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SBO 2024 - First Fretless
- Thread starter ddm0502
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My project is complete!
Neck: 9 piece bubinga, purpleheart, and maple neck through. 1.75" nut width, 2.25" string spacing at the bridge. 34" scale.
Fingerboard: bloodwood, 26 position unlined fretless.
Body: sapele with pau ferro top, maple and purpleheart accents. 1.25" thickness.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan SPB4 Steve Harris signature, reversed P, placed with the center at the 36th position (slightly closer to the bridge than normal). Bloodwood and maple covers.
Electronics: passive volume/tone. 500k pots, .022 μf tone capacitor
Gotoh tuners
Hipshot A style bridge
Strings: Daddario Chromes 45-100, standard tuning
Weight: 7.8 lbs
I'm very happy with how this turned out. For only my second scratch build, I think I did pretty good. I learned a few things that I'll improve on my next build but the errors are minor enough that they're not worth mentioning. It sounds and plays great, although I need practice on a fretless. I may end up swapping the tone cap for a .047, the .022 is very subtle (but I rarely touch my tone control anyway so subtle isn't a bad thing for me). I can't wait to hear what you think!
Neck: 9 piece bubinga, purpleheart, and maple neck through. 1.75" nut width, 2.25" string spacing at the bridge. 34" scale.
Fingerboard: bloodwood, 26 position unlined fretless.
Body: sapele with pau ferro top, maple and purpleheart accents. 1.25" thickness.
Pickups: Seymour Duncan SPB4 Steve Harris signature, reversed P, placed with the center at the 36th position (slightly closer to the bridge than normal). Bloodwood and maple covers.
Electronics: passive volume/tone. 500k pots, .022 μf tone capacitor
Gotoh tuners
Hipshot A style bridge
Strings: Daddario Chromes 45-100, standard tuning
Weight: 7.8 lbs
I'm very happy with how this turned out. For only my second scratch build, I think I did pretty good. I learned a few things that I'll improve on my next build but the errors are minor enough that they're not worth mentioning. It sounds and plays great, although I need practice on a fretless. I may end up swapping the tone cap for a .047, the .022 is very subtle (but I rarely touch my tone control anyway so subtle isn't a bad thing for me). I can't wait to hear what you think!
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