Beedster

Yep, I have half of it, but I've tried a lot of Tele-headstocked necks and not got on with any of them, mostly too deep. I now have a standard headstock maple/maple neck that sings on the body in question, hence the thread. Body is below, it's going to be stripped back to natural and then blonded. Neck heel will be reshaped to fit the pocket. It's going to be a bloody lovely bass 👍

Not Tazie 🤔

Lovely isn't it mate 👍

And another

But here's a clue......

Or a Beedster Fendercaster, hard to say at this point

It's going to be a Fender Beedstercaster 👍

I'm keeping my own counsel on shape to ensure that when the bass emerges on the forum I can say "this is the 100% shape I was aiming for...."

And why not......?

Norman meets Jaco

Typo, damn, will correct

There's some serious mojo around that whole era of musicians, those that emerged in the 70's but never made it to stardom in TOTP terms - that means that you've always been able to have a pint with them (even Lemmy bought me a pint once, and he probably did meet the TOTP criteria as well). The person I most regret not meeting was Wilko, whose performance of Roxette on OGWT in the early '70s is still for me the definitive rock and roll moment (the "electric mouse on rails" in a band that felt like they had emerged from a "special area of the military" as the presenter had it). These are the guys that played it 'cos they love playing and still play it 'cos they love playing. And a big part of that is the genuine affection and respect they have for the people who come to the gigs. If @ambient isn't going, I'm heading up and having his ticket

Loads of pros, no cons, and some of the best slap ever played is on flats, which are also highly bendable 👍

Nice work @Jean-Luc Pickguard

Don’t you dare not go 😡

It will have a Fender-esque look, I have template and pencil……

I’m about to start a project copying a very specific bass and need to modify the headstock. Jigsaw, spindle sander, something else…..?

Ebanol feels a little colder and less organic to me, ebony and maple less so, rosewood least of all. Ebony is in my opinion the preferable board with rounds and maple with flats, rosewood can be a little tame sounding and I've always felt stifles the string vibration a little

What an odd thread?