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Made a start on the nut I have lots of ash off cuts so it felt right to make it from that! I have to screw inserts in to those holes for the grub screws which I will use to adjust the height of the nut, the underside of the nut will have metal inserts in the wenge neck to resist the grub screw and push the nut upwards... Got some lacquer on the nut now and will install the inserts tomorrow with the nut completely clamped up to stop the bloody thing exploding.

So in the prototype I made I string thru the back of the bass locking the ball ends then the strings exit through the body on to a bridge saddle which sits in a timber frame very much like the examples Hellzero provided. The worry for me is that the saddles which currently are also wood may wear down over time, but honestly wood is pretty strong stuff, I'm not too worried at the moment, ask me again when it breaks

Thanks for tuning in guys! So only a small update, got the carbon rods and truss rod delivered yesterday so I got them installed today. Nice and tight, although looking at it maybe not enough spread (L-R width) for the 6 strings... will have to watch how it goes, maybe 2 truss rods in the next one! Oh and I've lopped the end off to create my 13 degree headstock angle.

Haha honestly I did try... failed miserably! I'm very interested to hear about this one though... That's upsetting to hear about the Stradi... too expensive to just buy to hang on the wall too...

Turns out this bass building lark is very addictive isn't it? I've made a few basses (8!!) since I built my first one last year, mostly trial and error builds trying different scales, profiles, pup position, wood finishes etc, I've held off doing diaries however as they were never going to be things hung on the wall. This build however could be interesting and I want it for myself to play so I thought I'd share it's progress as I do it; 30" Scale 6 String 24 Frets Singlecut Neckthru Started with this block of Wenge, this will be my central section of the neckthru. I made a bass with part of this board and made the neck from a single piece of the timber, no laminations, mainly to see if it moved and bent under tension / environment and if it could keep straight, after a couple of months it hasn't shifted so I'm reasonably confident I can proceed with just a single piece, it had a truss rod and 2 carbon rods so I'll be doing the same on this. Here I've cut the neckthru out of the wenge block and paired up some European Ash for the wings. I really like the contrast of Wenge and Ash on some other builds I did, so again using it again here. I'm going to be making the bridge and nut from timber on this build and of course the knobs so I thought i'd start with the easiest bit first! They still need an ash dot inlaying in to them and a sleeve and grub screw installing... so plenty of opportunity to mess these up! I'll be doing the truss rod and carbon rod routing next! The journey begins!

X Fodera 👍 X Elrick 👍 Shuker 👍 X Awesome job @eude!

Ooooooh @Hellzero how is/was the Stradi? Love his work! Nice collection too! A few Aries in there? 3 of them?

Well not too many guesses... 👍... 💔😥 Ibanez Fodera Cort Elrick Shuker (well done @Dood) Mine a.k.a Holyrood Park 😄

Got to love a wingbass!!

That bass is lovely!

Here's hopefully a bit of fun for everyone. I am designing a new single cut bass, 6 string, short scale, after I had designed the body shape I couldn't shake the thought of "Haven't I seen this before?" So I grabbed some images of other 6 string single cuts, cut them out, turned them black and lined them up... leads to the question, if you follow basic design principals and design your shape with care do you end up looking like everyone else? So looking at the image below can people guess the bass builder? One of them is mine mixed with 5 other brands. I'll put the results on when there's been a few guesses Have fun

This is looking so so good

I think they were listening... Just had an email that it will all be arriving with me tomorrow!

Out of interest how long did the GW parcel take to get to you and did you get any additional UPS charges upon delivery? My own parcel from GW shipped on the 9th and was held up between Portugal and Spain and then another much longer delay getting it in to the UK, where it's currently down south unmoved. It's totally understandable with the times we live in so I don't mind the wait, like you I have some templates and treated myself to their fret arbor press !! I love this build though, such a brilliant design.

Yep that looks really great! Good work

Need to see more photos of the finish! Looks incredible!

This Wyn example really bugs me, I remember raising the point on the video that he should have at least have had all the samples the same thickness and size, as you say of course they're all going to sound different!! Some are practically veneers!

Thanks for that! Yeah I've never played it "classical" style but sitting on a knee in "normal' position it's fine and I'm doing the same on my new build currently, I love that it's clean and tidy round the back!

Great work! My next job is fretting my new build too! Very neat fret ends! Need to get myself a tang nipper, actually I'll go do that now! Looking very nice!

Ah shame, I think they look great.

This seems to be where I left it, so almost done, but I'm all about my new build currently, hopefully can share soon! Got the fingerboard gluing to the neck now!

The pickup cover looks great!!

Thank you mate. The new build is coming along really nicely, don't want to jinx it just yet, but the body is almost all done and I'll be looking to cut and shape the neck this week, so depending on how well that comes out I'll get something posted up