Mitered laminates.

[flameworker]

has anyone experimented with this? i always thought it was done with veneer. Also gunstock carving tech, i just got some new OLD books about this stuff.

http://woodworkstuff.net/Klam.html

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[megafiddle]

Neat idea with the laminates.

The gunstock carvings are extraordinary.
I like plain checkering though.

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[flameworker]

i really like the fishscale stocks, found an old book on how to do it too.

I was thinking that texture on the bottom horn for sitting to keep from slipping off of your leg.

 

[Toptube]

That sort of thing (the laminates) is the rage right now with cutting boards.


I've definitely seen some basses that have been carved. I think it's one of those things you don't do to a bass you love, unless you can do a good job the first time.

 

[flameworker]

Imagine this for a top, bookmatched and carved deeply to prove it wasn't veneer. I'm really getting into this laminate thing. I just ordered some 8/4 bubinga, eventually I will start testing resonance by comparing a solid piece to a laminated one. The test jig will be a fender bass neck, simple folded bridge, and a single j bass pickup wired directly to a di box, with a frame to hold the test blocks, probably a few 2x4's would work. By taking every other element of building away I will be able to test the sound of the wood itself. I wish I knew more about piezoelectric pickups because I think that would be even better, but I will work with what I have.

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base_images/ms/tricky_cutting_board_glue_up.jpg

Horizontal laminated necks are stronger, and while it defies logic, wouldn't pieces of wood laminated together be stronger as well?? I have been reading about wood chemistry, and tightening glue actually bonds the wood at a cellular level. Can't wait for spring, taking classes in everything from machining to chemistry to woodworking. 40 year old freshman again. I'm only one year out of scientific glass school, but the wood and the bass are just really calling to me. Like a bass building priest.