I'm doing a small ''in a project break - project''... I try to do ONE project at the time, but I can't say that I'm good at it 
Now I'm working on two big projects and this smaller and faster one...
I noticed someone posted about the really cheap necks G&L are selling, and I could not resist buying two of them. They are on their way through the Danish customs now. I ordered maple / maple with the 1 3/4" nut with - so it's P bass time. This will be kind of a p-bass bastard with the G&L neck and the Fender shaped body. Or a sort of Fender tribute if you will, and I'm trying to keep the cost down on this one. I already have some tuners, pick guard, pots, caps, screws etc so basically I just needed a body and a pick up.
Someone posted this ash p-bass body for sale here locally in Denmark, and I got it really cheap. I think he bought the wrong type of ash wood, this is clearly not swamp ash, the body was heavy as a hell. It was 7.2 pounds..!!! He abandoned the project and I bought it despite the weight because I had this plan with it: Chamber it like crazy, take down the thickness and then use some nice sets of walnut and redwood I got cheap of e-bay (like $30 or both sets). The final body is 44mm thick, so standard Fender thickness.
As you can tell from the pics I have tried to maintain a ''tone block'' down the center from the neck to the bridge, so I did not chamber it totally crazy. The finished body is 5.1 pound, not super light, but much better. The first picture where the body is on top of the front / back woods is not the final chambering, the body was still too heavy, so I drilled more holes, and what you see in the second picture is the final result. Quite a lot of holes, but still a nice tone block down the center.
It's now glued, routed and sanded to 120 grit, and I just gave it a bit of Danish oil to bring out the colors. I think this will be cool with the maple / maple neck..! Next - when the necks arrive - will be to route a neck pocket that fit's the G&L neck.
Now I'm working on two big projects and this smaller and faster one...I noticed someone posted about the really cheap necks G&L are selling, and I could not resist buying two of them. They are on their way through the Danish customs now. I ordered maple / maple with the 1 3/4" nut with - so it's P bass time. This will be kind of a p-bass bastard with the G&L neck and the Fender shaped body. Or a sort of Fender tribute if you will, and I'm trying to keep the cost down on this one. I already have some tuners, pick guard, pots, caps, screws etc so basically I just needed a body and a pick up.
Someone posted this ash p-bass body for sale here locally in Denmark, and I got it really cheap. I think he bought the wrong type of ash wood, this is clearly not swamp ash, the body was heavy as a hell. It was 7.2 pounds..!!! He abandoned the project and I bought it despite the weight because I had this plan with it: Chamber it like crazy, take down the thickness and then use some nice sets of walnut and redwood I got cheap of e-bay (like $30 or both sets). The final body is 44mm thick, so standard Fender thickness.
As you can tell from the pics I have tried to maintain a ''tone block'' down the center from the neck to the bridge, so I did not chamber it totally crazy. The finished body is 5.1 pound, not super light, but much better. The first picture where the body is on top of the front / back woods is not the final chambering, the body was still too heavy, so I drilled more holes, and what you see in the second picture is the final result. Quite a lot of holes, but still a nice tone block down the center.
It's now glued, routed and sanded to 120 grit, and I just gave it a bit of Danish oil to bring out the colors. I think this will be cool with the maple / maple neck..! Next - when the necks arrive - will be to route a neck pocket that fit's the G&L neck.
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