Winter Build Off 2022 - Explorer Bass

[Flamingo21]

Is February in the Netherlands generally a good time to work outside?

Well, it's the coldest month of the year, in a country known for ice skating.

So what I'm hoping for, in defiance of ice lovers, is temperatures just above freezing point, and no rain. Especially not that dreary rain that feels very cold and tends to last for days.

 

[Matt Liebenau]

Well, it's the coldest month of the year, in a country known for ice skating.

So what I'm hoping for, in defiance of ice lovers, is temperatures just above freezing point, and no rain. Especially not that dreary rain that feels very cold and tends to last for days.

That’s kind of what I thought but I don’t live there so I might have been wrong…

 

[TerribleTim68]

…. Especially not that dreary rain that feels very cold and tends to last for days.

We call that “Washington”.

 

[Flamingo21]

Jack cavity ....

..... linked to the control cavity.

 

[Flamingo21]

Since this bass is a GSO, or Gibson Shaped Object, I'll give it a Gibson style tug bar. Here I'm planing some ebony on a primitive router jig:

 

[TerribleTim68]

Jack cavity ....
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..... linked to the control cavity.
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I started singing the song.....

"Jack cavity is connected to the, control cavity....
Control cavity is connected to the, pickup cavity..."

 

[Beej]

I started singing the song.....

"Jack cavity is connected to the, control cavity....
Control cavity is connected to the, pickup cavity..."

Oh. Yeah. That's not going to be stuck in my head all day. Thanks Tim.

 

[Reno2]

I started singing the song.....

"Jack cavity is connected to the, control cavity....
Control cavity is connected to the, pickup cavity..."

Please tell me that I got that reference and that there's a three headed monkey behind me...

 

[Flamingo21]

Rigged for filing.

And here we are. The bottom of the neck pocket needs some more work.

It's a fit!

 

[Bent77]

Woo!

 

[Videojunkie]

BSO FTW!

 

[Flamingo21]

Errrrm... Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra for the win?

 

[TerribleTim68]

Errrrm... Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra for the win?

"Bass Shaped Object"

 

[Flamingo21]

Bass shaped??


Hmmmmm.... Now that you mention it...

 

[Flamingo21]

Finding the correct place for the bridge.

And yes, the saddles will move over the head of the screw. So I have all that travel available for the E string.

Now to agonize over which knobs to use.

 

[Mickey666]

Finding the correct place for the bridge.
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And yes, the saddles will move over the head of the screw. So I have all that travel available for the E string.
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Now to agonize over which knobs to use.
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I'm digging the wood knobs myself

 

[Matt Liebenau]

First choice for me would be the bottom picture. Second would be the middle picture. Fortunately knobs are easy to experiment with.

 

[NKBassman]

Now to agonize over which knobs to use.

The second one gets my vote, no question.

 

[RichterScale]

Black hardware and transparent red PG,.....
I feel like one of the black knobs would get it.

 

[Flamingo21]

I know for sure that I won't know for sure until everything else is installed.