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New 6 string neck-through!!!!

#61
I'm sorry there hasn't been many posts in a while; 2 weeks of exams! Oh well. The truss rod channels have been routed and the neck taper cut. Also a rough thickness of the neck has been cut. The woodworker has to do everyone's work as we aren't allowed to use the bandsaw or router, so progress is very slow.

James
 
#63
OK, here are some pics:

(Ignore my hair :D)
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The neck to body sculpting may look off line because there is still some wood I need to cut off of the back of the bass.

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If you look at the pic below you will see a piece of maple glued to the right side of the neck. This is where I had to rebate the edge where the router went crazy :)

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James
 
#69
When you glue up the body wings I'd like to see pics; I imagine it may be tricky getting even pressure against the odd(compared w/a square piece of wood- not a jab at your design :D)shapes of the horns,etc. Also possibly dodgy ;) will be the tendancy of the pieces to shift around(up/down & for/aft relative to the neck/center)as you apply clamping pressure. I'm recalling gluing the fingerboard onto an EUB neck; after ruining one, :bawl: on the neext attemp(still not done)I drove short brads into the neck face, ground the exposed ends to a point & then carefully dry-clamped the fingerboard in place. After that, the pins aligned the two pieces perfecty- no lateral/fore-aft slippage.
I'm interested in how you'll approach this potential issue.
Nice work!
 
#70
bassteban said:
When you glue up the body wings I'd like to see pics; I imagine it may be tricky getting even pressure against the odd(compared w/a square piece of wood- not a jab at your design :D)shapes of the horns,etc. Also possibly dodgy ;) will be the tendancy of the pieces to shift around(up/down & for/aft relative to the neck/center)as you apply clamping pressure. I'm recalling gluing the fingerboard onto an EUB neck; after ruining one, :bawl: on the neext attemp(still not done)I drove short brads into the neck face, ground the exposed ends to a point & then carefully dry-clamped the fingerboard in place. After that, the pins aligned the two pieces perfecty- no lateral/fore-aft slippage.
I'm interested in how you'll approach this potential issue.
Nice work!
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To be honest, I'll probably just clamp the wings vertically and horizontally to stop them slipping around. When it comes to the fingerboard, I might do as you did or just cut the fingerboard a bit wider than it needs to be so if it slips it still covers the neck and all I have to do is trim around the edges.

I'll need some grain filler for the gap when I glue on the fingerboard; the face/edge (corner) of the neck is not quite level but it's no problem.

James
 
#74
James - I just had a refret done on my old 1978 Precision and the guy did a really nice job. If you want to check it out, let me know, you're welcome to come and have a good looksee at it. Maybe he could fret this monster for you.
 
#75
bassybill said:
James - I just had a refret done on my old 1978 Precision and the guy did a really nice job. If you want to check it out, let me know, you're welcome to come and have a good looksee at it. Maybe he could fret this monster for you.
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If it's JayDee then it's going to cost me £160 to get it fretted :rollno:

I'd just like to get it done because this bass is infintely versatile with the quad coils and being a 6 string
 
#76
James Banner said:
If it's JayDee then it's going to cost me £160 to get it fretted :rollno:

I'd just like to get it done because this bass is infintely versatile with the quad coils and being a 6 string
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I paid £140 for a complete neck refinish and refret - quite a big job. This was done through my local music shop by a guy they use there, I don't know his name. Really nice work, though.
 
#79
automan said:
That's a great price for either a refret or a refinish, but for both... wow
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Sorry, I should have said "neck refinish" - post above edited accordingly. The bass had bad edge wear on large parts of the fingerboard (what I believe some folks refer to as rolled edges). The guy somehow managed to get down to the wood and relaquer the maple neck and board. As I said, it's great work and I thought £140 was a very fair price for that and the refret inclusive.
 

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