Neck for Bass-Adrenaline

[Rickett Customs]

No, no ,no Guys!! I'm no master, i've been making mistakes like everyone else

I just made alot of mistakes...... though if I were a fisher, i'd be a master baiter

 

[Rickett Customs]

Just had enough time today, to start routing out the cavities. Still gotta come back and fit them all up.

 

[Raccio14]

now that's cool. What sort of tools did you use?

 

[LGT]

Aw come on Jason! This is a family forum!

 

[Rickett Customs]

now that's cool. What sort of tools did you use?

A dremel on a base and a router in a few spots...

 

[Rickett Customs]

Aw come on Jason! This is a family forum!

Heh, gray area, my friend, gray area.....

 

[Bass-Adrenaline]

The inlays and shaping of the neck seem like they could get a dit difficult and time consuming.

 

[tantetruus]

Do you do this with templates or draw around the shapes and take it from there?

 

[Rickett Customs]

Yep draw them out and freehand them till they fit.

 

[Rickett Customs]

SO here's what I did.... I used mostly the dremel, to fit the pieces together... an 1/8" and 3/32" bits were used.......

I had 2 people send me messages on facebook, wondering what I did the cavities with and here's the culprit, that did the majority of it:

Got all the blocks fitted, wiped the cocobolo surface with acetone, then glued the pieces in....... since this is wood on wood, glue is acceptable (if it were shell, it would be epoxy or CA)....just added a bit of glue to the bottom only (no bleed out), any gaps (there are not many)will be filled with ebony dust + epoxy......

 

[Rickett Customs]

After I get all the inlays flush with a flush saw, then I'll get the neck thickness down to what it needs to be with the safe-t planer. No work on this next week though (got work training to do).

 

[Rickett Customs]

Here are the blocks, trimmed down. Used the bandsaw to cut them almost flush..

Obviously, the were some voids in the 12th fret block, so I'll be doing one of 3 things, Filling the spots with epoxy ans sawdust..... grafting pieces in place........or taking it out and using another piece......hmm..

Put in the side dots....

Marked it...

Drilled it, Glued it, trimmed it and sanded it.....done.

 

[Rickett Customs]

After some consideration, I decided to "graft" the problematic pieces......


First, I cut some pieces I had left over from the neck scraps.

Then I routed out the sections.

I glued together the 3 pieces with CA glue, shaped it and fit it.

I glued in the single piece first.

Then I glued in the the bigger piece.

Here it is before filling, once filled, it will look no different than the 24th block.

While I was at it, I got the trussrod cover done too.

I drew out the areas, in which I would drill for the set screws.

After drilling and putting the screws in, I put the magnets down, so I can glue them to the cover.

Here it is, on and off....

 

[BassCycle]

Awesome work Jason! I love the magnetic tr cover.

 

[Stealth]

This has to be one of the most beautiful fretboards ever.

 

[Rickett Customs]

Radius and fill in work.


First the radius, 14", fretboard and cover.

After the radius is done, I go back and clean out any gaps, with an exacto.

Time to make the filler, I use Ebony dust and 60 min. epoxy, mix it together and it looks like tar.

I use blue painter's tape, to mask off the areas, so I don't make a big mess.

I lay just enough on each one, to totally cover the area and scrape over the edges with a razor blade. Then I untape and let it cure.

After going over the fingerboard with the radius block looks like this

Sanded it up to 800, scraped out any loose material.

Slotted a spot for the nut to sit on.

It seems that I have 2 extra R's, tried them in a few locations...... No extra shamrocks though..

 

[dremy2006]

awesome stuff J..... I like the big "R" at the or on the headstock area....

 

[Bass-Adrenaline]

Looking Great! What direction were you going with for the logo as far as materials and stuff go? I know we discussed a couple things but wasnt sure what to go with.

Also, i noticed the truss rod cover isnt shaped to match the fretboard (its a bit wider). Is that intentional?

Anyway, as far as the R goes i like the larger one on the headstock but think the larger one on the cover would be awesome as well. I just wasnt sure if everything would fit right.

 

[joeyl]

coming along nicely, I was wondering how you were going to fill the voids in the inlay, looks like the epoxy and dust worked beautifully.

 

[Rickett Customs]

The cover will be shaped again, to match the end of the neck..... if it don't fit, we make it fit