A fruitful day…..

[Silky999]

I spent the day turning this piece of Sapele;

 

into this Precision Bass body;

 

It will be for sale soon on BC probably with EMG pickups and preamp and Wenge neck??? 
 

The body finish will be hand sanded finishing oil to as much of a gloss as I can get. I think it’s going to be a beauty. 

[Beedster]

Lovely 👍

[Hellzero]

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[HeadlessBassist]

With the pattern drawn on the original piece of Sapele, I thought you were making a Flying V for a moment!

 

The body shape looks excellent - are you doing it all from templates? The curved edges look really good.

[Silky999]

Yeah, I am using templates for the body shape at the moment until I get my eye in. The curved edges are a 12.7mm round over router bit (no template) and I did the comfort cut by eye and hand with a Shinto and sanding. The comfort cut is not very pronounced as I quite like the more subtle less angled style
 

I have P bass and Jazz bass templates so can do either. I’m not brave enough to try necks yet so will keep using the Chinese ones for the time being until I can get a radius jig, fretting cutting jig, truss rod jig etc. It’s all so bloody expensive!

 

It does mean that I am not limited to pre cut bodies now so in theory can use any wood I can source. 

Edited 2 hours ago by Silky999

[HeadlessBassist]

1 minute ago, Silky999 said:

Yeah, I am using templates for the body shape at the moment until I get my eye in. The curved edges are a 12.7mm round over router bit (no template) and I did the comfort cut by eye and hand with a Shinto and sanding. 
 

I have P bass and Jazz bass templates so can do either. I’m not brave enough to try necks yet so will keep using the Chinese ones for the time being until I can get a radius jig, fretting cutting jig, truss rod jig etc. It’s all so bloody expensive!

 

Not forgetting the CNC cutting machine!

[Silky999]

I would love a CNC machine!!!