benh

Pickups wound and potted

The denim bass looks amazing - watching with interest!

I used D'addario medium scale strings on my 32" basses - available directly from them, and quite well priced. https://www.daddario.com/products/guitar/bass-guitar/xl-chromes-bass/ecb81m-chromes-bass-light-45-100-medium-scale/

I've used decals from www.guitardecals.co.uk on a few occasions and they have been top notch, and reasonably priced

Nearly done!

First update in a while - I've not been very good at documenting this one. Black/brown stain and first coat of hard wax oil done.

Just a cheapie off eBay. Gets the job done though, has proved more useful than I thought - although in hindsight I'm sure I could have just knocked one up from some offcuts and an old c clamp

Having a crack at winding pickups soon. First things first the pre built wonders are silly money, so after countless hours trawling YouTube and forum pages I've knocked one together. It doesn't look pretty 😂 just offcuts screwed together. But it should do the trick!

Done!

Will post my knocked together version of a pickup winder later - starting on an aluminium inlay for the headstock. Using hard wax oil as a finish which in my experience doesn't cover decals very well!

More progress - will be the last update for a little while though. Still figuring out pickups , although the electronics are now sorted - standard volume, blend + tone but with an active buffer.

Following with interest! I have the utmost respect and envy for anyone who can make acoustic instruments. Seems like equal parts skill and witchcraft

Got a bit of time to do some more on this today - fretted and rough cut the neck profile on the bandsaw. Neck carving next

Looks incredible. That body shape is fab

Amazing, looks spot on - love it

Some progress! Learned from my mistakes - will be carving the neck and doing the majority of shaping on the body wings before glueing up this time.

Constructive criticism is always welcomed! Re the headstock, that's exactly what I was going for 🙂 tested a few more outlandish designs and thought they looked daft.

Cheers! Headstock is just a mockup for the moment to determine basic design. Haven't decided yet whether to go for a flat or angled headstock yet - quite like the idea of a flat headstock with a retaining bar for a more consistent break angle

Back at it again. Loved the look of the oak fretboard I did on a previous build, so decided to go all out as a bit of an experiment! Not many pics as of yet but will add more as things go on. Personally I love a medium scale so this will be 32" scale, quarter sawn oak laminated neck, sapele body with quarter sawn oak top, and a padauk fretboard. All gotoh hardware, and having a stab at winding my own pickups for this one!

Looks great!

Just found this topic a week too late, just slapped together a much more, shall we say, rustic version of a pickup winder - really looking forward to seeing how it progresses!

Steff bought some pickups from me - couldn't have been an easier sale, thanks again for an easy and pleasant transaction 🙂