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The Mermaid Bass: First Progress Report
- Thread starter BassUrges
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It's there. You'll always know it's there, and at some level the memory of it will be there even after it's fixed perfectly, if you fix it perfectly. Welcome to the hell that making can make your mind into ;-) Try to pay more attention to what other people notice positively about it rather than only thinking of the flaws, most of which only you know about.
I would stress the fact that it's a new and unique design
, and you may well have taken on a number of "new to you things" to pull it off; I would strongly advise letting it (and you) settle for a while, or perhaps for good; You COULD spend a lot of effort remaking this one, but it might be 80-120% the effort that "Mermaid Bass Mark II" from scratch would be, with everything you've learned applied, would be. And with no risk to what you have achieved on Mark I.
...then both of them can inform where you choose to go on Mark III
I would stress the fact that it's a new and unique design
, and you may well have taken on a number of "new to you things" to pull it off; I would strongly advise letting it (and you) settle for a while, or perhaps for good; You COULD spend a lot of effort remaking this one, but it might be 80-120% the effort that "Mermaid Bass Mark II" from scratch would be, with everything you've learned applied, would be. And with no risk to what you have achieved on Mark I. ...then both of them can inform where you choose to go on Mark III
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A creator always knows where his work's flaws are, but most viewers are generally none the wiser. That doesn't mean they're stupid, it just means that the viewer will always see it in a different light than you will. Believe me, I've been there.
Maidmer - the other halves of the maid and the fish...somehow just never as popular?
Cuttlefish bass could be pretty cool. Might lead towards Squid bass and Cthulhu bass though.
Cuttlefish bass could be pretty cool. Might lead towards Squid bass and Cthulhu bass though.
I had versions facing the other way in my early studies, but this way it can create almost a P-bass outline.
Those look great!
They look fine. The terrifying part lies ahead: routing out the ebony board that is attached to an otherwise-almost-finished neck.
I have a Dremel burr that has visible damage from being used to cut the holes for the side dots, so I'm not totally sure how I'm going to do that next part.
If I had access to a laser cutter, I could make a set of cutting guides. But the laser cutter is at the library, and the library, as far as I can tell, is closed until we cure death. So I may free-hand it or I may think about making cutting guides on the mill. Or I may just cower for a few months.
