Ricky build

[0175westwood29]

Should come in at about GBP£250 - £280 altogether - ric pups are the biggest hit

- And a year and a half ago I had absolutely no woodworking skills either. Just one of those things I've always wanted to achieve. Now its become an obsession!

you ever fancy making another if it turns out k?

 

[scottyd]

Should come in at about GBP£250 - £280 altogether - ric pups are the biggest hit

- And a year and a half ago I had absolutely no woodworking skills either. Just one of those things I've always wanted to achieve. Now its become an obsession!

Obsession is putting it lightly in my case!

 

[pilotjones]

you ever fancy making another if it turns out k?

If he starts "manufacturing" them, that's when RIC might start to take notice.

 

[flakeh]

If he starts "manufacturing" them, that's when RIC might start to take notice.

You didn't see nothing. move along please. Nothing to see here.


Now, please stair into this shiny stick in my hand, right there at the light.

 

[Brian D]

If he starts "manufacturing" them, that's when RIC might start to take notice.

Yeah I'd say so. The RIC Police would be on his ass quicker than a fat man on a free chocolate fudge cake.

 

[Al Heeley]

don't worry - not quite ready to give up my day job

 

[0175westwood29]

i meant non ric specific! but that took of quick!

 

[Al Heeley]

Here's my thru-neck zebra bass, sounds teriffic, this is my standard gigging bass
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[newfuture]

Here's my thru-neck zebra bass, sounds teriffic, this is my standard gigging bass
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Could you post the pic in-line? I can't get to that link without registering with the UK builders' forum. Thanks!

 

[0175westwood29]

+1

 

[Al Heeley]

 

[Al Heeley]

 

[newfuture]

Al--

thanks for posting the pix!

I like this a lot. Simple, classy. great natural finish...looking forward to the pics of the finished copy

 

[0175westwood29]

+1 bring on the lemonbacker

 

[Al Heeley]

Finally got some time to get back to the bass build today. Here the lower wing has been sanded smooth, binding channel routed and binding glued and trimmed flush. MArked on the routing area for the ctrl cavity.

Work started on shaping the neck/headstock; a real pain without access to a bandsaw. Annoying miscalculation with the jigsaw in cutting the headstock to thickness means it's now a little thinner than i would like before final sanding, and there's a bit of an ugly gouge out the back. Maybe I can glue on a 2mm laminate to get back up to thinckness before drilling for the tuners.

 

[0175westwood29]

looking good man

 

[Brian D]

Looks good so far. I love that other bass you made. It looks great, the body kinda reminds me of a Status.

 

[contakt321]

I didn't realize you did binding before paint, interesting. Loving this thread.

 

[rata2e]

Hi Al,

I am a newbie here to bass playing and the forum, and I'm watching in awe your construction skills. I can't wait for the next instalment! You are very inspiring and so very talented. Wonder where you honed your woodworking skills if you've only been doing it for a short time? I love your bass man, and want one too in Arctic White with Pearl Pickguard and Chrome overload! All the best to you and your project.

Regards

Rata2e

 

[Al Heeley]

Thanks for your interest and your comments. rata2e: I learnt my skills here and on the project guitar forum, and through the army of helpful and skilled enthusiasts that keep these boards so thriving and stimulating. They helped pursuade me that I could put together a guitar myself with only rudimentary woodworking skills and a thirst to learn. thank the guys that run the forum for nurturing such a helpful and supportive environment that tolerates newcomers with armfuls of questions.

Yesterdays progress: I now have a ric-shape headstock and a roughed-out control cavity to tidy up.