Andyjr1515 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Other than the genius of the aluminium insert, the use of your drill jig and, of course, the perfect final sizes and finish you manage to get, I make mine in a similar way One question, though. Do you ever suffer the bottom cylinder sections splitting when you insert the inserts? I lose around 20% of my bottom sections where they just burst open along the grain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 (edited) Hi Andy. Didn’t have any issues with the bottom sections splitting in these. I drilled the hole with a 10mm Forstner bit - the inserts pushed nicely into this with out much force. I then secured them with CA glue. I think if I had drilled at 9.5mm (which is what I was initially thinking) they might have split. I was looking back for the thread where you made some previously but couldn’t find it so this is what I came up with. I did try some experiments at first trying to cut out the knobs with a hole saw but that was, er, less than successful shall we say!! Cheers Edited June 5, 2022 by Jabba_the_gut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Jabba_the_gut said: Hi Andy. Didn’t have any issues with the bottom sections splitting in these. I drilled the hole with a 10mm Forstner bit - the inserts pushed nicely into this with out much force. I then secured them with CA glue. I think if I had drilled at 9.5mm (which is what I was initially thinking) they might have split. I was looking back for the thread where you made some previously but couldn’t find it so this is what I came up with. I did try some experiments at first trying to cut out the knobs with a hole saw but that was, er, less than successful shall we say!! Cheers Hmmm...that maybe my issue. I probably am using 9.5 hoping that the inserts will cut their grooves cleanly...but I think there's probably a bit more brute force involved I'll try 10 next time. Also, I use a plug cutter - but they are not great. I like your home-made lathe idea. Consider it stolen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si600 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 You're stealing Jez's home made lathe? Horrible man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 52 minutes ago, Si600 said: You're stealing Jez's home made lathe? Horrible man! It's a dog eats someone else's sausages world out there... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted June 6, 2022 Share Posted June 6, 2022 Page 5 of this thread was like the knob Forsyte Saga wasn't it? Or The Knobsyte Saga even. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stub Mandrel Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 10 hours ago, Frank Blank said: Page 5 of this thread was like the knob Forsyte Saga wasn't it? Or The Knobsyte Saga even. More like Knobinson Crusoe, the serial on every summer holiday where you never got to see the end because it was a week longer than the summer holidays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 A little detail finished - an aluminium thumb nail cover opener thing. This is what will be the back of the second bass. It needs to be flattened before I do anything with it as it has cupped slightly since I bought it a year or two back. Should look alright though!! In the meantime, other bits of wood have been turning up so they can stand for a good while before I work on them. Nice slab of ash which will become a Telecaster shape (might be a bass, might be a guitar - no, no, no you say...) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jabba_the_gut said: A little detail finished - an aluminium thumb nail cover opener thing. That"s wild, emailing you with a rough graphic of an idea and there it is, made, brilliant! Edited July 6, 2022 by Frank Blank 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Jabba_the_gut said: It needs to be flattened before I do anything with it as it has cupped slightly since I bought it a year or two back. Should look alright though!! Might be as well to leave it cupped or even cup it more, my beer belly is in reluctant agreement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 On 07/06/2022 at 10:17, Stub Mandrel said: More like Knobinson Crusoe, the serial on every summer holiday where you never got to see the end because it was a week longer than the summer holidays. I missed Knobinson Crusoe because I was too engrossed in Mary, Mungo and Knob and Captain Knobwash, obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Guitarist Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 (edited) May I ask where you source the brass inserts? <removed poor attempt at humour> Edited July 7, 2022 by Random Guitarist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpondonBassed Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 That's a classy touch. Very pleasing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba_the_gut Posted August 19, 2022 Author Share Posted August 19, 2022 I've had a lot going on recently outside of the bass world but finally got a few hours on this today. This was divided into two hours assembling this for the first time and an hour playing it!! Got a little bit of fettling (the bridge needs raising slightly on the treble side) but apart from that it sounded rather pleasing!! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Jabba_the_gut said: ...but apart from that it sounded rather pleasing!! Oh my lordy lord. I love that blank headstock, absolute class. Edited August 19, 2022 by Frank Blank 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkleygit Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Another absolute stunner, won’t be long now Frank, actually words alone don’t do justice to a Jabba bass !!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Just now, wrinkleygit said: Another absolute stunner, won’t be long now Frank, actually words alone don’t do justice to a Jabba bass !!!!! Absolutely. It was playing yours that got me in this mess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkleygit Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Frank Blank said: Absolutely. It was playing yours that got me in this mess! Best decision I have ever made !!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 minute ago, wrinkleygit said: Best decision I have ever made !!!! ...and from the above it looks like it's the best decision I ever made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 I know it would make it top amongst equals...but that has to be best yet of this series... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezbass Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Sooo jealous of Frank. Fantastic build skills on display from Jabba again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Dreamy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Amazing. For fear of offending I'd say it reminds me of a Ritter but with class. Great job 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 1 hour ago, ezbass said: Sooo jealous of Frank. Fantastic build skills on display from Jabba again. The fretted spalted Jabba bass I bought (to tide me over until I have these two beauts) has fully converted me. As I've said before countless times I was (or so I thought) perfectly happy with the Rob Allen until I played @wrinkleygit's Jabba Fretless, I couldn't believe anything could top it but the Jabba bass was better and clearly so. The fingerboard and necks are divine, as is the rest of the bass. Despite having asked specifically for thumb rests, I've found the design kind of makes you play over the bottom of the fingerboard which sounds lush. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Blank Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 It's 00:16 and I've just read this entire thread from start to finish twice and, guess what? I'm going to read it again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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