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Ay may zing !

Im keen to try this method aswell, seems to be working very well for you in any case. Do you do front and back all at once or one side at a time?

Ah thought as much.. Looks like it'll be worth it though!

Looking good! How much did that camphor top set you back if you dont mind my asking? It really is pretty.

I like that design better, more balanced as you said. Looking forward to following this build!

Any Neusers out there? Heres my courage 5. In pretty beat up condition but im hoping to be pimping it sometime this year...

Refinished my rbx 270j this summer. Probably gonna redo a couple of things if i get some time on my hands but here it is

Here's my fretless build. Kind of wonky but i think it has a charm to it.

Great guide, thanks for that! That guitar is beautiful

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More than happy to post the techniques I've picked up along the way if they are of any interest...

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Greatly appreciated!

Looking good! Will follow the fretting closely as that job is coming up for me later on in my build... Im a bit nervous about it tbh

That looks great, well done!

Thanks Andy!

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Yamaha RBX270J.

So good I bought two!

About £100 used.
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Was My first bass. Ridiculously easy to play.

I have this record
http://www.discogs.com/Dillard-Crume-And-The-Soul-Rockers-Singing-The-Hits-Of-Today/release/1935602

Its in the James Brown funk bag. Pretty good i think

Thanks for the replys all! Appreciate the ideas regarding headstock but in the end I opted for a little more traditional-looking type. Ive only roughed out the shape for now as i still havent shaped the neck to width.



Ive bound the fretboard and body (sort of) with wenge strips. I also made an inlay block out of ovangkol for the 12th fret. Not glued in yet but the scary routing of the fretboard is out of the way (for now).




Also got started on the back carve


And lastly Im making a dowel out of ovangkol that, if it works out, will be used for dot inlays. What I did was drill a hole in a swedish krona and now im pushing the ovangkol through.


Happy holidays!

I was kind of a late bloomer, started off making hiphop beats when i was 17 but i never could find samples to fit the bass sounds i was hearing in my head. Bought a bass when i was about 20. In time i traded all of the samples for genuine instruments, buying drums, saxophones, flutes etc but the bass came first.

Bass builders and the women that puts up with them...

The live takes of the bottle and Home is where the hatred is on the Its your world record are some of my favorite jams 👍

That looks tasty what kind of finish are you using?

I like the symmetry of the grain on the back carve if you get my meaning!

Real jazz is in the ear of the behearer

also this is a fav line of mine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OjuCA-SsJM
bass played by ron carter if im not mistaken

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO_x3yUVgRM"]https://www.youtube....h?v=hO_x3yUVgRM[/url]

Mwandishi period Hancock is really good IMO, nice bass playing by Buster Williams

Or how bout some sun ra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_KLSKSX2PM

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5vRHbQoTlc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=L5vRHbQoTlc[/url]

Glad you like it! Snows all melted away and the bass is coming along...

Thing ive done since last;
Glued up the neck with some veneers and a back block.
Sawed out some thin bits from the big limba chunk i had left to be used on headstock and back cavity cover.
Got started on body shaping... not entirely sure where it'll end up but im having fun

Neck





Body