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  1. blablas
    Yes they are backwards, but even with this Sidewinder in the bridge position it is still bordering on being too muddy for my liking, I will probably be doing some experiment with a series/parallel switch to see if I can get more mids and highs, and if that does not work out to my liking I might also ad a active preamp.
  2. blablas
    More detail shots.
  3. blablas
    With a neutral background.
  4. blablas
    Setup is done. First pictures of the finished bass:
  5. blablas
    Wiring and shielding is finished. Bass has been signed and the building is finished, all that needs to be done now is setting it up and take detail pictures, and of course playing with it.
  6. blablas
    And the beast has strings. Or... The nut is done.
  7. blablas
    Just able to make some pictures with the last bit of daylight. Still to do: finish the nut, wiring everything up and do the shielding on the lid of the control cavity.
  8. blablas
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/deRFKBY.jpg[/IMG] Shielded the pickup cavities and mounted the single bridge parts. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/yCwYEfE.jpg[/IMG] Mounted the tuners and temporarily placed the pickups for this picture.
  9. blablas
    Frets are crowned and polished, put some furniture oil on the fingerboard.
  10. blablas
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UHZANm9.jpg[/IMG] The oiling is finished. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dSbZshD.jpg[/IMG] Leveled the frets. Next task: fret crowning and polishing.
  11. blablas
    All the holes that needed to be drilled beforehand are done. Might as well show you the front view after two layers of Danish oil, still at least three layers to go on both sides.
  12. blablas
    Just rub it on with a paper towel, wait for roughly five minutes and rub it out with a clean paper towel. Danish oil is really easy to work with and gives a great result, that's why I prefer it over any other product.
  13. blablas
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LdVmL8j.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/j93dpK5.jpg[/IMG] I couldn't resist the urge tonight, the first two layers of Danish oil are on the back.
  14. blablas
    I've been busy for a couple of hours today with sanding the neck and the body, everything is at grain 600 now. After sanding I glued the neck to the body, tomorrow I need to do some final sanding in a few of places and drill all the necessary holes, then I can start putting on the Danish oil.
  15. blablas
    And the heel is fine-tuned.
  16. blablas
    The neck profile shaping is done. The volute is also done. The heel of the neck still needs to be fine-tuned to the body shape.
  17. blablas
    Neck profile shaping is halfway there, I've done enough for today, will be continued tomorrow.
  18. blablas
    [IMG]http://s20.postimg.org/sa0i2hd25/DSC_7097.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://s20.postimg.org/rvz62vsyl/DSC_7100.jpg[/IMG] Roughly shaped the volute.
  19. blablas
    Sawed of the last big chunk of wood, now comes the real fun part: Shaping the volute, the neck profile and the heel.
  20. blablas
    Finished the sides of the frets (pictures follow as soon as the right lighting conditions are available). The first picture of the complete bass.
  21. blablas
    Frets are in place.
  22. blablas
    This headstock shape is my personal thing, I have used this shape (with some small variation) on most of my builds, the ones I didn't use it on were my 'Leo Tribute' and my headless basses.
  23. blablas
    Neck pocket is done. The milling machine on which I do most of the milling.
  24. blablas
    [quote name='steve-soar' timestamp='1383439664' post='2264583'] Built the right way round, but that headstock... [/quote] uhhh... meaning?
  25. blablas
    And a little bit sooner than promised. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4pfmhCK.jpg[/IMG] Drilled the holes for the position dots with the help of a drilling template (blablas is lazy..... and a smart engineer). [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VjWipXz.jpg[/IMG] Dots glued in and leveled.
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