My Latest Project: Behold the "Rickenberger" :D

[bronzehydra]

I have that same spindle sander and its really helpful
This build will be cool, I look forward to seeing this finished

 

[VinKreepo]

Subbed. AWESOME!

 

[Wayfarer]

Love it.

 

[seanm]

Looks great so far!

What colour are you going for? Black would be in keeping with both the Steinberger and the Ric.

 

[hachi kid]

Do red! Both uses the color! Also, this looks awesome! I'm jealous, for sure.

 

[Bottoms_Up!]

White with black binding. Or I do a hand painted mural of some sort.

 

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Subbed. AWESOME!

+1.

 

[foq1978]

really loving this thread.

 

[funkomatic]

Awesome. I've always been a big fan of Steinbergers and Rics.

 

[vbasscustom]

yep, should be pretty awesome when shes all done.

 

[4001]

That thing looks AWESOME!!

May I suggest a trans red aka., Burgandyglo.

 

[pacojas]

me likey!

 

[Buchada Azeda]

Great idea. Subscribed!


BTW, this monster needs LEDs.

 

[Bottoms_Up!]

Did a little work today. I routed the PUP cavities. Guess which one I did first? LOL! Yup, the neck PUP was attempted with a plexi HB jig from StewMac. That Dremel just melted that plexi and gave me an unclean edge. Thank goodness for trim-rings! The second one was quite a bit more successful. I simply hand-chiseled the edges nice and clean and then removed the bulk with the Dremel.

Now for the bridge cavity. Having no jig for that, I drilled the four 1/8" radius corners with a 1/4" drill bit in the drill press and, using the successful (albeit slower) technique above, started carefully chiseling away the outline. I then removed the remaining material with the Dremel to a 1/4" depth.

The bridge fits like a glove. Maybe too much like a glove considering finish materials. Nothing some sanding can't fine-tune tho.

So far, so good!

 

[blopazone]

Jesus christ this is going to be good... You have some good tools to do the decals by the way.

 

[SGD Lutherie]

Cool project!

Yeah, you can't use a Dremel with those templates, you need a regular pattern bit with the bearing on the top. And even then the Stew Mac patterns are too thin. I wouldn't even use a Dremel for routing big cavities like that.

I make patterns for everything. it's better to screw up the pattern then the body blank!

But very nice work! I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.

BTW, I work in the graphic arts trade too.

 

[MarcMurder]

what!? i thought i posted earlier... oh well
anyways that looks amazing dude, wish i had the tools to make a nice bass
definately sub'd

 

[BassCycle]

Nice job mounting that bridge! It's gonna be cool.

 

[Crumbs]

Any news on this?

 

[rodcheapo]

I must admit....I don't get it. But nice call on buying the spindle sander. Using the right tools and taking things slow will make your design really come through. Can't wait to see the finished design... maybe it'll all make sense to me.