Ron's Bass - 01/20/2010
Heres a pic of Ron's neck being glued up. (his is on the right)
I glued and radiused the birds-eye fret board.
Today we did the shamrock inlays and fret wire.
Heres a shot of the neck after I shaped it. (Notice the draw knife in the upper left)
Neck, meet body. Body, meet neck. (Alder body)
After the eastern maple top was glued on I cut out the body shape and then edged it to its final cut. I also did an arm and belly releif.
Here's a shot of the backside.
I got the pick ups routed out and the bridge mocked up.
Drilled the holes for the tuners and slotted the nut.
Heres a shot of the control cavity routed out. Nice flamey neck!!
This week was pretty productive. Got a coat of color and two coats of sealer. I'll post some more pics after final sanding and buffing.
Here's a shot with some laquer and hardware mounted.
Here it is in all it's glory, waiting to be strung.
A gratuitous backside shot!!!!
Here is a shot of the head stock after completion.
.......and we're done!!!
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Single Cut Flat Top - 01/19/2010
Here is a shot of the guitar without the hardware. You can see the tenon inside the pick up cavity. This goes on past the bridge.
Single Cut Flat Top - 01/19/2010
I did an extended tenon on this guitar which let me sculpt the neck into back of the guitar. In doing this, I got rid of the heel completely.Â
Single Cut Flat Top - 01/19/2010
       This was a single cut flat top with Seymour Duncan 59'ers. 1 volume 2 tones 3 way toggle with series/parallel/coil tap toggles for each pick up. Mahogany back with eastern maple top and hard maple neck with rosewood fret board. (fret board was milled in the 60's by the way!) Bridge is Hip-Shot.