Special Edition Build-Off -- K-Space

[Jon Clegg]

Going to finish up the WBO build that I put on hold to get @Fat Freddy's Special K done. A semi hollow inspired by the Hammersmith Model K

Here's where we're at:

Roasted maple neck, Indian Ebony FB, Maple top, Sapele back EMG MMCS and what? A bass whammy? Well that's one of the options I have on hand for a bridge.

It's either the whammy, a high mass bridge or a tune-o-matic with the strings anchored in the body something like this:

Opinions?

 

[Jon Clegg]

Got a bit of work done on the K-Hole:

 

[Fat Freddy]

Going to finish up the WBO build that I put on hold to get @Fat Freddy's Special K done. A semi hollow inspired by the Hammersmith Model K

Here's where we're at:
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Roasted maple neck, Indian Ebony FB, Maple top, Sapele back EMG MMCS and what? A bass whammy? Well that's one of the options I have on hand for a bridge.

It's either the whammy, a high mass bridge or a tune-o-matic with the strings anchored in the body something like this:

Opinions?

Whammy!.....You know you wanna.........

Damn fine looking bass there....Must belong to a pretty special player....

 

[Jon Clegg]

Yeah, I've always wanted a bass with a whammy!

 

[cholyoke]

What kind of whammy are you using? It looks like it has fine-tuning adjustment screws like a Floyd Rose notaTremolo system.

 

[Jon Clegg]

What kind of whammy are you using? It looks like it has fine-tuning adjustment screws like a Floyd Rose notaTremolo system.

It's an inexpensive one I bought off ebay; A former TB'er had used one on a build so I decided to get one to try. The fine tuning probably doesn't work but the fulcrum setup for the whammy looks functional,

 

[Jon Clegg]

Routs that will be under the top complete:

 

[Fat Freddy]

Routs that will be under the top complete:
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Took me a minute there...

 

[Jon Clegg]

Did a quick little experiment with some black dyed veneer between a sapele scrap and a scrap from the top, then applied some transtint tinted varathane:

Yep, I'm going with the black line.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Black layer glued on, decided to seal the cavity by painting with some black Varathan I had mixed up for a furniture project. Ready to attach the top.

And the great clampening shot:

 

[Jon Clegg]

Roughly trimmed with a bandsaw, I'll bring it in with a robo-sander.

 

[TerribleTim68]

Was the black layer done with one sheet, or a bunch of smaller pieces?

 

[Jon Clegg]

Was the black layer done with one sheet, or a bunch of smaller pieces?

A bunch (7) pieces each 5x7", carefully fit together. Given that the layer is only 1/42" thick there shouldn't be any egregious gaps.

 

[TerribleTim68]

I'm super curious to see how a thin layer like that looks upon finish. I have a bunch of really thin lam sheets that I may or may not want to do something with some day.

 

[Jon Clegg]

I'm super curious to see how a thin layer like that looks upon finish. I have a bunch of really thin lam sheets that I may or may not want to do something with some day.

Scroll up to post #9, I prototyped the sandwich with scraps and small piece of the same veneer, and applied the eventual finish.

 

[Fat Freddy]

'Bout time you did somethin'..........

 

[Jon Clegg]

'Bout time you did somethin'..........

You started de-fretting yet?

 

[Fat Freddy]

You started de-fretting yet?

Well actually, no....but then again, I don't have a nice workshop all set up and ready to go like some.......

Actually have the other half of me bench turning up today though.......

Y'know, since they started prioritizing shipping, just about everything that I'd ordered was sent straight to the back of the line, and quite rightly too, but it's just holding me up a bit, that's all.....

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Whammy!

 

[Jon Clegg]

All trimmed up: