The only things missing from the pic are strings and a jack. Otherwise, that's all of it. The plan is to build the entire bass from those 2 boards. Wenge & maple. Just 2 woods, a single pickup, a volume and tone.
The shape is inspired by the Marleaux Diva, as well as the full length fingerboard. But this one will have frets.
This is a rough estimation with MS paint of what I'm shooting for
I also want to somehow incorporate a gold lion head ring I used to wear two lifetimes ago. It's been sitting in an old tin with some coins and trinkets I've collected over the years and since I'll never wear it again, I thought I'd give it a permanent home in an instrument.
I s'pose that would qualify for the rebirth/renewal theme, but this build will actually be a whole new experience and way of doing things for me. At least as far as personal hobby projects go. It's my first scratch build of a bass and it will be the first time that I'm not trying to be frugal/goofy and building something from junk or partially from repurposed bits & pieces. I'm also looking to keep this in focus, keep all the steps in order and stick to the plan. If I can pull that off, it will truly be a rebirth/renewal and just about a miracle.
I just checked out the other build threads and see that everyone gave much better details.
so,
-34" scale
-4 string
-Gotoh resolites
-24 frets
-stainless frets with zero fret
-aluminum nut and string anchors
-Turner Wal style pickup with series/parallel switch (via @slowburnaz)
-Jtex distiller & Q switch (via @ctmullins)
-5 piece W-m-W-m-W through neck
-chambered wenge body wing cores with maple tops and backs
-wenge never ending fingerboard
-I can't think of anything else at the moment
-oh, possible wood pup cover
-and wood knobs
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