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  1. kodiakblair
    Very affordable Tony. All told I was £600 🙂 £330 to Mark for the build and for supplying fret wire/ truss rod and a blank of bone for the nut; the rest was on me. The costly items for me were the Bloodstone pickup and the Gotoh bridge, nearly half the parts/material budget for those 2 😀 I'd bought the panga panga neck/fret board blanks and the utile for the body a few year back, they came from a timber merchant. Same story for the walnut drop top. You can make some pretty serious savings on parts/materials by avoiding any suppliers with the words "Guitar", "Luthier" or "Tonewood" in their trading name 🤣
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    Errr, I forgot a few, it's actually 16 including the variants . Memory has never been my strong point 😄
  3. kodiakblair
    Thanks @LeftyJ I'd been looking at those gorgeous basses built by Alpine over in France.
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    6 counting just the single coils, rising to 13 if I include the variants 😊
  5. kodiakblair
    Took possession of this lovely a couple of hours back 🤩 Built for me by the extremely talented, and local, Mark Provan of Bonnywood Guitars in a remarkably short space of time. Link to the build diary is below.
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    Updates coming thick and fast. Just the set up to go 🙂 Here I'll admit to being more than a little excited 😀
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    No idea how to play a guitar but I'd love one like this.
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    When I arrived at his place, clutching both TIs and La Bella's, the wiring was done. What a sight to behold
  9. kodiakblair
    Had a message from Mark this morning, asking for strings as he's about to start cutting the nut. Oh my, it's gorgeous.
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    I tend to avoid Amazon purchases, if I want something cheap I'll buy from Ali-Ex. 10 - 12 day wait for delivery hasn't killed me yet 🙂
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    Glad to hear that Tim 🙂
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    JB had some input but the design was down to Jim DeCola. When Jim later moved on to Fender there was a few folk waiting to greet him, they'd used a Palaedium neck when designing the Geddy Lee bass 🙂 The necks are quite thin front to back. Vowed I'd apply myself and become accustomed to it 😄 Like most of my 'vows', that joined the to-do list and the Palaedium has been stored in the cupboard ever since 😕
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    Compared to a Northern Ash jazz bass it probably is mega light. That said I doubt the Fazley is 'Basswood', it's just a blanket term for several lookalike timbers. Most East Asian basswood is Lime/Linden since it's plentiful over there, about 20 varieties. Limes are generally heavier and harder than American Basswood.
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    Just weighed the surf green Fazley guitar I converted to a short scale bass, with a 30.25" all maple neck and chunky bridge it's 9lb. Based on that I'd guess 9.5lb to 10lb.
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    Aye, he's doing a grand job. I don't suppose I can claim any credit for supplying the timber 😄
  16. kodiakblair
    Aye, turned out lovely 🙂 Just in from work, Mark has sent me these photos with a wee note saying he thinks it's time to leave things to settle for a couple of weeks .
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    Certainly does, much better than the black one I threw together last month 🙂 In my defence it's not a serious build, American lad messaged me about sound clips with different pickups in the P-bass spot. He mentioned Sting's new toy, I had a WRHB so pupped it in the pickup test bass. Vast swimming pool cavity is hidden below a plate.
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    This is 6 week of a 3 month build estimate and I'm sure you'll agree Mark is doing a great job 🙂 I'd say no more updates until it's nearer completion, doubt anyone is interested in seeing 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc coats of oil 😀 The man is well on track with my build so can tackle other jobs, if you'd like to see those other jobs please check out his Facebook page 👍 https://www.facebook.com/BonnyWoodInstruments
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    Now the neck lived up to the 'Bonny wood' logo, body takes that up a notch or two.
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    First coat of oil to the neck.
  21. kodiakblair
    Cheeky wee logo. Etched then filled with shiny stuff 🙂
  22. kodiakblair
    On to frets next. Fret ends dressed and sealed.
  23. kodiakblair
    Router and sanding followed. With that done there was a trial fit.
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    Hey Presto.
  25. kodiakblair
    The keen eyed will see work had also been done on the droptop. Then it was time to join the two 🙂
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