NBD - one year in the making

[STYX]

Finally finished my home-built bass after pretty exactly one year (build thread here.)
Some setup work left to do but it's playable already.

Maple set neck and Alder body, rosewood fretboard, split coil pickup. Currently tuned to C standard.
So excited!

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[dubkitty]

more pix!

[STYX]

more pix!

With pleasure! You'll have to wait until tomorrow, though.

[edit:]Or whenever attachments are working again...

[STYX]

OMG pix!!!
(all clickable for larger size)

The very thick neck, may not even need the trussrod. I'm tempted to get the file out again and thin it down - maybe in a few months time?

[STYX]

I do like how the picture below turned out.

Since then I've installed the trussrod cover.

[STYX]

And now for the not so glamorous shots.

As I mentioned in the build thread, the cross grain cuts proved a problem for the lacquer with lots of pin sized holes appearing. Also note the slight bleed onto the binding.

If you look closely you can see the edge of the neck heel extending into the body here:

[hbombgraphics]

nice work dude, that looks so sweet.

what is the width of the body?

[STYX]

Thanks!

The body is 4.5cm thick and 33cm across (1.75"/13") , which is the same as a p bass, I believe.

[dubkitty]

you can find instruments with worse flaws than that being sold in the shops as professional grade instruments. that's an admirable job, especially for a first build. maybe someday i'll have the guts to build something from scratch. well done!

[Chankgeez]

Yeah, I dig it.

Nice work.

I like thick necks. I'd say keep it the way it is unless it's too uncomfortable for you.

[dubkitty]

I LIKE THICK NECKS AND I CANNOT LIE

[STYX]

you can find instruments with worse flaws than that being sold in the shops as professional grade instruments. that's an admirable job, especially for a first build. maybe someday i'll have the guts to build something from scratch. well done!

Yeah, that having the guts thing. It took me 3 months agonising over getting the neck blank rectangular and sawing the wood to get the headstock face - never mind cutting the outline or routing the trussrod channel. It did get easier as I went along. Still, I recommend it; the feeling of achievement every step of the way is great.

Re: the thick neck: I did want a thicker neck to take some pressure off the thumb but it takes some getting used to. It feels very strange switching between this and my Jet King with the typically skinny Ibanez neck.

[theavondon]

GAUGEOUS