A new challenge

[Freuds_Cat]

Looking very good Rob

[Highlander]

This is a great show... can't wait for the next episode...

[birdie]

That just looks too cool! Am having "issues" w/ my first bass build.....Guess if it was easy, everyone and anyone would do it, right?

[Lightyear]

Been working on the neck profile.
It is almost where I want it to be.

And I sanded the body. But that ain't good enough yet. The flame tends leave a wavy profile on the top.








Looking great!


Have you thought about using a simple cabinet scraper to tame the flame?  A scraper can be used instead of sandpaper and has the added benefit of not clogging the wood pores with saw dust and grit from the sandpaper.

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=19725

It is starting to feel like a bass guitar!

[Basvarken]

Maybe that is an idea for the backside. For the contoured top it isn't very practical I guess.
I'm almost there with sanding anyway

[Lightyear]

Maybe that is an idea for the backside. For the contoured top it isn't very practical I guess.
I'm almost there with sanding anyway

They maked them curved!  Kind of like a french curve drafting tool.  Before there was sand paper there were scapers - the beauty is that it shaves off whispy flakes of wood and you will be able to level wood - much faster than sanding.  Talk to the guys that sold you your finger plane they'll set you up.  And with a scraper you will not dull the flame.

[Dave W]

A french curve scraper would be ideal for this. But since you're almost there, I would save it for next time. It does take some practice to get the scraper's edge done right then some practice to get the hang of using it.

[Lightyear]

Yeah, and be careful how you test the bur!  Not saying that I needed stitches or anyting but I learned my lesson that once

Yes they do take some practice but I mastered them faster than I did my rabbet planes.

[Highlander]

Nobodies lived until they've had at least an inch long splinter, and as for sharp blades... 

My worst is a 3" 10 stitch job on the front of my thigh...

There's gotta be worse than that round here...

[Basvarken]

Okay, it's been a while.
But now I finally made some progress that I can show in the photographs.


- Placed the Mother of Pearl position markers.
- Widened the fret slots. And hammered the frets in.

- Drilled some holes for the rotary switch and the volume pot.
- Plus holes for the string through ferrules.

[Highlander]

Excellent...

What are you going to face the head with, and the inlay... a flying "varken"...? 

[Basvarken]

Haha, yeah I thought about that.
Maybe I will.

[Freuds_Cat]

... a flying "varken"...? 

+1

[Rob]

What a beauty! 

[birdie]

Those staggered through-body holes for the ferrules are the shite! May have to borrow (steal) that!! Bass looks beautiful, really.