New "How to" section

[Jonny5bass]

All the links under "Some How To's" seem to be broken. Hopefully they can get back up soon, they were extremely helpful.

 

[chuck norriss]

Is there one on how to remove or cover lines from a fretless board?

 

[Lou Bottini]

TELECASTER HEADSTOCK. Is there a pattern available to trim down a standard Fender Bass headstock to a Telecaster shape? I'm planning a Tele Bass build and have standard necks available.
Nice forum, lots of helpful information here. Thanks.

 

[Beej]

TELECASTER HEADSTOCK. Is there a pattern available to trim down a standard Fender Bass headstock to a Telecaster shape? I'm planning a Tele Bass build and have standard necks available.
Nice forum, lots of helpful information here. Thanks.

You can usually find designs online and then just print one off to scale and copy it onto your headstock. Sometimes a slightly custom shape will help it fit onto some headstocks...

 

[Lou Bottini]

That is what Ive been looking for, my Google operator can't seem to find one.

 

[beforethefreeze]

i'm trying to build my first bass and there is a lot of super helpful information here - thanks!

 

[Jeff Siddall]

I recently got a great tip from @BeeTL on how to drill string through body holes:

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[Lappy]

I’m a newbie and have spent hours looking for some basic information. I would greatly appreciate if someone would help me out. If I make a body blank that is 1.5 inches thick from white ash and cover it with bigleaf curly maple that is 0.25 inches thick, would that be Ok for a body blank or should it be thicker? This is for a four string 34 inch scale length bass. Thank you for your consideration.
Walt from Winnipeg

 

[RichterScale]

1.75" is plenty thick enough for a body. Some folks go down to 1.25- 1.5".
Just know that a white ash body that thick, with a maple top will be on the heavy side.
What shape/body style are you going for?

 

[Flamingo21]

If I make a body blank that is 1.5 inches thick from white ash and cover it with bigleaf curly maple that is 0.25 inches thick, would that be Ok for a body blank or should it be thicker?

As far as I know, 1.75" is a fairly common thickness for a bass body. Last bass I built is very close to that thickness and it plays just fine.

 

[Lappy]

1.75" is plenty thick enough for a body. Some folks go down to 1.25- 1.5".
Just know that a white ash body that thick, with a maple top will be on the heavy side.
What shape/body style are you going for?

Thanks for your help Richter! I appreciate it.

 

[Lappy]

As far as I know, 1.75" is a fairly common thickness for a bass body. Last bass I built is very close to that thickness and it plays just fine.

Thanks for your help! I appreciate it.

 

[Level5wizard]

@Basschair links are dead

 

[Max Bogosity]

This looks like it belongs here: Building your own custom truss rods