Silky999 Posted Sunday at 18:45 Posted Sunday at 18:45 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. 8 Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted Monday at 07:58 Posted Monday at 07:58 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. Quote
Silky999 Posted Monday at 19:15 Author Posted Monday at 19:15 (edited) 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 Monday at 19:19 by Silky999 1 Quote
HeadlessBassist Posted Monday at 19:17 Posted Monday at 19:17 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! Quote
Silky999 Posted 3 hours ago Author Posted 3 hours ago Well that’s the oil sanding finished and just the final coats of Liberon Finishing oil now. The chatoyance on the Sapele is gorgeous and the grain is starting to really come out. The Liberon is such a joy to work with. 2 Quote
Joe Nation Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 4 minutes ago, Silky999 said: chatoyance New word of the day. That's a beauty, if I needed a P I would be very interested in taking it off your hands. Quote
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