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de afwerking mk3-6 - A build diary.


blablas
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Sawed the neck to thickness and finally could get a go at doing my favorite part of bass building: The volute.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/qdwuKpc.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Yy4UpBc.jpg[/IMG]
Still in a bit of a rough shape though, further refining will come once I start final shaping of the complete back of the neck.

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[quote name='blablas' timestamp='1379181321' post='2209609']
It's only a matter of taking away the material you don't want. ;)
[/quote]

Ah! You mean remove anything that doesn't look like an elephant, right? That's how they make statues of elephants at any rate, so I thought maybe there was something similar going on here. :D

Anyway, amazing, amazing work!

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A few close-ups of the fretwork (someone asked for them on a [url="http://www.basgitaarforum.nl/index.php"]Dutch forum[/url], might as well place them here to).
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tBI5IiO.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RyDKR3A.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/R8saHXo.jpg[/IMG]

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Finished sanding the back of the neck and the headstock.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/j6j9S2E.jpg[/IMG]
Before I did that I decided to modify the neck profile a little bit, it's slightly asymmetrical now.

Also put on a layer of Danish oil (except for the still to glue neck heel), now it won't get dirty any more, and I was just curious how it was going to look.
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/I7cx1Dx.jpg[/IMG]

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One thing I'm curious about with semi-hollow instruments is that how you get all the electronics into the cavities and joined up. You've created a fairly big compartment for the leccy stuff, but I'd still apprecaite descriptions of how you get all your wires from A to B.

Edit: Having thought a bit about the shape of your bass, it does look like it will be easy to wire up. It's a bit more the ES335 and similar shapes that look a bit fiddly to wire up to me.

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