The Battering Ram
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:18 am
At least, that's what I'm calling it in my head.
A few years back, I got a Jazz bass neck, because I love Jazz bass necks, and I thought I'd do something with it someday.
Then a year or so ago, a luthier friend stopped by with a body blank - he knew I had the neck, and thought I should do something with it. I kicked around ideas for a while, thinking about some kind of weird Teuffel-like sharkfin body, but it just wasn't gelling.
Then a month or so ago, it hit me. I worked up the sketch in a day, ran it by some people to make sure I wasn't crazy (or that they were as crazy as I am), and then printed it out at size to see if it would fit the blank nicely. And it does.
So, for now at least, I'm calling it The Battering Ram. I have no idea what pace this thing is going to proceed at, but I thought putting it up here would give me a little extra motivation to keep things moving.
The picguard and pickup arrangements are still somewhat flexible, but I've decided I officially dig the body shape. Obvs, it's an unholy morph of Jazz & Ric... I'm thinking that some of the contouring will reflect that as well. Like the horns will have the flat face from Rics, but the waist & rear of the body will contour back like a Jazz, since that's where my arm usually ends up. We'll see - that will all develop on the bench as well.
A few years back, I got a Jazz bass neck, because I love Jazz bass necks, and I thought I'd do something with it someday.
Then a year or so ago, a luthier friend stopped by with a body blank - he knew I had the neck, and thought I should do something with it. I kicked around ideas for a while, thinking about some kind of weird Teuffel-like sharkfin body, but it just wasn't gelling.
Then a month or so ago, it hit me. I worked up the sketch in a day, ran it by some people to make sure I wasn't crazy (or that they were as crazy as I am), and then printed it out at size to see if it would fit the blank nicely. And it does.
So, for now at least, I'm calling it The Battering Ram. I have no idea what pace this thing is going to proceed at, but I thought putting it up here would give me a little extra motivation to keep things moving.
The picguard and pickup arrangements are still somewhat flexible, but I've decided I officially dig the body shape. Obvs, it's an unholy morph of Jazz & Ric... I'm thinking that some of the contouring will reflect that as well. Like the horns will have the flat face from Rics, but the waist & rear of the body will contour back like a Jazz, since that's where my arm usually ends up. We'll see - that will all develop on the bench as well.
Since your crazy Frankenbass was one of the prime inspirations, I'm stoked that you think so!