HazBeen

It literally absorbs everything, much like a black hole. Perhaps it is ..... Logo goes on headstock

Good day today! Took a day off from work to get a few things sorted (and have a lie in ). - Pickup and control cavity painted with conductive paint - Nut sorted - Tuners sorted - Prepped fretboard for fretting - Settled on where I am going to put the Infinite Bass logo

Yet another save

And we are indeed back on track 😎 Bit of tweaking to do when the correct ferrules come in (these are 14mm, I want 15mm). The neck is on, and it is tight.

I think we are back on track. Absolutely took no chances and threaded the holes first, then screwed in the (cr@p) ferrules and let them protrude 1mm so I could position the block perfectly. The maple block is on a slight diagonal, giving a bit more “meat” on the bass side. Once dry I will trim flush and adapt the neck pocket. Crisis averted, lesson learnt.

Pretty much that, instead of cutting they clearly have expanded the wood. The thread on them is very fine, which is the issue. Horrible things that I will never use again, but we are where we are..... I took 4mm of the top wood to get it flush with the body. I should’ve done that after doing the ferrules so cannot blame these ferrules (however horrible they are). Now it is about solving the issue, and this fix will absolutely work and once the neck is on all will be fine.

The saga continues as I have also identified a hairline crack on the other corner. I should not have thinned the heel before installing the ferrules....... you live an learn I really do not want to redo the neck and have hatched a cunning plan create some more meat. I will glue a 1cm deep, heel wide and 5mm thick piece of maple to the bottom of the heel and trim flush with the heel. I will then carefully route a 5mm deep cavity in the neck pocket. The heel extension will fit in the cavity, locking the neck in place and I then fix the neck with the bolts as per plan. I have “illustrated” in the attached pic.

This build is fighting me. Maybe it’s the curfew (need to be indoors by 9pm or risk a fine), maybe it is me but I am facing lots of little issues. Put in threaded inserts in the neck today. I am using some new ones (not my regular ones). Ended up with a hairline fracture in one of the corners... feck.... it does not run right through to the top of the heel (the bit you can see) thankfully as I stopped as soon as I saw the gap opening up. I will run a little glue into the crack, fill the hole (dowel), redril (slightly larger) and put the thread back in. Then we should be good. No pics today, just a few emoji’s 😳 ☹️😩😡🤬

Has a Mirka and then routes the slot with a Dremel..... gotta love it Well done!

Rough carved the neck, radiused the fretboard and thicknessed the heel.

The moment you realise you are getting excited because a fellow builder has a Mirka. So does that mean I am allowed to buy one?

Love it!

Great work @Andyjr1515. I would add the carbon fiber regardless. It is not hugely expensive and it will pretty much do away with any risk of the bow returning. My 2 pennies. And you can use your router again

I am happy enough, this was a bit of a test so cannot complain.

No time today, but just popped in the workshop to do a quick mock up. I am rather liking the mahogany/wenge/maple thing! Moving my focus back to the neck, carving, radiusing, fretting, dressing, nut, tuners etc. all need doing.

Fickle as feck these builders 😳😎😂

Slow progress, pickup cover done (and cavity routed, although I forgot to snap the cavity...).

Progress slowed down due to curfew .... Anyway, I decided to work with what I have and I am creating a pick cover/ramp in Mahogany, Maple Top and Wenge sides. Don’t ask me why, but it felt a good idea at the time now I do not have enough Wenge left for a Wenge cap. Maple cap glued on, phase 2 is the wenge side. Once dry I will sand to size on my oscillating belt sander thingy.

You could also route 2 channels and insert bits of wood that run from the neck, across the joint, into the headstock. A lighter option There is very little wood left as is, although a good glue up is stronger than wood, you will need to strengthen.

Getting close

On the whole I think this is such a cool build. I was skeptical about 3 larger pickups in a compact body, but it just works. And the build itself is just lush.

I think it looks gorgeous! Agreed on a dry body it can be very difficult to spot little dents and inconsistencies. I often use a damp cloth to highlight.

I want to only use left overs ..... maple cap it is

Drat..... dropped the wenge...FFS.