Guitarbuild.co.uk Bass #3

[anzoid]

Having completed two other Guitarbuild.co.uk basses (https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/478420-guitarbuildcouk-bass/ and https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/490058-nbd-guitarbuildcouk-bass-2) I wanted to do (at least) one more. Body and neck were ordered and arrived yesterday. Parts for the build have been trickling in over the last few months as I found the bits I wanted.

Once again, the whole process working with Jasmine at Guitarbuild.co.uk was smooth from start to finish and the body and neck are everything I hoped for. The body, like the other two, is the P-bass body, except this time it's actually going to have a P-bass pickup :gasp: Main wood is alder with a swamp ash veneer from the special collection. Neck is two piece flamed maple - and it's gorgeous. All black hardware is going to be Hipshot B-bridge, licensed Hipshot 1/2" ultralights, Hipshot three-way string retainer and Schaller straplock buttons. Pickup is going to be a Tonerider TRP1 with a special custom @KiOgon wiring loom - John made me a completely modular P-bass loom that I can easily wire up with or without either volume or tone pot. First config will be pickup straight to the output and only if I don't like that will I start drilling holes in the body. Current plan is to finish the body in clear Wudtone (like the other two basses) though I have toyed with the idea of doing either Olympic white, or... orange. Thoughts on that??

So, without further ado... photos before I get started doing anything:

Edited May 17 by anzoid

[Pea Turgh]

I’m usually be up for oly white, but that veneer should be visible!

 

What about a walnut shade of stain?

 

Looks awesome, BTW.

[Mykesbass]

+1 for the visible veneer. See-through blond would be my take.

[anzoid]

I have to confess the original inspiration was one of the new Joe Dart basses, but things do seem to be heading in a slightly different direction because I had some black Hipshot tuners kicking around from when BTN Music sold a whole lot of Hipshot stuff off cheap a year or so ago. So... decided to go with with black rather than chrome, the Tonerider pickup has black covers, but may change those...

 

I think I agree on visible veneer. I started with the Wudtone finish and although I wasn't 100 sure after the first coat, it's starting to look good. The grain of the veneer has darkened, as has the alder of the rest of the body. Now waiting for a new batch of finish as I finished off what was left over from the last build.