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So .... I'm building a bass


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here I am reducing the wood depth with a Forstner bit. The body is too thick for my dad's bandsaw, and it doesn't have the best blade, so I have to help it a bit

 

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Then I flattened both sides and got to the desired depth.

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Body shape sorted with template. Half done here. 

 

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1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said:

Pickguard in the same material as the markers?

Nope. I'm making a single ply white one. As I've mentioned before, I don't think that the final look I am going for is going to be popular. I may not even post the final bass pic!

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Last of the recent jobs, shaping the end of the fretboard. A bit chipped away which was a bit annoying. I may fix it up or I may just leave it. My instruments are always to just be played rather than be perfect so I'm not massively bothered.

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I've been a bit lazy with updates, and I forget to take pix at times, but there has been progress ...

Basic neck shaping:

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A bit of a jump as I forgot to take pix, but it's shaped, varnished and tuners added:

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Headstock - router split a bit off at the top early on! Oh well, I ain't a pro and I ain't that fussy!

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I spent ages checking and double checking bridge placement and here I am drilling the holes. After all that I wasn't happy with the placement so I filled these and re-drilled new ones! bl**dy amateur!

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This is the pickguard paper template stuck onto the plastic. Took a lot of faffing getting the shape how I wanted.

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And this is the basic cutout, done with jigsaw, files, sanding etc. I have now worked out and marked pickup placement.

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Pickup holes sorted. I also used this as a template to mark the routes on the body.

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As the Precision pickup is under the pickguard I just routed it out freehand. I made a template for the Jazz pickup though. I actually made two, the first one wasn't good enough. The second one wasn't great, but good enough for me.

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And here's them both done. Hopefully to the correct depth! you can also see where I moved the bridge back on this one.

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I've actually had the bass assembled a few times to try out around the house with no sound. I'm loving it! It's actually quite a wrench to pull it apart again and sort the next stage out. Dare I say that it is turning out better than I expected.

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