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Isolation Build - time to experiment!


Chopthebass

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I always fancied a Mayones Cali 4 mini bass. Great build and great looks. And they sound good too. But thought I would make my own five string mini bass with a few differences. The Cali is 17" scale,  same as 12 fret onwards on a 34". I am going for an 18.5" scale (equiv to a 37"). Like Mayones, I am using offcuts that are too small to make a full size bass.

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Figuring out the headphone amp installation. The two mini jacks will be accessible on the top wing once I undercut a slot with my router. You may notice this is black walnut. I decided to make two basses. I’ll do the walnut first before I work on the burl

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5 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Looks great - but what are we looking at here ref the two wings in the previous pics?

I’m building 2 Basses. The first pics are alder back with cottonwood burl top. I decided to finish the solid black walnut bass first. So pics are now walnut wings.

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10 hours ago, Chopthebass said:

Fingerboard now has satin lacquer, then the frets were installed. I pre-polished them, and I’ll do them again after they have been levelled. 

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Do you always paint before fretting? I have bern fretting then lacqeur. Git getting it off the frets!😥

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