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Headless Steinbergeresque


Dom in Dorset
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Apologies for absence, I'm back now.
You may remember my compact lightweight festival bass? (a cheap , disposable and easy to transport bass for festival gigs)
It ended up (after several re-workings) looking like this:

Time passes, I gigged with it a lot over the last year or two but I can certainly do better. I've bought a headless kit and I'm working on it's higher quality and less disposable replacement.

I'm experimenting with body shapes , I'll make a plywood mock up before actually getting wood (fnar fnar)

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[quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1443941599' post='2878756']
Looks a nice piece of wood :)
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Thanks!It's cherry You won't see that but though! It will have another piece (just as nice) on top to cover the chamber that I routed out today:

The bottom end is lop sided, this is because once it has a strap button the two sides will be equal and it will stand up straight if leaned against an amp.

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More contouring and control chamber routing. The wood will turn red/brown when oiled.

Trial fitting of the top

Eric- The twin was my main bass for a couple of years , in the end I decided that I was better off with one higher quality bass (I'm playing a Jazz these days) the parts were used to make a fretless that I still use from time to time and the fretted neck will end up on this.
I've stacked all the parts + strings on the scales and the bass should weigh less than 4 1/2 lb.

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Finalizing the layout:

The slightly odd neck pickup position came about because of the earlier attempt at a compact bass. I accidentally bought a 24 fret neck with a very long heel. This prevented fitting the neck pickup in the usual place, I moved it down a little and it's closer to a P pickup position. It seemed to give more bass than a conventional jazz and I've stuck with it for this bass (I'm re-using the pickups too) .It also helps fit in with the lower cutaway. The knobs are off a defunct effects pedal and are only 16mm in diameter.

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[quote name='yorks5stringer' timestamp='1444520327' post='2883858']
Looking good, this is what I did with a knackered Hohner Stick Bass a few years ago.


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I've still got it. Haven't played it in a while.

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