend knob.
