So I started this a few months back but its been sitting pretty for a while but I think I might make progress soon so I decided to start a thread for it. Here´s the sketch, not all planned out but basically this is what I´m going for
What it is;[list]
[*]8 strings, octave formation
[*]28´´ scale
[*]Thuya top and back
[*]wenge and limba accent stripes (the way I glued these up, I´ll be surprised if I don´t have a few gaps... we´ll see)
[*]mahogany center
[*]mahogany/maple/purpleheart neck... to scarf or not to scarf, that be the question...
[*]Fretboard will be bubinga
[*]I might try making my own bridge... or just buy one of them schallers
[*]will string it up with flats for all eight strings
[*]pickups will be some random jazzbasspups I have lying around
[*]Black Sperzel locking tuners for the real strings and sperzel copys for the alternative strings
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hmmm, anything else?
gluing up the mahogany core
Here´s the neck and fretboard. The maple stringers are a bit uneven thickness wise. I´ll probably be able to hide the worst of it under the fb
Here´s the wood used for the top/back (bookmatched since this picture was taken) and the fretboard
That´s it for now!